Starkman v City of Long Beach Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Second Department March 22, 2017, Decided 2015-01328 Opinion  [**149]   [*1070]  In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals, on the ground of...

Erie Ins. Exch. v. Moore Supreme Court of Pennsylvania April 11, 2019, Argued; April 22, 2020, Decided No. 20 WAP 2018 Opinion  [*260]  JUSTICE DOUGHERTY 1 We consider whether the alleged conduct of an insured, Harold Eugene McCutcheon, Jr. (McCutcheon...

The People seized certain assets of defendant Douglas Green pursuant to a search warrant. Later, however, the People asserted a right to retain the assets pursuant to section 186.11 . Meanwhile, Green gave his then-attorney, Lawrence Buckley, a security...

Appellee commenced an action against appellants with regard to certain provision under the Anti-Trust Act (Act), 26 Stat. 209 (1890). Appellee alleged in its complaint that appellants were carrying on an illegal combination in restraint of trade with...

Finjan, Inc. v. Secure Computing Corp. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit November 4, 2010, Decided 2009-1576, -1594 Opinion  [***1164]   [*1200]  Linn, Circuit Judge . This is a patent infringement case involving "proactive scanning"...

Plaintiff Matthew Berg filed a negligence action against defendant Philip Zummo, alleging that Zummo and several of his companions accosted and beat him. At his criminal trial, Zummo testified that he was only 17 years old at the time of the incident...

A company director of a small private company wishes to set up an employee benefit trust whereby the employees will receive upto 20% of the net profits and the director will receive 80%. Can this be done by way of EBT? If not, what kind of "vehicle"...

If an individual lends a sum of money (£40,000) to a friend to assist in the purchase of a property and there is no written agreement in respect of that loan, would the loan be caught by the CCA and would the individual lending the money need to...

Plaintiff, an employee sued defendant, his employer, for breach of contract. The trial court granted the employer's summary judgment motion. The Court of Appeals upheld the summary judgment on all claims except those for fraud and fraudulent inducement...

“A picture is worth a thousand words.” This saying has survived the test of time for a reason. Images were, after all, the first way that people preserved their experiences for future generations. Neanderthals created the earliest cave paintings...