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duty doctrine, "an injury is remediable in tort if it traces back to the breach of a tort duty arising independently of the terms of the contract." Eastwood, 241 P.3d at 1262. "When no independent tort duty exists, tort does not provide a remedy." Id. The Washington Supreme Court has limited the applica

urately describe how [the] court determines whether one contracting party can seek tort remedies against another party to the contract." Id. (citing Eastwood v. Horse Harbor Found., Inc., 170 Wn.2d 380, 241 P.3d 1256, 1262 (Wash. 2010). Today, the "independent duty doctrine continues to 'maintain the bou

Air Lines. 310 F.3d 1347. 1352-53 (11th Cir. 2002) ((concluding that ][c]riminal statutes generally do NO] not provide a private cause of action()); Gibson v. Gains. [No. 05-159973 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 8111. 2006 WL 858336j. at '3) (11th Cir. [April 4.) 2006) (finding that lo the extent that [the plaint

rivilege and risk loosing this case by virtue of not being able to present evidence, or waive that right and risk a potential criminal prosecution. Eastwood v, U.S., 2008 WL 5412857, *1 (E.D. Tenn.))("When a party to a civil action is subject to criminal proceedings and/or investigations that relate to s

al discovery beyond the limits of Fed.R.Crim.Pro. 16(b). Epstein satisfies the requirements to stay this action as set forth in St. Paul Fire and in Eastwood, including the similarity of issues underlying the civil litigation and ongoing criminal investigation. As such, a stay should be entered in the in

doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim that would entitle him to relief." Id, (abrogating and quoting Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41, 45-46, 78 S.Ct. 99, 102, 2 L.Ed.2d 80 (1957)). The Supreme Court rejected the notion that "a wholly conclusory statement of claim [can

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