Plaintiffs (White Rock) hired Palestine Water Well Service (Palestine) to drill an exploratory well. As the project progressed, White Rock became increasingly dissatisfied with Palestine, believing ...

An Illinois appellate court held that: (1) plaintiffs' motion to amend their complaint was properly denied where the six-year statute of repose (735 ILCS 5/13-214.3(c)) barred the proposed amended ...

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Judge makes two rulings in bankruptcy case of former Colorado safety Shilo Sanders, putting a key part of the case on course for trial.

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The defendants asked U.S. District Court Judge J. Philip Calabrese to grant summary judgment, which is a ruling based based on evidence without going to trial. This defendants’ motion came days after ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) – A North Carolina federal judge has concluded that summary judgment was proper for seven defendants in an asbestos lawsuit after the claimant failed to respond to any ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (Legal Newsline) – A Georgia judge has granted summary judgment for Crane Co. in an asbestos lawsuit, concluding that general knowledge, or speculator assumptions, is insufficient to ...

Third-party defendant sought to have the court issue summary judgment on the remaining causes of action in a third-party complaint for: (1) breach of fiduciary duty, (2) conversion, (3) breach of ...

While the Florida Supreme Court's adoption of the federal standard for summary judgment seems to shift the balance of power to defendants and their insurance companies, everyone in the construction ...