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AE v. County of Tulare

Injury & Tort Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a suit arising from the sexual assault of a minor by his foster brother, alleging against the county that ran the foster home a claim under 42 USC...

Fortin v. Titcomb

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a case in which a federal jury awarded the appellant $125,000 in damages against a police officer after finding that the officer negligently used...

Tverberg v. Fillner Construction, Inc.

Construction, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought by a husband and wife based on injuries sustained after the husband, an independent contractor, was injured on a worksite on which...

Allstate Property and Casualty Ins. Co. v. Squires

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action by an insurance company seeking a declaratory judgment that it was not obligated to pay uninsured motorist benefits to a policyholder,...

Munoz v. Sociedad Espanola de Auxilio Mutuo y Beneficiencia de Puerto Rico

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a retaliation case under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) and Puerto Rico's general tort statute known as Article 1802, in...

Flores v. Kmart Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action brought against a corporation that had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy pursuant to which a bankruptcy court had entered an...

Walker v. Medtronic Inc.

Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging common-law tort claims arising out of the alleged failure of a medical device to operate in accordance with the terms of its...

Pearson v. Superior Court (Nicholson)

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a suit by a minor through his guardian ad litem to recover damages for personal injuries, which was settled by the defendants' insurance carrier...

Litif v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case seeking review of a judgment awarding $1.15 million to the family and the estate of a murder victim of FBI informant James "Whitey" Bulger...

Davis v. US

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
In consolidated suits under the Federal Tort Claims Act brought by families of murder victims, seeking to impose liability on the United States for...