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Appellate
Appellate Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on appellate law. Coverage includes major cases in the federal courts of appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court, and state-level appeals courts, with a focus on petitions, briefs, oral arguments, decisions, and other major activity.
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Latest News in Appellate
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May 28, 2020
5th Circ. Told Texas Prisoners Filed COVID-19 Suit Too Early
Texas told the Fifth Circuit Thursday a bid by a proposed class of geriatric prisoners for better safety measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic is doomed because they ran to court without exhausting a mandatory grievance process.
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May 28, 2020
Pa. Hospital Must Hand Over Reports In Patient Death Suit
A Pennsylvania appeals court on Thursday ordered a hospital to produce about two years' worth of incident reports in a suit over an emergency room patient's death, saying the hospital could protect any privileged patient information and thus had no grounds to object.
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May 28, 2020
Insurer Tells 7th Circ. Coverage Doesn't Apply In Injury Suit
Columbia Insurance Group Inc. told the Seventh Circuit Thursday that a lower court incorrectly found it had a duty to defend two property companies as additional insureds in a man's lawsuit over injuries he suffered at work.
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May 28, 2020
Court Won't Pare Down Plumber's Insurance Bad Faith Suit
A California appeals court on Wednesday rejected Navigators Specialty Insurance Co.'s bid to trim portions of a plumbing contractor's bad faith lawsuit claiming the insurer mishandled its defense of construction defect actions, finding the allegations in question do not run afoul of a state statute barring lawsuits aimed at stifling free speech.
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May 28, 2020
NYU Workers Point To 8th Circ. Decision In ERISA Appeal
New York University workers urged the Second Circuit on Thursday to follow the Eighth Circuit's lead when deciding whether to resurrect their ERISA class action against the school, pointing to the Midwestern appellate court's recent revival of a similar suit against Washington University in St. Louis.
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