United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Rodriguez-Quinones v. Jimenez & Ruiz

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a negligence action arising from the rape and robbery of plaintiff, the trial court's reduction of an economic damages award is affirmed where the...

Baron v. Suffolk County Sheriff's Dept.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination suit, a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff is affirmed where an improper jury instruction did not dictate reversal of the...

US v. Carpenter

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed over his claim that the district court's jury instructions constituted...

Rivera-Domenech v. Calvesbert Law Offices

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Attorney's fees

Watson v. Boyajian

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law
Denial of plaintiff-debtors' proposed Chapter 13 plan is affirmed over plaintiffs' claim that the bankruptcy court erred in determining that parochial...

Wright v. R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
The termination of plaintiff's short term disability benefits, and denial of his long term disability benefits, as a matter of law, did not violate...

US v. Flemmi

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's convictions for obstruction of justice and illegal possession of weapons are affirmed over his challenge to the admission of evidence...

First State Ins. Group v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co.

Insurance Law, Attorney's Fees

Furness v. Wright Medical Tech, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
The district court's refusal to enforce a forum selection clause in an arbitration provision is reversed where the enforcement of the forum selection...

Rodriguez v. Am. Int'l Ins. Co. of Puerto Rico

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
A regional diagnostic and treatment center, which treats only ambulatory patients and has an emergency room independent of a hospital, is not subject...