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Judge: Jurisdiction Exists Over Insolvent Insurer's Breach Of Fiduciary Duty...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - There is "related to" jurisdiction over an insolvent insurer's breach of fiduciary duty claim against its former directors, a Florida federal bankruptcy judge held Feb. 28,...
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U.S. Government: Bread Sale Would Let Hostess Avoid Environmental Liability
NEW YORK - The U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York on March 1 filed a brief in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York objecting to Hostess Brands Inc.'s motion...
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Judge: There Is No Federal Jurisdiction In Suit Against Directors And Officers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal judge in Washington on March 1 dismissed a shareholder's suit, noting that the parties do not have complete diversity and that the claims are all under state laws (Kathryn...
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KBR Burn Pit Litigation Dismissed; Jurisdiction Over Veterans' Claims Denied
GREENBELT, Md. - The KBR Burn Pit personal injury multidistrict litigation consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland was dismissed Feb. 27 for lack of jurisdiction under the...
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Motions To Compel Production Granted In Part In Ohio PFOA Declaratory...
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The magistrate judge presiding over the declaratory judgment and indemnification litigation filed by a southern Ohio water utility against DuPont for perfluorooctanoic acid...
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Motion To Create PFOA MDL Chosen For Oral Argument March 21 In San Diego Hearing
SAN DIEGO - The motion to transfer and consolidate filed by DuPont and endorsed by the plaintiffs in the perfluorooctanoic acid personal injury lawsuits is designated for oral argument March 31 in San...
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Plaintiffs Favor Transferring DuPont C8 Injury Suits To Multidistrict Litigation
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. - Members of the class represented by class counsel who secured a $300 million class action settlement in 2004 with DuPont for the release of perfluorooctanoic acid from its...
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Kansas Federal Judge Denies Summary Judgment Motions In Natural Gas Lease...
TOPEKA, Kan. - Cross-motions for summary judgment in part with respect to natural gas royalty payment and payments for two pipelines laid in the same trench were denied March 1 in the U.S. District...
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Unanimous 5th Circuit Panel Upsets Summary Judgment, Rules Well Reports Lack...
NEW ORLEANS - A unanimous Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Feb. 21 upset a grant of summary judgment for the operator of a natural gas well in a dispute over the adequacy of expense and...
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Pennsylvania Federal Court Asked To Enter Judgment For Minors' Fracking Claims
SCRANTON, Pa. - Susquehanna County, Pa., parents representing minor plaintiffs in a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania for alleged personal injuries and property...
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Parties Settle Injury Claims Against Gas Company; Judge Dismisses...
SCRANTON, Pa. - The personal injury claims of a natural gas well worker injured in a 2010 fire and explosion scheduled for trial during the week of Feb. 18 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle...
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Pennsylvania Couple Opposes Motion To Dismiss; Seeks Gas Lease Violation...
SCRANTON, Pa. - A Bradford County, Pa., couple seeking a declaratory judgment against natural gas extraction companies and damages for alleged violations of mineral leases filed responses Feb. 28...
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Louisiana Appeals Panel Permits Amendment To Plead Duty To Reveal Mineral Value
SHREVEPORT, La. - A unanimous Second Circuit Louisiana Court of Appeal panel affirmed an order dismissing a case alleging misrepresentation in a mineral lease purchase but granted the plaintiffs leave...
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Pa. Plaintiff Seeking Judgment That Gas Lease Expired Opposes Motion To Dismiss
SCRANTON, Pa. - A Susquehanna County, Pa., plaintiff pursuing a declaratory judgment against a natural gas extraction company in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in a...
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National Guard Attorneys Ordered To Pay $17,811 For Untimely Expert Report
PORTLAND, Ore. - Iraq War contractors found liable in an October bellwether trial of the personal claims of a dozen Oregon National Guard members for hexavalent chromium exposure during a Restore Iraqi...
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Iraq War Contractors File Redacted Brief In 5th Circuit Political Question...
NEW ORLEANS - Contractors sued in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas by Iraq war veterans for hexavalent chromium exposure at an oil extraction site in Iraq were granted leave...
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Ohio Appellate Panel Affirms Denial Of Workers' Comp Claim For Bus Driver...
CLEVELAND - A unanimous Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Eighth District Court of Appeals panel on Feb. 28 unanimously affirmed summary judgment as a matter of law against a regional transit authority bus driver...
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Illinois Appeal Panel Affirms Pollution Exclusion Ruling In...
MOUNT VERNON, Ill. - A unanimous Illinois First Appellate District, Fifth Division, panel issued an opinion Feb. 22 affirming a judgment that insurance companies for Crestwood, Ill., owe the village no...
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Colorado Supreme Court Applies Pollution Exclusion To Dumped Restaurant Grease
DENVER - The Colorado Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion on Feb. 25, overturning the state appellate court in a case brought by plaintiffs seeking to garnish the insurance company of a restaurant...
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West Virginia Supreme Court Affirms $133,000 Judgment For Carbon Monoxide...
NEW ORLEANS - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals issued an opinion Feb. 22 unanimously affirming the award of $133,000 to a family for carbon monoxide exposure after concluding that the jury...
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