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  • Krauss v. Iris USA, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-22
    Practice Area: Contracts | Personal Injury | Transportation
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Non-Profit
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Pratter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0614

    Court granted in part and denied in part seller and freight broker's motions to dismiss or grant summary judgment in charity's action against seller and broker for the improper stacking of Legos in a truck that resulted in damage to the Legos and injuries to a volunteer helping to unload the truck because the FAAAA preempted the volunteer's personal injury claims against the broker, seller could not benefit from either preemption statute and charity's contract action survived because it was a third-party beneficiary to the broker's co

  • Consol. Rail. Corp. v. Ace Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Gantman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0421

    Environmental contamination costs excluded from coverage where insured could not prove it was source of contamination, or whether the contamination occurred outside the term of the relevant policies, or where such costs were in the form of civil penalties. Orders of the trial court affirmed in part and reversed in part.