Contract Court Rules Tort 
Day on Torts
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
In a case about the demise of a family business, the Court of Appeals reversed trial court rulings for the plaintiff on tort claims of intentional interference with business relationships and conversion. The trial court credited the plaintiffs testimony that the brothers had an oral agreement. In Grubb v.
JURIST
JUNE 2, 2022
However, Florida law waives sovereign immunity for torts, subject to exceptions. The university, therefore, asserted that the waiver only applied to explicit, written contracts. However, USF could argue sovereign immunity in a motion for summary judgment “if supported by the facts.”
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Day on Torts
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Defendant Wolf Tree (Wolf) filed a motion for summary judgment arguing that it owed no duty to plaintiffs because “its contract with SCES explicitly stated that it was not to prune service drops,” because “it had no statutory or common law duty,” and because “Plaintiffs could show no evidence of a negligent or intentional trespass or nuisance.”
At the Lectern
MARCH 7, 2022
Balancing “the interests of homeowners in default against those seeking affordable home loans,” the Supreme Court in Sheen v. ” The court settles a conflict in Court of Appeal case law and notes a similar divide in federal district court rulings. .”
Conflict of Laws
MARCH 17, 2025
Since the question in this case is whether the plaintiff can claim the return of money lost on the basis of an illegal and therefore void contract, Rome I is applicable as it also governs claims arising from contracts that are ineffective or of doubtful validity. So far, German courts were hesitant to take this road.
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
SCOTUSBlog
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
Concepcion , Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the majority that the Federal Arbitration Act requires lower courts to “place arbitration agreements on an equal footing with other contracts.” Although the district court ruled that Sundance had waived its arbitration argument by not making it earlier, the U.S. In Morgan v.
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