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CABONI v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability action, a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff is reversed where he failed to elicit any evidence at trial that established that...

MISKEL v. KARNES

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff habeas petition is affirmed over her challenge to the presentation of expert testimony on whether the type of breath testing...

MACHINCHICK v. PB POWER, INC.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer is reversed where plaintiff presented sufficient evidence to...

SAUDI BASIC INDUS. v. MOBIL YANBU CO.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence
A jury verdict in favor of defendant, finding that plaintiff had breached the parties' joint venture agreements, is affirmed over plaintiff's...

US v. VESEY

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's drug conviction is affirmed over his challenge that the district court erred in denying his motion for a new trial based on a claim that...

People v. Wilson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for aggravated criminal sexual abuse is affirmed over claims of error in allowing the State to introduce other-crimes evidence from two...

IN RE I.M.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Juvenile Law
Defendant's conviction as an accessory after the fact, in connection with a murder, is affirmed over his challenge that his conviction violates the...

MIRANDA v. LEIBACH

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of plaintiff's habeas petition is affirmed where the Illinois Appellate Court resolved plaintiff's Fourth Amendment claim on an adequate...

MANNIE v. POTTER

Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, a jury verdict in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed over plaintiff's challenge to an evidentiary ruling...

ZENITH ELEC. CORP. v. WH-TV BROAD. CORP.

Contracts, Evidence
In a breach of contract action, defendant's expert witness testimony on lost profits was properly excluded under Fed. R. Evid. 702 as unreliable, and...