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HUNLEY v. DUPONT AUTO.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a claim for exposure to a large paint spill during employment at an automotive plant, plaintiff failed to raise a genuine issue with respect to...

HISER v. BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a wrongful death action arising from a helicopter crash, despite defendant's claims that the matter was time-barred under the General Aviation...

GREEN v. PAR POOLS INC.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Although the special verdict form which the parties drafted and presented to the trial court was defective in its terminology, substantial evidence...

LAWRENCE v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
The discretionary function and the misrepresentation exceptions of the Federal Tort Claims Act applied to actions of federal agents, in connection...

GENESIS INS. CO v. WAUSAU INS. COS.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
A casino owner and its comprehensive liability insurer created issues of fact whether they agreed with the casino's business automobile insurer to...

WESTCHESTER FIRE INS. CO. v. HASPEL-KANSAS INV. P'SHIP

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an insurer's subrogation action, the district court did not err in its "cause in fact" analysis under Louisiana law, finding that a shopping center...

BENCHMARK ELECS., INC. v. J.M. HUBER CORP.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
While New York law governs a breach of contract claim brought by the purchaser of a subsidiary pursuant to the parties' contractual choice, Texas law...

HINER v. DEERE & CO., INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Summary judgment was inappropriate on plaintiff's self-raising warning-defect claim under Kansas product liability law, as evidence creates a question...

BAKER-HOEY v. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Ordinary witness fees do not include a treating physician's reasonable and customary hourly or daily fees which must be paid under Code of Civil...

SIMON v. US

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Questions are certified to the Indiana Supreme Court: 1) whether a true conflict exists between Indiana's and D.C.'s choice-of-law rules; and 2) if...