all - Opinion Summaries

CEDILLO v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
For purposes of the workers' compensation law, an injured worker was not a homeowner's employee, but rather was an employee of an illegally unlicensed...

PETERS v. BALDWIN UNION FREE SCH. DIST.

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Evidence, from which a jury could have concluded that the defendants terminated plaintiff because they perceived her as suicidal and substantially...

TRZEBUCKOWSKI v. CITY OF CLEVELAND

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an appeal of a city ordinance unconstitutionally applied to plaintiff and his business, because related charges against plaintiff were dismissed,...

RAMIREZ v. PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INS. CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Questions as to the extent of an insurer's liability, when it fails to cancel a certificate of insurance filed with the state after a policy lapses,...

SPRINGS WINDOW FASHIONS LP v. NOVO INDUSTRIES, L.P.

Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Summary judgment of noninfringement of a patent, which relates to a method of trimming window blinds, is affirmed. Summary judgment on counterclaims...

TANA OIL & GAS CORP. v. MCCALL

Attorney's Fees, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law
One who tortiously interferes with the relationship between an attorney and his client, by suing them in the same action, cannot be liable to the...

AM. UNITED LOGISTICS, INC. v. CATELLUS DEV. CORP.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Negligence claims, brought after a leased warehouse allegedly caused food products to be contaminated, were barred by the economic loss doctrine, and...

DAHL v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a Federal Tort Claims Act suit for purported wrongful destruction of a stockpile of mineral ore on a mining claim, the limitations period commenced...

CLARK v. STATE FRAM MUTUAL AUTO. INS. CO.

Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action seeking extended personal injury protection (PIP) benefits under the Colorado Auto Accident Reparations Act, dismissal of a policy...

GARCIA v. UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Where there was no evidence that any of the defendants violated University rules in the course of pursuing disciplinary action against plaintiff,...