all - Opinion Summaries

Fait v. Regions Financing Trust

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In an action alleging violations of Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal by the district court is affirmed where...

Vaca v. Wachovia Mortgage Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action for fraud and related causes of action, judgment of the trial court dismissing action as time-barred is affirmed where although plaintiff...

Seabright Ins. v. US Airways

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Transportation
In a dispute involving the scope of an independent contractor's liability under Privette v. Superior Court, judgment of the appeals court vacating...

In Re: Bluetooth Headset Products Liability Litigation

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, cs_82, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a challenge to the fairness and reasonableness of the settlement of a class-action products liability claim, judgment of the district court is...

Amador v. Superintendents of Dept. of Correctional Servs.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an interlocutory appeal arising from a Section 1983 class-action brought by current and former female inmates of New York State prisons for...

Howell v. Hamilton Meats and Provisions, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In a dispute involving the scope of the collateral source rule, judgment of the appeals court is reversed where a plaintiff may not recover from a...

Cash v. County of Erie

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a Section 1983 disputing alleging a due process violation and arising from a sexual assault on plaintiff by a male sheriff deputy while she was in...

Brown v. Eli Lilly and Co.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action alleging death due to mental health treatment with the prescription drug Zyprexa, appeal of summary judgments in favor of...

Bullock v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Civil Procedure, cs_82, False Advertising, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Remedies
In an action for products liability, fraud and other theories arising from the plaintiff's affliction with lung cancer because her 45-year habit of...

Villa Los Alamos Homeowners Assn. v. State Farm Gen. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a first party property insurance coverage dispute, judgment of the trial court in favor of the defendant is affirmed where: 1) MacKinnon's...