all - Opinion Summaries

Fontenot v. Taser International, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Judgment for plaintiff in a product liability action alleging defendant negligently failed to warn users of the risk posed by the X26 taser and, in...

Durden v. US

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) action against the government alleging that the Army was negligent and liable for the sexual...

Turner v. US

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment to defendant Coast Guard in a personal injury and wrongful death action arising out of defendant's attempt to rescue plaintiff and...

Leal v. Mansour

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Judgment entered in favor of defendant-doctor on plaintiff's wrongful death claim is affirmed, where the trial court did not err in allowing...

Beth V. v. New York State Office of Children & Family Services

Workers' Compensation, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Under New York Workers' Compensation Law, a workers' compensation carrier is entitled to offset the full amount of the settlement proceeds of a civil...

Cuff v. Grossmont Union High School District

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants on plaintiff's action filed after defendant-school counselor prepared a written report of suspected child abuse...

Berendes v. State Farm Insurance Exchange

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant-insurer on plaintiffs' complaint alleging that coverage provided by defendant-insurer to the decedent's father also...

Sweeting v. Murat

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Defendants' motions were properly served, and the trial court's grant of defendants' discovery and summary judgment motion are affirmed, where, if a...

JKC3H8 v. Colton

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Where a plaintiff who has filed a complaint containing causes of action that are based, in part, on protected conduct, and therefore potentially...

Devore v. California Highway Patrol

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
The trial court's denial of plaintiffs' petition pursuant to Government Code section 946.6 for relief from the Government Claims Act requirement of...