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Federal Judge Refuses Swiss Company's Request To Compel Arbitration
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - An Alabama federal judge on April 1 found that a Swiss trading company failed to show that it had entered a binding contract with a coal and mining company, denying its request to...
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English Magistrates' Court Fines Company 79,000 Pounds For Safety Failings
LONDON - The United Kingdom Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on April 2 announced that an English magistrates' court has fined a brewery and subcontractor for failing to safely remove asbestos from a...
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July 15 Trial Anticipated In WTC Disaster Litigation; Act-Of-War Defense Upheld
NEW YORK - Claims for recovery of dust removal costs filed by the owner of a property one block from the site of the World Trade Center collapse in Manhattan were dismissed March 20 in the U.S....
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Welding Fume Judge Recommends Dissolving Consolidation Of Manganese Injury Cases
CLEVELAND - The multidistrict litigation created in June 2003 by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio for personal injury claims...
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4th Circuit Panel Affirms County Zoning Authority Over Intrastate Gas Pipelines
RICHMOND, Va. - A unanimous Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 25 affirmed federal statutes do not preempt the application of local zoning requirements to an intrastate natural gas...
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Fracking Suit Settlement Unsealed In Pennsylvania; Access To Court Records...
WASHINGTON, Pa. - A confidential settlement agreement between a Washington County, Pa., family and natural gas extraction companies was unsealed by a Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas for Washington...
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New York Appellate Court Hears Zoning Plan Appeal By Gas Extraction Company
ALBANY, N.Y. - A New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, Third Department, panel heard oral arguments March 21 in the challenge of a local zoning ordinance enacted by Town of Dryden, N.Y., officials...
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Gas Extraction Company Seeks Documents Subpoenaed From Nonparties In Ohio Suit
CLEVELAND - A natural gas extraction company sued in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio for allegedly contaminating the real property and domestic water wells of two couples...
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Discovery, Dismissal Motions In Fracking Suit Referred To Federal Magistrate...
SCRANTON, Pa. - Disputed deadlines to designate experts and a defense motion to dismiss filed in the litigation pursued by Susquehanna County, Pa., plaintiffs in the U.S. District Court for the Middle...
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Michigan Supreme Court Upsets Noneconomic Damages Award In Property Damage Suit
LANSING, Mich. - A unanimous Michigan Supreme Court issued an opinion March 20 overturning an appeals court opinion affirming noneconomic damages for the destruction of real property in a residential...
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11th Circuit Panel Affirms No Duty To Defend Developer In Chemical Exposure Suit
ATLANTA - A unanimous 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 20 affirmed summary judgment for an insurance company against a Florida developer and the plaintiffs who sued it for exposure to...
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Insurance Company Relieved Of Duty To Defend Insured In Produced Water Class...
MUSKOGEE, Okla. - Summary judgment was granted March 26 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma to an insurance company that provided general liability and umbrella coverage to...
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Missouri Panel Upsets Order Applying Pollution Exclusion To Carbon Monoxide...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A unanimous Western District Missouri Court of Appeals panel on March 26 overturned summary judgment in favor of an insurance company in a duty to defend declaratory judgment action...
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5th Circuit Panel Affirms In Part Defense Judgment In Asphyxiation Death Suit
NEW ORLEANS - A unanimous Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 19 affirmed summary judgment for the employer of a Louisiana laborer asphyxiated in a railroad tank car and reversed summary...
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Indiana Locomotive Engineer Permitted To Amend Complaint; Causation Expert...
HAMMOND, Ind. - A locomotive engineer who alleges a lung injury as a result of inhaling toxic fumes while driving a train was granted leave March 18 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District...
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Massachusetts Appeals Panel Affirms Defense Judgment In Dry Cleaning Solvent...
BOSTON - A unanimous Michigan Court of Appeals panel issued an opinion March 22 affirming summary judgment for defendants accused of withholding information about dry cleaning fluid contamination of...
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Water Contamination Claims Survive Defense Challenges In Indiana Federal Court
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Claims of Indiana plaintiffs alleging solvent contamination of domestic water wells survived defense motions to dismiss March 25 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District...
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Motion To Amend Complaint Stricken In Suit By Sailors For $1 Billion From TEPCO
SAN DIEGO - A motion filed March 12 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California to amend the complaint of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan crew members who allege radiation exposure...
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Missouri Plaintiffs Alleging Radiation Exposure Injuries Have Until May 10 To...
ST. LOUIS - The plaintiffs pursuing personal injury claims in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against contractors and successors to contractors engaged in the Manhattan...
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8th Circuit Panel Affirms No-Evidence Judgment In Suit To Recover Attorney Fees
DES MOINES, Iowa - A unanimous Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel issued an opinion March 26 affirming a no-evidence summary judgment against a manufacturer of 2,4-D herbicide seeking to...
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