Cause of Action Contract Tort 
Conflict of Laws
MARCH 24, 2025
Subsequently, Asiana also pursued actions against GGS and the directors of the Gate Gourmet Group. It alleged that the directors were actively involved in the chairmans unlawful conduct and therefore liable in tort under Korean law, and GGS was vicariously liable for their actions.
At the Lectern
JULY 6, 2023
Responding to questions asked by the Ninth Circuit about California law, the court’s unanimous opinion by Justice Carol Corrigan precludes an action alleging a construction worker’s wife contracted COVID from her husband due to his employer’s failure to abide by government health orders at the beginning of the pandemic.
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At the Lectern
AUGUST 22, 2024
The economic loss rule generally prohibits plaintiffs from recovering tort damages in cases involving breaches of contract that cause only economic losses. Uber Technologies, Inc. the Supreme Court resolved a question certified by the Ninth Circuit involving the application of California’s economic loss rule.
Day on Torts
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
This suit followed, asserting several contract and property claims, as well as a tort claim for intentional interference with business relationships. The trial court dismissed the tort claim against the City pursuant to the GTLA, and dismissal was affirmed on appeal. At issue here was Tenn. Code Ann. § Continue reading
Day on Torts
MARCH 22, 2022
8, 2022), plaintiff’s husband and step-son owned a commercial electrical contracting business. When the business was unable to finish the work project, the company for whom the work was to be done enforced its contract with plaintiff and her husband and took possession of various properties owned personally by plaintiff and her husband.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 8, 2023
Section 1983 provides a cause of action against any person acting under color of state law who deprives a person of “rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws” of the United States. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote for a seven-justice majority. HHC argued that spending clause enactments are unique.
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
This case presents whether a resident deprived of those rights can sue a publicly owned and operated nursing home under Section 1983, which provides a cause of action against government actors who deprive anyone of rights secured by the “laws” of the United States, meaning other federal statutes, including spending clause enactments.
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