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Witkowski v. Milwaukee County

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit by a deputy who was shot while guarding a courtroom, judgment on the pleadings for defendants is affirmed where disregarding a known risk to...

US v. Moussaoui

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
On motion brought by intervenors, who are civil plaintiffs in tort suits regarding the September 11 attacks, order that government provide certain...

DeJesus v. US

Administrative Law, Family Law, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
A judgment finding that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was liable on a theory of gross negligence for the shooting deaths of plaintiffs'...

Boykin v. Van Buren Township Police Dep't

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action arising from circumstances where plaintiff was mistakenly identified by store employees as having shoplifted and subsequently arrested,...

Jogi v. Voges

Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a suit by an Indian national against law enforcement officials alleging violation of the Vienna Convention, dismissal of the complaint for lack of...

Houston Cmty. Hosp. v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Texas, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a hospital claiming that Blue Cross allegedly misrepresented the level of health care coverage for certain federal employee...

Polone v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
A judgment determining a taxpayer's liability for certain settlement proceeds is affirmed where payments he received after the effective date of...

Coffey v. Northeast IL Reg'l Commuter RR Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a suit by a railroad engineer against his employer alleging negligence under the Federal Employers Liability Act and a violation of the Locomotive...

In re Needles Cases

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
After one of real party's phlebotomists was terminated for reusing needles to draw blood from patients, one patient acquired HIV and another may have...

Great Am. Ins. Co. v. Riso, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a suit over an insurer's duties to defend and indemnify a company during an antitrust lawsuit, summary judgment for insurer is affirmed where the...