all - Opinion Summaries

US v. ConAgra, Inc.

Agriculture, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action under the reverse false claims provision of the False Claims Act (FCA), alleging that defendants altered thousands of beef and hide...

Sanford v. MemberWorks, Inc.

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action under the Unordered Merchandise Statute, as well as state-law claims for conversion, unjust enrichment, and fraud, arising out of...

Farina v. Nokia Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action lawsuit against various cell phone manufacturers and retailers of wireless handheld telephones, claiming that cell phones, as...

Cates v. Dillard Dept. Stores, Inc.

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against a department store after plaintiff slipped and fell, alleging that her fall was caused by a plastic "wet floor" sign that an...

Am. Milling Co. v. Brennan Marine, Inc.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a case involving an allision between one or more barges and a casino boat on the Mississippi River, the district court's order requiring plaintiff...

Reynolds v. CB Sports Bar, Inc.

Commercial Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's suit against a sports bar and two individual defendants for negligence and punitive damages, claiming that the two individuals induced...

Christian v. Wagner

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action by a former pretrial detainee at the Johnson County (Iowa) Jail, against several jail employees in their individual capacities, alleging...

Am. Milling Co. v. Trustee of the Distribution Trust

Admiralty, Gaming Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an action arising out of an accident in which a casino ship was damaged by a barge that broke loose from a towboat, partial judgment for plaintiff...

Moore v. N. Am. Sports, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Sports Law
In an action claiming that plaintiff's decedent's death was the result of negligence in conducting a triathlon, judgment for defendants is affirmed...

Spence v. ESAB Group, Inc.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In an injured tractor trailer driver's suit against a shipper, claiming that an accident was the result of the shipper's failure to secure the cargo...