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Plaintiffs oppose consolidation of Chesapeake lawsuits
2015-03-05 01:11:16| Railroads - Topix.net
Chesapeake Energy is being accused of doing an "about-face" in its attempt to lump together more than 100 lawsuits alleging that it cheated royalty owners in the Barnett Shale out of millions of dollars. Attorneys representing a myriad of clients including the city of Fort Worth, Tarrant County College and Union Pacific Railroad filed arguments in Austin this week against granting the cases multidistrict litigation status, which would consolidate the cases for pre-trial arguments.
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Settlement reached with 27 plaintiffs in deadly Midland train accident
2015-01-16 19:55:47| Railroads - Topix.net
Eight families involved in a lawsuit in a deadly Midland train crash have agreed to a settlement with Union Pacific Railroad. Trial is set to begin on Jan. 26 in the 441st District Court in Midland County, Texas.
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Rohm and Haas settles with McCullom Lake-area brain cancer cluster plaintiffs
2014-12-27 14:50:56| Chemicals - Topix.net
Rohm and Haas has settled the 33 cancer cluster lawsuits brought against it by McCullom Lake -area residents, ending a legal fight that began more than eight years ago. The Pennsylvania judge hearing the cases has approved the settlement, the details of which have not been disclosed.
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U.S. District Court Judge Bars Plaintiff's Individual...
2014-10-14 00:06:01| Trucking - Topix.net
In the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, applying the doctrine of collateral estoppel, a judge adopted the Report and Recommendation of her magistrate judge and granted an individual disability insurer summary judgment on its insured's claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and statutory bad faith, where the insured based a total disability claim on a work injury that was held to not have occurred by a workers' compensation court. See Hayes v.
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U.S. District Court Judge Bars Plaintiff's Individual...
2014-10-13 21:49:18| Air Courier - Topix.net
In the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, applying the doctrine of collateral estoppel, a judge adopted the Report and Recommendation of her magistrate judge and granted an individual disability insurer summary judgment on its insured's claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and statutory bad faith, where the insured based a total disability claim on a work injury that was held to not have occurred by a workers' compensation court. See Hayes v.
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