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BP EXPLORATION & OIL CO. v. MAINT. SERVS., INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Oil and Gas Law
Under Ohio law, a setoff is not required when claims against a settling defendant, and the judgment against a non-settling defendant, involve...

THOMPSON v. GOETZMANN

Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Dismissal of suits by the government, seeking reimbursement of Medicare expenditures, is affirmed because a settlement agreement was not a "self...

ATHRIDGE v. RIVAS

Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a suit seeking to impose vicarious liability under the District of Columbia Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, it could not be held that...

CANTOR FITZGERALD INC. v. LUTNICK

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
The district court erred in applying federal law in a breach of fiduciary action in diversity, to determine when the statute of limitations period...

THOMPSON v. MASTERCARD INT'L, INC.

Banking Law, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law, Debt Collection
A lawsuit, alleging RICO violations by credit card companies and web sites arising from online gambling operations, was properly dismissed where...

YOUNG v. NEW HAVEN ADVOCATE

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
Personal jurisdiction over a Connecticut newspaper and certain staff members was not constitutionally proper in Virginia, based on the posting of...

LOW v. GOLDEN EAGLE INS. CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Employment Related Practices provision of an insurance policy excluded coverage, and any consequent duty of an insurer to defend its insured in...

HUSAIN v. OLYMPIC AIRWAYS

Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Transportation
District court did not clearly err in finding that an airline passenger's death, due to asthma complications from exposure to smoke and a flight...

ALTMANN v. REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act confers jurisdiction in a California district court over the Republic of Austria and the state-owned Austria...

PIERRE v. PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INS. CO.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Transportation
Courts must look to the definition of "insured" in the body of an insurance policy in order to determine whether a judgment against certain parties...