all - Opinion Summaries

State of N.Y. v. Philip Morris Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In settlement of litigation brought by state, territorial, and DC governments against tobacco manufacturers for wrongful marketing and advertising of...

Redmond v. Socha

Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury action involving a suit seeking compensation for personal injuries and property damage and a counterclaim seeking to recover for...

Bowman v. Am. River Transp. Co.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an action for negligence brought under the Jones Act, judgement is reversed and the cause remanded for a trial by jury where lower courts erred in...

Drybread v. Chipain Chiropractic Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Landlord Tenant Law
In case where plaintiffs dismissed the unlawful detainer action they brought, denial of defendant's motion for attorney fees under the sublease is...

Gruver v. Lesman Fisheries Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of the seaman's action for assault and unpaid wages for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is reversed as a fight aboard a ship between the...

Dina v. People ex rel. Dep't of Transp.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
In case alleging inverse condemnation, nuisance and negligence by reason of noise, vibrations, air pollution and property damage from an extension of...

Thomas v. Guardsmark, LLC

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for retaliatory discharge by an employee who was fired for speaking to the media, award of back pay and damages to plaintiff and denial of...

TransAmerica Assurance Corp. v. Settlement Capital Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
The doctrine of federal sovereign immunity deprives a state court of jurisdiction to approve a transfer of structured-settlement payment rights where...

Jones v. O'Brien Tire and Battery Serv. Ctr. Inc.

Injury & Tort Law
Judgment against defendants in a claim arising from a fatal vehicle accident is affirmed where: 1) third-party defendant undertook a duty to preserve...

Behrens v. CA Cartage Co. Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Workers' Compensation
Summary judgment for defendant in a personal injury claim against the staffing agency that loaned a worker who gave plaintiff incorrect instruction...