all - Opinion Summaries

Droste v. Julien

Civil Procedure, Construction, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
In a dispute between homeowners and an architect over allegedly faulty building plans and other services he provided regarding the construction of a...

Wilkinson v. Shackelford

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a tire tread failure suit against Michelin, denial of plaintiff's motion to remand diversity case based on fraudulent joinder is reversed where: 1)...

Wood v. Foremost Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action brought by plaintiffs seeking compensation from homeowner's insurer for tornado damage to their roof, for injuries suffered by plaintiff...

MacGregor v. Rutberg

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a suit for defamation and breach of contract against an expert witness in a malpractice suit against the plaintiff, dismissal of the plaintiff's...

O-Neill v. Novartis Consumer Health, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Defense verdict in two cases against a manufacturer of certain pharmaceutical products is affirmed over claims that the trial court erred in: 1)...

Bertin v. US

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In case arising from efforts to obtain return of personal effects seized when plaintiff was arrested, dismissal of plaintiff's claims for failure...

Dyer v. Childress

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law
In case arising out of Tenth Anniversary Edition DVD of the film "Reality Bites," denial of defendants' special motion to strike plaintiff-s lawsuit...

State of Sao Paolo of the Federative Republic of Brazil v. Am. Tobacco Co.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Product Liability
In an action brought by a state in Brazil and the republic of Panama against various distributors and manufacturers of tobacco products seeking to...

Taus v. Loftus

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In a tort and invasion of privacy case brought by the unnamed subject in a scholarly article, which described her apparent recovery of a...

Levy v. Ohl

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of a suit for malicious prosecution for failure to state a claim is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not err in denying plaintiff's...