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Case of the Day: Dyer v. Can-Truck, Inc.
In the case of the day, Dyer v. Can-Truck, Inc. (N.D. Ohio 2011), Frank Dyer alleged that while he was riding a motorcycle near Lima, Ohio, he was injured when struck by a truck driven by Jaswinder Sekhon and owned by Can-Truck, Inc. Sekhon resided in Ontario, and Can-Truck had its place of business there.…
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Case of the Day: Shehadeh v. Alexander
The case of the day is Shehadeh v. Alexander (Ga. Ct. App. 2012). Abdel Karim Shehadeh, Mark Alexander, and others were parties to an operating agreement for Hydrajet Technology, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company. Shahadeh and Alexander entered into a separate agreement under which Shehadeh was to purchase Alexander’s interest in Hydrajet. Litigation over…
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Case of the Day: CBF Indústria de Gusa v. AMCI Holdings
The case of the day is CBF Indústria de Gusa S/A v. AMCI Holdings, Inc. (2d Cir. 2017). CBF and several other plaintiffs were Brazilian companies in the business of producing and supplying pig iron. They sold the iron to Primetrade AG, a Swiss company, which then supplied it to Primetrade USA. In 2004, one…
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Case of the Day: Landauer Ltd. v. Joe Monani Fish Co.
The case of the day, Landauer Ltd. v. Joe Monani Fish Co. (N.Y. App. Div. 2012), is a cautionary tale for foreign plaintiffs suing US companies abroad. It’s impossible to know what the case was about from the decision, but suffice it to say that Landauer had a money judgment from an English court against…