all - Opinion Summaries

MOGCK v. UNUM LIFE INS. CO. OF AM.

Contracts, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Where an insurer, in its correspondence to its insured, did not utilize language from its own policy which would inform the insured that the...

TUBOS DE ACERO DE MEXICO, SA v. AM. INT'L INV. CORP., INC.

Contracts, Consumer Protection Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In consolidated appeals in a commercial dispute arising from a lease of ultrasonic testing pipe inspection equipment, court issued multiple rulings on...

MCGUIRE v. OLOWOKERE

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
There was sufficient evidence to support plaintiff's claim that defendant tortiously interfered with his contract to receive a commission from the...

KUBITZ v. DOHRN TRANSFER CO.

Injury & Tort Law
While there was evidence supporting plaintiff's claim that she was permanently injured while unloading a truck due to defendant's negligence, there...

WILSON v. CITY OF DES MOINES

Civil Rights, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
A genuine issue of material fact existed as to the reasonableness of police officers' actions involved in the shooting of plaintiff's decedent,...

UNION PACIFIC R.R. CO. v. WILLIAMS

Injury & Tort Law
Evidence was in dispute as to whether railroad knew or should have known about a dangerous condition at a derailment site which caused injuries, thus...

CONTINENTAL CAS. CO. v. DOWNS

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Under Texas Labor Code sections 409.021 and 409.022, a carrier that fails to begin benefit payments as required by the Texas Workers' Compensation...

TEXAS STATE BANK v. AMARO

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
The district court had continuing jurisdiction over a trust it created under Chapter 142 of the Texas Trust Code, to terminate the trust and approve a...

MURDZA v. D.L. PETERSON TRUST

Injury & Tort Law
The court certified questions to the New York Court of Appeals, concerning 1) rebuttal by a vehicle lessee of the presumption of consent of the owner,...

BOIM v. QURANIC LITERACY INST.

Injury & Tort Law, International Law
A claim by parents of a U.S. citizen murdered in Israel by Hamas terrorists, for civil liability against alleged terrorist-funding non-profit...