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Civil law cases offer many examples of language being at the center of human conflict. Contract disputes, truth in advertising, product warning labels, plagiarism, etc. often boil down to a matter of language - its meaning and usage. This book analyzes 18 civil cases in which language framed the battleground.
"Or" in a group insurance policy: Peter Koehn v. Continental Casualty Company -- Exclusive marketing services: Matrixx v. New Strategies Productions -- Conditions of a key employee agreement: EMC Corporation v. Jeffrey E. Allen -- Interpreting state code: State of Nevada v. Preferred Equities Corporation -- Competing conveying system advertisements: Dynamic Air v. Flexicon Corporation -- Nicotine patch advertisements: The States of Arizona, California, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, and Texas v. Ciba-Geigy Corporation -- Certificates of deposit advertisements: Harold Ackerman v. Royal Bank of Pennsylvania -- Brain damage from a cleaning product: Pedro Lassera v. Magniflux Corporation -- Carbon monoxide poisoning: Eva Andrews et al. v. Generac Corporation -- Toxic shock syndrome from tampons: Krystal H. Rinehart v. International Playtex -- Toxic gas in the cockpit: ProForm and National Insurance Company v. The Garrett Corporation -- A book turned into a pamphlet: St. Martins Press and Robert Sikorsky v. Vickers Petroleum Corporation -- Racial steering in real estate: HOME v. Havens Realty Corporation -- Age discrimination: Richard Hannye v. General Electric Company -- Retaliatory termination discrimination: David E. Benekritis v. Renny Earl Johnson and the Darlington County School District -- Ownership of the words "wood-roasted": Woodroast Systems v. Restaurants Unlimited -- Battle over antifreeze: Warren Distribution v. Prestone Products Corporation -- False representation in a government contract: United States of America v. United Technologies Corporation -- How linguists can help in corporate civil cases.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-242) and index.
New York : Oxford University Press, 2008