all - Opinion Summaries

O'Neil v. Simplicity, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability action, dismissal of plaintiff's claims is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff's failure to plead that the product defect involved...

Catlin v. City of Wheaton

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action for false arrest and excessive force, summary judgment for defendants based on qualified immunity is affirmed where: 1)...

Cooper v. Meridian Yachts, Ltd.

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In an indemnity action by a ship owner to recover sums paid to settle an underlying maritime personal injury action, judgment for defendants is: 1)...

Laabs v. Southern California Edison Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Public Utilities
In a negligence action, trial court judgment is affirmed in part and reversed in part where the evidence did not establish that defendant did not have...

Diaz v. LA County Metro. Transportation Authority

Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a negligence action, trial court judgment for defendant is reversed where the court erred in refusing to give a res ipsa loquitur instruction to...

Bosetti v. US Life Ins. Co. in the City of New York

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a dispute involving disability insurance benefits, district court's judgment is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) the court properly...

Martinez v. Caterpillar, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action for injuries sustained by Plaintiff while attempting to inflate the right-front tire on a motor grader that was designed and manufactured...

Barden Mississippi Gaming LLC v. Great Northern Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action seeking insurance coverage relating to a personal injury lawsuit against plaintiff, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where the...

Sipe v. Workhorse Custom Chassis, LLC

Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
District court's grant of summary judgment on claim of violation of Minnesota lemon law and Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act violation is affirmed where: 1)...

Giles v. Kearney

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a prisoner civil rights action alleging excessive force and deliberate indifference to medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment, summary...