all - Opinion Summaries

Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Bakkebo

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In civil case alleging fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud against a bank, $161 million judgment against defendant is affirmed over claims that the...

Klein v. DePuy, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability suit against a medical device manufacturer, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) the law governing the case...

Garcia v. Fed. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
An insurance policy that defines a covered person as "any other person with respect to liability because of acts or omissions of the insured" is not...

In re: Volkswagen of Am. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Volkswagen's petition for writ of mandamus seeking transfer of the case to another division and district in Texas, where the automobile accident and...

Peterson v. Baker

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
In case involving a hostile encounter between a teacher and her student where the teacher allegedly grabbed and squeezed the student's neck, summary...

Sheely v. MRI Radiology Network, P.A.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
Claims for injunctive declaratory relief under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, are not moot...

King v. Cessna Aircraft Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a case involving the deadliest aviation disaster in Italian history between two jet airplanes, orders dismissing all European plaintiffs on forum...

In re: Seven Fields Dev. Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Following removal of a malpractice, negligence, and fraud suit brought in state court by creditors in a consolidated Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding...

Velez-Diaz v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act arising out of the death of an FBI informant, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where: 1) plaintiffs...

City of New York v. Welsbach Elec. Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In indemnification and contribution action by plaintiff city against defendant regarding defendant's maintenance of traffic signals relative to a car...