all - Opinion Summaries

Kubow v. Hartford Cas. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a coverage dispute, summary judgment against an insured, whose policy had expired 3 days before his music store was struck by fire, is affirmed...

Moyer v. United Dominion Indus., Inc.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability suit brought by factory workers who suffered hand injuries after years of using defendant's swager, a machine used to form...

Lee v. Pine Bluff Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims against a school district and a school's band director arising from the death of her son while...

Herrera v. Lufkin Indus., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for an employer on a Title VII claim alleging a racially hostile work environment is reversed where plaintiff submitted sufficient...

Lyndon Prop. Ins. Co. v. Duke Levy & Assocs. LLC

Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant-project engineer on a negligence claim brought by a surety to recover for payments it made in connection with the...

Cruz v. Fagor Am., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Grant of defendant's motion to set aside default and default judgment, due to ineffective service of summons and complaint, is reversed as plaintiff...

Guevara v. Doormark, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action brought against an employer by an employee injured while operating a power saw, summary judgment for the employer is affirmed where the...

Fernander v. Bonis

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint against police officers and a city brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, and state and common law, is affirmed...

Bed, Bath & Beyond, Inc. v. Urista

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an action brought by a shopper at Bed, Bath & Beyond (BBB) who claimed he was injured by falling merchandise at a store, a court of appeals'...

Arrington v. US

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants, in case seeking relief under the Federal Tort Claims Act and 42 U.S.C. section 1983 for alleged police brutality, is...