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IN RE PITTSBURGH & LAKE ERIE PROP., INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
Former railroad employees' personal injury claims against a rail company were not entitled to priority under 11 U.S.C. section 1171, as administrative...

ORSAY v. U.S. DEP'T OF JUSTICE

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Claims by U.S. Marshals for supervisor misconduct under the Privacy Act (and a number of claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA)), are barred...

FERNANDEZ v. LAWSON

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Where fact issues existed as to 1) a contractor's misrepresentations about license status and 2) a homeowner's reliance on same, an injured worker may...

PHILLIPS v. GEN. MOTORS CORP.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
District court failed to conduct a "good cause" analysis in considering a protective order on confidential settlement information, thus remand is...

HOLLANDER v. SANDOZ PHARM. CORP.

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability claim alleging that a drug caused a brain hemorrhage, where expert medical opinions used similarity of drugs and their...

TERREBONNE PARISH SCH. BD. v. COLUMBIA GULF TRANSMISSION CO.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Where servitude agreements do not expressly impose on pipeline owners the duty to prevent canals from widening and eroding adjoining marshland,...

SMITH v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTH.

Injury & Tort Law, Government Law
A multi-state transit authority was entitled to immunity, under the discretionary function exception, for its decisions as to use, repair, and...

DAYNARD v. NESS, MOTLEY, LOADHOLT, RICHARDSON & POOLE, P.A.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a Massachusetts law professor's claim for fees against a Mississippi law firm, district court had jurisdiction to reach the Mississippi firm based...

WOOD v. US

Government Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Government Law
Navy's selection of a contractor, and its decision regarding the implementation and administration of a supervisory system for safety procedures, are...

TROPF v. FID. NAT'L TITLE INS. CO.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
Where appellants' fraud allegations amounted to challenges to various Michigan state-court judgments against them, district court had no jurisdiction...