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WHITE v. CONTRERAS

Injury & Tort Law
A landlord owes no duty to install screens or other protective devices to protect against a child tenant falling out of a window in the leased unit,...

MILLS v. RIVER TERMINAL RY. CO.

Injury & Tort Law
Ohio indemnity law allows a passive tortfeasor to seek recovery from an active tortfeasor for a claim under the Federal Employers' Liability Act,...

HARDY v. LOON MOUNTAIN RECREATION CORP.

Injury & Tort Law
Under New Hampshire's recreational use statute, N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. 508:14, a fee to transport visitors to a recreational area is not a "charge" to...

SANDOVAL v. BANK OF AM. NT & SA

Injury & Tort Law
Legal causation for negligence does not require certainty that injury would not have occurred but for breach of duty, just that the breach was a...

NATHAN KIMMEL INC. v. DOWELANCO

Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, preempts a state law claim that a pesticide maker intentionally and wrongfully changed the...

COPELAND v. WASSERSTEIN, PERELLA & CO., INC.

Injury & Tort Law
Under Louisiana law, a claim for the breach of such a duty premised on negligent failure to advise has a one year statute of limitations rather than...

LUETER v. TE OF CALIFORNIA

Injury & Tort Law
A tort claim for negligent spoliation of evidence is no longer valid in California.

SPORTS UNLIMITED, INC. v. LANKFORD ENTERS., INC.

Injury & Tort Law
Under Kansas law, where defendant allegedly circulated document that contained unfavorable comments about plaintiff competitor, the statute of...

CABONI v. GEN. MOTORS CORP.

Injury & Tort Law
Statements made in the owner's manual about when a product will perform may constitute an 'express warranty' under the Louisiana Products Liability...

LEE-THOMAS INC. v. HALLMARK CARDS, INC.

Injury & Tort Law
Asset purchase agreement where buyer agreed to assume "all" seller's business liabilities except tax liabilities is sufficient to make buyer liable as...