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ORACLE CORP. v. FALOTTI

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
A former employee was not entitled to vest stock options or to stock-options damages after being terminated from his position, because a stock option...

BERGFELD v. UNIMIN CORP.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability
A product liability claim concerning injuries from inhaling silica sand was not actionable under Iowa law, as plaintiffs' employer was a sophisticated...

WASHBURN v. SOPER

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Legal Malpractice
In a diversity legal malpractice action, the district court did not err in determining that Illinois had the more significant relationship with the...

FOX SPORTS NET NORTH, LLC v. MINNESOTA TWINS P'SHIP

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sports Law
An agreement governing telecast rights to a professional baseball team's games was unambiguous under Minnesota law, and by extending the lease, the...

ELSNER v. UVEGES

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Labor Code section 6304.5 does not permit introduction of Cal-OSHA safety standards or orders into evidence in employee third party personal injury...

FLOCK v. SCRIPTO-TOKAI CORP.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
The fact that a lighter manufactured by plaintiff was the only incendiary device that was found in a child's room where a fire started, does create a...

NATALE v. CAMDEN COUNTY CORR. FACILITY

Civil Rights, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
New Jersey law did not require plaintiffs to file a medical expert's affidavit of merit in order to state a medical malpractice claim. Plaintiffs...

ZURBA v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Where plaintiff sued the federal government under the Federal Tort Claims Act after being struck by a government vehicle, her damages are not capped...

MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORP. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY (DILLMAN)

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Claims by surviving American prisoners of war against a number of Japanese companies for whom they were forced to do slave labor during World War II,...

CHESTER v. DOIG

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Remedies
It is not appropriate to setoff, against the noneconomic damages portion of an award against one tortfeasor in an arbitration of a medical malpractice...