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AM. HOME ASSURANCE CO. v. HUGHES

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Insured's maximum recovery, in a dispute regarding an insurer's maximum liability under an uninsured motorist insurance policy where the tortfeasor...

SANCHEZ v. STATE OF NEW YORK

Injury & Tort Law
In an inmate-on-inmate assault claim alleging negligent supervision, summary judgment was improper where the record raises a triable issue as to...

CHRIS ALBITTRON CONSTR. CO., INC. v. PITNEY BOWES, INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In claims arising from alleged fraud in office equipment leases, plaintiffs failed to create any issue of fact regarding fraudulent intent in fraud,...

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...

CASTELLANO v. FRAGOZO

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
A 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim for malicious prosecution exists under the Fourth Amendment, and evidence was sufficient for a reasonable jury to find...

HOFFMAN-PUGH v. RAMSEY

Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
Summary judgment was proper in an action alleging libel and slander in connection with a book and its promotion, where statements at issue did not...

NIX v. FRANKLIN COUNTY SCH. DIST.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
The deliberate indifference of a school district and school officials in connection with a student's death during a classroom demonstration, if true,...

CHURCH v. CALLANAN INDUS., INC.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
A subcontractor had no duty to plaintiff to fulfill its contractual obligation to complete highway guardrailing, under the circumstances, in a...

HATCH v. TOWN OF MIDDLETON

Injury & Tort Law, Government Law
A police officer acted reasonably in the face of two conflicting state statutes as to whether an arrest record containing a report of child abuse is a...

FLEMMING v. AIR SUNSHINE, INC.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
A settlement agreement authorized the district court to decide the issue of multiple occurrences under an airline's insurance policy. District court's...