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M.Y. v. Special Sch. Dist. No. 1

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a claim brought by parents of a 15-year-old disabled girl for damages arising from a sexual assault allegedly perpetrated against their daughter by...

Kerlin v. Sauceda

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit alleging that defendant defrauded plaintiffs of oil and gas royalties and other interests in Padre Island, judgments for plaintiffs are...

S.E. v. Grant County Bd. of Educ.

Education Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a claim against school officials in response to seventh-grader's sharing of prescription medicine with fellow students, grant of qualified immunity...

Perera v. United States Fid. and Guaranty Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a wrongful death action against employer, court certified questions because it was unclear under state law whether a plaintiff could maintain a...

Estate of Thomson v. Toyota Motor Corp. Worldwide

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a torts action following a car accident in South Africa against car rental company, grant of defendant-car company's motion to dismiss for lack of...

MCI Worldcom Network Serv. v. Mastec, Inc.

Communications Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a torts claim seeking compensatory, loss-of-use, and punitive damages after defendant inadvertently severed one of plaintiff-MCI's fiber-optic...

Noble Sys. Corp. v. Alorica Cent., LLC

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In an action against defendants for tortious interference with a business relationship, fraud and intentional and negligent misrepresentation,...

Manning v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging Bivens claims against FBI agents and a tort claim against the U.S. under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), vacatur of a judgment...

Castaneda v. Henneford

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a claim of Constitutional violations committed by officers and employees of the Public Health Service on a prisoner whose repeatedly untreated...

Levasseur v. U.S. Postal Serv.

Communications Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case involving the so-called "postal matter exception" to the Federal Tort Claims Act, decision that postal-matter exception applies to...