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Cohen v. City of Culver City

Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-city in an action alleging violations of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and various...

Wittorf v. City of New York

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
The Appellate Division erred in reversing the judgment against defendant-city in plaintiff's personal injury action, where: 1) defendant-city was not...

Catalano v. Tanner

Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant is reversed, where defendant failed to establish prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law...

StreetEasy, Inc. v. Chertok

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
In an action brought by plaintiff pursuant to the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, where the parties had entered into a settlement...

Cady v. Cumberland County Jail

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that plaintiff's son died from self-inflicted injuries that he suffered while he was a pretrial detainee...

Burton v. Infinity Capital Management

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Judges & Judiciary
An attorney who prepares an order to show cause for a judge is not entitled to quasi-judicial immunity on a claim of violation of the automatic stay...

Haver v. BNSF Railway

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of a wrongful death action based on premises liability brought by the survivors of a woman who died of mesothelioma as a result of exposure...

Abdallah v. Bain Capital, LLC

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a putative class action seeking to hold defendant liable, under theories of tortious interference with employment arrangements, fraud, negligent...

Gallardo v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a Federal Torts Claims Act (FTCA) suit arising out of an alleged sexual assault of plaintiff by a member of the U.S. Marine Corps, dismissal of the...

Stanczyk v. City of New York

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
The district court's judgment in favor of plaintiff in her 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging excessive force awarding her $55,000 in compensatory...