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Jones Act violations where seaman injured aboard tug while handling fire hose
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Attorney’s duty of care to client charges him with knowledge of client’s partnership status
Failure to mark tractor-trailer with sufficient conspicuity tape
Improper lookout, lane change
Vehicle crosses center line, strikes car head-on
Failure to heed red light, maintain control
Passenger injured during flight by falling cargo may sue under FAA for violations of standards of care
First Amendment violation where parole officer required religion-based drug treatment program
Title III of ADA does not require administrative exhaustion to file claim
Medical records company breached contract by charging fees in excess of those mandated by law
Fraud where bank fails to secure SBA guarantee on business equipment loan
TILA requires disclosure statements to specifically state payment period of loans
Punitive damages award of $1 billion is not excessive where defendants refused to reveal income
Gender discrimination, defamation where female financial advisor not given lucrative agreement
Racial harassment where African American workers were subjected to slurs, nooses
Pornographic photos sent to female police officer by coworkers
Putative father’s rights not violated by obligation to provide support for child born out of wedlock
Government contractor defense does not preempt claims against contractor for U.S. military
Failure to repair defect results in woman’s fall down subway station stairs
Breach of contract where liability insurer rescinds policy after insured’s shareholders sue directors
Alienation of affections claim falls under intentional tort exemption in personal liability policy
Abuse of process where college falsely sues head of booster club for conversion
Unlawful eviction where apartment manager throws out tenant’s belongings in tenant’s absence
Negligent endoscopic transnasal biopsy
Failure to timely report postoperative pain symptoms
Unnecessary HIV treatment
Improper performance of spinal injection
Improper treatment of preeclampsia
Failure to properly examine, hospitalize patient with blood clot symptoms
Parking lot tram moves during boarding process, drags woman along road
Truck’s burning cargo sets nearby farmland on fire, resulting in lost crop, profit
Failure to enforce consistent rules where teen suffers quadriplegia after diving into shallow part of lake
Witness statements made to self-insured store’s claims department are discoverable
Preponderance of evidence standard applies where amount in controversy is ambiguous
Failure to keep premises safe where woman trips over concrete block outside café
Private landowners may be liable for foliage that extends into public right-of-way
Failure to warn of dangers associated with exposure to welding fumes
Negligent design and manufacturing of minivan with insufficient side-impact protection
Lack of means of rear egress in tractor-trailer cab
Federal law preempts state tort claims challenging the safety of FDA-approved medical devices
Oregon high court reinstates punitive damages award in tobacco case, citing independent state grounds
Court may not consider corporate subsidiaries’ activities when determining diversity jurisdiction
Removal of permanent tooth during wisdom tooth extraction
Extraction of wrong tooth
Improper supervision of home health care client
Inadequate staffing at nursing home
Improper care of nursing home resident
Retail pharmacy may be liable under warranty theory for allegedly contaminated nutritional solution
Indiana’s wrongful death statute applies to claim by estate of patient who died postoperatively in facility
Failure to warn, negligence where train cars were released downhill for coupling
Unescorted boy hit while crossing street after exiting bus
Lead content suppliers may be “arrangers” under CERCLA and liable for damaged site’s recovery costs
There are no cases in this issue.
Failure to investigate, protect employees where mentally unstable employee shoots coworkers
Employee suffers serious burns after explosives in boiler send fireball through plant
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