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Purdum v. Holmes

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's action against a licensed notary for knowingly notarizing a third-party's signature on a deed as if it were plaintiff's, purporting to...

Uralde v. US

Admiralty, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action against the U.S. claiming that plaintiff's wife died as a result of the Coast Guard's failure to provide her access to timely medical...

Lustgraaf v. Behrens

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In an action for damages arising out of a Ponzi scheme perpetrated by a registered representative of one defendant and general agent of another, the...

Toomer v. US

Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
In a wrongful death action based on the death of an individual outside a military base after having been at a nightclub on the base's premises,...

Wimbush v. Wyeth

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiff's suit against a diet pill manufacturer claiming strict liability and common law negligence, judgment of the district court is affirmed...

Rivera v. First Databank, Inc.

Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' suit for negligence and breach of contract against a publisher of medication information, referred to as "monographs", claiming that...

Harris v. Kellogg Brown & Root Serv., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
In plaintiffs' wrongful death and survival action against a government contractor for the death of their son, an active duty Army Ranger and Green...

Sigmund v. Starwood Urban Retail VI, LLC

Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action against the owners of a parking garage where plaintiff was injured by a car bombing, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where...

Shannon v. Koehler

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In an action alleging that defendant-officer violated the Fourth Amendment by using excessive force in arresting plaintiff, a denial of qualified...

Chavis v. Chappius

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
A denial of plaintiff-inmate's motion to proceed in forma pauperis is vacated where: 1) a complaint and a subsequent appeal therefrom qualified as...