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MARGOLIN v. SHEMARIA

Contracts, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Where referring attorneys fail to comply with Rule of Professional Conduct 2-200 by obtaining a client's written consent to a fee splitting agreement,...

CANTELLOPS v. ALVARO-CHAPEL

Civil Procedure, Contracts
Where a jury provides seemingly inconsistent responses to verdict interrogatory questions approved by all litigants, the jury verdict will stand if...

COUNTRYWIDE SERVICES CORP. v. SIA INS. CO. LTD.

Contracts
Where plaintiff's duties toward defendant had ended, thereby ending any implied duty of good faith, plaintiff could not state a cause of action for...

PARROTT v. COOPERS & LYBRAND, LLP

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff failed to satisfy test for functional equivalent of privity in cause of action for negligent misrepresentation where he never communicated...

JOWETT, INC. v. US

Contracts, Government Contracts
Where terms in a contract have an accepted industry meaning different from the ordinary meaning, there may be amiguity sufficient to rely on parol...

FUNERAL FIN. SYS. v. US

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law
Assignment of a World War II veteran's life insurance benefits to deceased veteran's funeral parlor violates 38 USC 1918(a) and 5301, as well as the...

WORKMAN v. UNITED PARCEL SERV. INC.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Where employee handbook specifically states that it "is not a contract of employment and does not affect [employee's] rights" with regard to...

NIPPON FIRE & MARINE INS. CO. LTD. v. SKYWAY FREIGHT SYSTEMS, INC.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
Secondary carrier is not directly liable for damaged goods because it is the undisclosed principal of its agent, the primary carrier, and entitled to...

BEREZIN v. REGENCY SAVINGS BANK

Contracts, Evidence
Massachusetts law permits the consideration of extrinsic evidence when one party to a contract alleges a mutual mistake in its terms.

VENUS LINES v. CVG INT'L.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts
Evidence of shipping company's acceptance of freight company's bid to ship goods for one year at a specified tariff rate does not support conclusion...