all - Opinion Summaries

Monoson v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
20 V.I.C. section 555, which limits the recovery of non-economic damages arising from a motor vehicle accident to $75,000, is impermissibly...

Merando v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) suit arising from the death of plaintiff's wife and daughter when a tree fell on their car in a government park,...

Farmers Auto. Ins. Ass'n v. Rowland

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an insurance coverage dispute, judgement on the pleadings in favor of plaintiff is affirmed where the policy unambiguously precluded UM coverage...

DOD Techs. v. Mesierow Ins. Servs, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a five-count putative class-action complaint alleging that defendant received contingent commissions from insurers without informing plaintiff,...

Lacey v. The Village of Palatine

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action claiming violations of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act by failing to protect two victims after learning of a plan to have one of the...

Taylor v. TECO Barge Line, Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a former deckhand's suit against his former employer claiming exposure to coal tar left him with a permanent, severe skin reaction, a judgment...

Riegel v. Medtronic

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
The pre-emption clause enacted in the Medical Device Amendments of 1976 (MDA) bars common-law claims challenging the safety or effectiveness of a...

Kentuckiana Healthcare, Inc. v. Fourth St. Solutions, Inc.

Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit alleging wrongful conversion of Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where the defendants did...

E I Dupont de Nemours & Co. v. Sawyer

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, M&A
In an appeal arising out of a dispute between DuPont and former DuPont employees who allege that DuPont fraudulently induced them to terminate their...

Whitlock v. Foster Wheeler, LLC

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a mesothelioma case involving plainitff who was exposed to asbestos, new trial order overturning defense verdict granted based on juror misconduct...