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STANEK v. GRECO

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The weight of Michigan cases indicates that a claim for tortious interference with an at-will employment relationship exists under Michigan law.

HUMANA WORKERS' COMP. SERVS. v. HOME EMERGENCY SERVS., INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability, Workers' Compensation
Plain language of an employers' liability insurance policy applying to "bodily injury by accident" did not provide coverage for a claim of negligent...

WILLIS SHAW EXPRESS, INC. v. HILYER SOD, INC.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
An offer of settlement made jointly by multiple plaintiffs must apportion amounts attributable to each party, under Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.442(c)(3).

SREIN v. FRANKFORD TRUST CO.

ERISA, Injury & Tort Law
The facts establish that defendant exercised undirected "authority and control" over plaintiffs' valuable interests in a life insurance policy and...

KISKA CONSTR. CORP. v. WASHINGTON METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTH.

Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
A construction company's tort claims against a transit authority were properly dismissed on sovereign immunity grounds, and the district court...

FROIO v. DUPONT HOSP. FOR CHILDREN

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Summary judgment in a medical malpractice case was improper, as although plaintiff's expert arguably gave inconsistent responses to different...

WARD v. SHONEY'S INC.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The jury could properly find, based on its own understanding of human nature, that people sometimes "cut corners," thus no expert testimony was needed...

NORFOLK & W. RY. CO. v. AYERS

Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Mental anguish damages resulting from the fear of developing cancer may be recovered under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, by a railroad worker...

SOSNA v. BINNINGTON

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice action for medical malpractice, scope of cross-examination of defendant's expert was properly limited as questions went to...

WICHITA FALLS STATE HOSP. v. TAYLOR

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
By enacting section 321.003 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, the Legislature did not intend to waive the State's sovereign immunity to suit...