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BUTLER v. BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
FAA regulations required defendant to report helicopter failures, and its withholding of that information falls squarely within the statutory...

ROSEN v. STATE FARM GEN. INS. CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In finding that sound public policy required coverage for imminent as well as actual collapse of decks attached to a home, lest dangerous conditions...

HURVITZ v. ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INS. CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Where an insurance policy grants to the insurer the "right and duty" to defend any claim or suit for covered injury or damage, the insurer need not...

JOHN DOE 2 v. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
Plaintiff's open court statement, that he was a victim of sexual assault, was a public statement that cannot serve as the basis for an invasion of...

STOCKBERGER v. US

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act arising from decedent federal prison employee's automobile accident while driving in a hypoglycemic...

THEOBALD v. BD. OF COUNTY COMM'RS OF HAMILTON COUNTY

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
A vehicle abandoned two feet onto the shoulder of an interstate highway for at least thirty hours could be a nuisance under Ohio law, but the decision...

RIVERA v. NAT'L R.R. PASSENGER CORP.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Plaintiff's claim for wrongful termination in violation of public policy fails where he offered no evidence that he reported illegal activity to...

KROHE v. CITY OF BLOOMINGTON

Government Benefits, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Under section 10(a) of the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act, the phrase "catastrophic injury" is synonymous with an injury resulting in a...

BUTLER v. RAFFERTY

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Defendant, a tenant-in-common, surrendered possession and control over the portion of property where plaintiff's injury occurred, thus defendant...

TUCKER v. FEARN

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
In an action to recover for the death of his minor son, a district court order precluding plaintiff from recovering loss of society damages in his...