all - Opinion Summaries

Schmude v. Tricam Indus., Inc.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Judgment for plaintiff in a product liability suit is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not err in admitting plaintiff's expert witness...

Dominguez v. Correctional Med. Servs.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, order denying Defendant's summary judgment motion is affirmed, where: 1) a reasonable jury could find that...

Noonan v. Staples

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against plaintiff's former employer-Staples arising after he was fired from his job for allegedly padding expense reports, and a Staples...

In re Labatt Food Serv., L.P.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action, grant of employer's petition for writ of mandamus is conditionally granted where: 1) if decedent-employee had sued...

Oldfield v. Pueblo De Bahia Lora, S.A.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a negligence claim against defendant-Costa Rican corporation for injury sustained by plaintiff-U.S. citizen while in Costa Rica, denial of...

Giles v. Wyeth, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action against defendant-drug manufacturer of antidepressant Effexor forty-six year old decedent began taking two days before his...

Waller v. City of Danville, Virginia

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a claim under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) alleging defendant-city violated the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the...

US v. Jadhav

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (FCA) for allegedly fraudulent billing of the government through the Medicare and Medicaid programs for...

Warren v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action brought by twin brothers injured in an automobile accident against defendant-insurer claiming that they were entitled to reformation of...

Amalfitano v. Rosenberg

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Injury & Tort Law
Two questions certified from the 2nd Circuit are answered as follows: 1) a lawsuit for treble damages may be brought based on an attorney's attempted...