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Appellate Notes: Week of April 18th

by Edward McCreery III | Pullman & Comley, LLC on 5/14/2013

Welcome to our Supreme and Appellate Court summaries webpage. On this page, I provide abbreviated summaries of decisions from the Connecticut appellate courts which highlight important issues and developments in Connecticut...more

Court Rules Pension Plan Members Not Entitled to Indexing

by Mark Newton | Heenan Blaikie LLP on 2/27/2013

In a decision released this month, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled that members of the Saskatchewan public service pension plan are not entitled to indexed pension benefits, beyond what was already provided for in...more

The Expansive Breadth and Scope of Arizona’s New Revised Uniform Arbitration Act

by Richard Herold, Benjamin Reeves | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 1/18/2013

Recently, the Arizona Court of Appeals determined that under the 2010 Arizona Revised Uniform Arbitration Act, A.R.S. §12-3001, et seq. (the AZ-RUAA), a contractual agreement to arbitrate extends to: (i) arbitration of claims...more

Patton Boggs Reinsurance Newsletter - December 2012: Florida Appellate Court Affirms Decision Rejecting Forum Non Conveniens...

by Patton Boggs LLP on 1/10/2013

ABA Capital Markets Corp. v. Provincial De Reaseguros C.A., No. 3D12-130, 2012 WL 5416441 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Nov. 7, 2012). In this appeal of a lower court’s non-final order denying defendant’s motion to dismiss a...more

Arizona Court of Appeals Issues Decision Related to the Application of the Statute of Repose and Economic Loss Doctrine for...

by Joshua Grabel, Jennifer R. Phillips | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 12/20/2012

On December 4, 2012, the Arizona Court of Appeals issued a decision in Sullivan v. Pulte Home Corporation that will have significant implications in the construction industry. The case revolved around a home built by Pulte in...more

North Carolina Court of Appeals Allows Borrower to Take Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims Against Lender to a Jury

by David Dreifus | Poyner Spruill LLP on 12/19/2012

In what may be a first for a North Carolina appellate court, the North Carolina Court of Appeals has reversed the entry of summary judgment for a lender on a borrower’s breach of fiduciary claim. In Dallaire v. Bank of...more

Fourth Circuit Reverses Decision Holding Employer's Promise Not to Retaliate Modified At-Will Employment, Rejects Breach of...

by Nancy N. Delogu, Steven E. Kaplan | Littler on 12/17/2012

On November 27, 2012, in Scott v. Merck & Company, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed a jury verdict of more than $500,000 in favor of Jennifer Scott, a former Merck & Co., Inc. employee. The...more

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