all - Opinion Summaries

Miller v. Consolidated Rail Corp.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-landowner in a personal injury case is affirmed where the owner had no duty to provide lighting in the property...

GO Computer Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law, Trade Secrets
In a suit alleging trade secret theft and antitrust injuries committed by defendant Microsoft that purportedly drove "PenPoint"-plaintiffs out of...

Fischer v. S/Y Neraida

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
In a case arising from an allision between an unmanned pleasure yacht and a dock when Hurricane Frances hit south Florida, a judgment against...

Babich v. River Oaks Toyota

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit containing a products liability count and a negligent spoliation count, granting of summary judgement in favor of defendant is affirmed...

Werner v. Nebal

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury action brought against defendant-bar owner under Illinois's Dramshop Act, judgement in favor of plaintiff is affirmed over...

Record-A-Hit v. National Fire Ins.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action seeking a judicial declaration that defendants-insurance companies owed a duty to defend and indemnify defendant Tri-State Hose and...

Hudson v. YMCA of Metro. Chicago

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury action arising from injuries sustained while plaintiff was performing court-mandated community service at the YMCA, denial of...

Long v. Slaton

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In civil rights action involving deadly force, the Fourth Amendment, and qualified immunity, denial of defendants' motion to dismiss on qualified...

Steverson v. GlobalSantaFe Corp.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Jones Act and general maritime law action brought by an injured Derrickman against defendant-employer, denial of plaintiff's Fed. R. Civ. Proc....

Wright v. Ford Motor Co.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability wrongful death and survival action against Ford for the death of plaintiffs' three year old son, a take nothing judgment in...