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STAR SCIENTIFIC, INC. v. BEALES

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Va. Code Ann. SS 3.1-336.1 and 3.1-336.2, enacted pursuant to the Master Settlement Agreement with tobacco companies for smoking-related illnesses,...

SINGLETON v. US

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Allegations that government supervisor attempted to have employee removed from his job, filed false and degrading reports against him, and punished...

WRIGHT v. BEVERLY FABRICS, INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Workers' Compensation
The workers' compensation exclusive remedy rule applies to an employee's injury that occurred at the workplace while employee was assisting other...

MATHIS v. LIU

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Under Arkansas law, in a tortious interference of contract case, where the distributor induces a sub-agent to breach his contract with the...

DICKERSON v. US

Injury & Tort Law
Under 28 USC 2675(b) of the Federal Tort Claims Act, a plaintiff's administrative claim for $20 million for a child born with permanent brain damage...

LEBRON v. US

Injury & Tort Law
Under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 USC 1346(b), 2671 et seq., the jury awards of unpublished decisions in similar cases may not support a finding...

ALFREY v. US

Injury & Tort Law
The discretionary function exception, under 28 USC 2680(a), to the Federal Tort Claims Act may not apply to a federal prison's failure to conduct a...

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA v. BERETTA U.S.A. CORP.

Injury & Tort Law
Gun manufacturers cannot be liable under negligence, negligent entrustment, or public nuisance theories for costs incurred by plaintiffs associated...

MT. LEBANON PERS. CARE HOME, INC. v. HOOVER UNIV., INC.

Injury & Tort Law
The economic loss rule applies to bar a tort claim in a case that involves a business purchase under Kentucky law.

BLAKELY v. US

Injury & Tort Law
Under the Federal Torts Claims Act where plaintiffs allege the government committed fraud in a civil forfeiture, a petition for remission of the...