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Insurers Get Claims Trimmed In Factory Explosion Suit

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Insurers for a glass manufacturer cannot pursue most of their claims against two contractors over a 2017 factory explosion, a Michigan federal court ruled, saying waiver of subrogation clauses in the underlying service contracts bar all causes of action except those arising from gross negligence.

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Inventorship Correction Affirmed for Patent on Intermodal Container for Transporting Gaseous Fluids

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by Dennis Crouch In a recent nonprecedential decision, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court ruling ordering the correction of inventorship for U.S. Tube-Mac, is the plaintiff in this case and is looking to manufacture its own version of the container systems. Tube-Mac Indus., Campbell , No. 2022-2170 (Fed.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

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The court ruled against her and found that the park’s duty was only to “make conditions as safe as they appear to be” and that Munoz “ was aware of the risk she encountered, and expected to be surprised, startled, and scared.” particularly those with ravenous monkeys. Ferlito) and her little lamb (Mr.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Under the Endangered Species Act, the court vacated the FWS’s biological opinion because the incidental take statement lacked “the requisite specificity of mitigation measures for the polar bear” and because the take finding for the polar bear was arbitrary and capricious. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore v. BP p.l.c. ,