Court declined to apply "inherently unknowable injury" doctrine to negligence and conversion claims arising from corporation's following of state law to escheat shares where plaintiff had ample opportunity to prevent the escheatment.

FOIA Suits Involved Same Causes of Action, Are Barred by Doctrine of Res Judicata

Court ruled that company's former LLP agreement's vesting and forfeiture terms for partnership units could be incorporated into restricted stock agreement following company's corporate conversion and exchange of employee's units for restricted stock.

Wrongful Death Suit Is Dismissed on Res Judicata, Issue Preclusion Grounds

Court upheld expert determination issued under parties' contractual dispute resolution clause where record undermined objector's claim that expert overlooked or improperly relied on evidence.

Appeals & Motions List released on:May 30, 2024

Appellee's late husband was employed at a power plant in Kansas.

Plaintiff became solely responsible for escrow agent's legal fees and costs when she refused agent's request to interplead escrow funds and terminate its involvement in the dispute, where the parties' escrow agreement expressly contemplated the agent's non-involvement in disputes over escrow funds.

Court interpreted the scope of the parties' joint waiver of their contractual mandatory arbitration provision to include only those claims the parties had asserted in their pleadings at the time they executed the waiver, so as to avoid an unintended waiver of bargained-for rights.

State common law claims arising from fossil fuel companies' operations which harmed the environment were largely preempted by the Clean Air Act, which regulated the use of fossil fuels and emissions standards.