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California District Court Grants Summary Judgment Based on Lack of...
2015-06-02 22:48:44| Paper - Topix.net
A California district court recently granted summary judgment in favor of four defendants on the grounds that plaintiffs had no evidence that a decedent was exposed to asbestos from defendants' products. The district court found that the plaintiffs' aircraft expert could not provide admissible evidence as to how the decedent may have been exposed to asbestos while working as an aircraft electrician for the U.S. Air Force.
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Texas Supreme Court Eliminates Premises Liability for Concurrent Acts of Premises Employees
2015-06-02 19:16:04| Chemicals - Topix.net
In Magdalena Adrienna Abutahoun, et al. v. The Dow Chemical Company , 2015 WL 2147979, the Supreme Court of Texas affirmed the overturning of a jury verdict against Dow, finding it owed no duty related to the plaintiffs' claims that their decedent's asbestos-related disease was caused by his exposure to asbestos on Dow's property.
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Atlantic Offshore Wind Developer To Take Project Fight to High NJ Court
2015-06-02 18:16:42| ENR.com: Headline News
Fisherman's Energy is set to appeal May 29 ruling supporting state block of $200M wind farm
Supreme Court declines to hear Verizon case on pension fund switch
2015-06-02 16:53:43| IT Services - Topix.net
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case filed by retirees of Verizon Communications Inc., New York, claiming they and other employees were involuntarily switched from Verizon's pension fund to a spinoff company. The ERISA class action, originally filed in a U.S. District Court in Dallas in November 2009, charged that they were switched without their knowledge or consent to a pension fund run by Dallas-based Idearc Inc., a Verizon spinoff company that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March 2006.
Supreme Court Rules for Muslim Woman Denied Job at Clothing Store
2015-06-01 17:15:46| Apparel - Topix.net
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of a Muslim woman who filed a lawsuit after she was denied a job at an Abercrombie & Fitch Co clothing store in Oklahoma because she wore a head scarf for religious reasons. On a 8-1 vote, the court handed a win to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , a federal agency that sued the company on behalf of Samantha Elauf.
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