all - Opinion Summaries

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Nickerson

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
In the matter under review, the trial court erred in awarding plaintiff attorney's fees incurred during the trial since, per an opinion also issued...

Broadley v. Mashpee Neck Marina, Inc.

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant in a personal injury suit arising out of a broken ankle suffered on a dock is reversed where an exculpatory...

De la Rosa v. St. Charles Gaming Co., Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Gaming Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit claiming unseaworthiness in admiralty and negligence under Louisiana's "slip and fall" statute involving a customer's fall while aboard a...

Longoria v. State of Texas

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by an inmate who was stabbed by fellow inmates for being a "snitch," denial of defendants-officers' motion...

Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Graham

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment declaring that an insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify insured under an insurance policy issued to his employer covering its...

In re: The Exxon Valdez

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Remedies
An award of $4.5 billion in punitive damages imposed in litigation arising as a result of the 1989 grounding of the oil tanker Exxon Valdez and the...

Alternative Aviation Servs., Inc. v. Meggitt [UK] Ltd.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought by an aviation equipment-installation company alleging breach of express and implied warranty, fraud, and revocation of acceptance...

Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Remedies
In class action litigation against major domestic cigarette companies brought by a group of smokers and their survivors for alleged smoking-related...

Tobin v. Michigan Mut. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a suit brought by plaintiffs injured or killed in accidents with uninsured drivers while operating or occupying vehicles leased from Ford seeking...

Laratro v. City of New York

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Claim that the City of New York was slow in responding to a 911 call placed by plaintiff's coworker does not fit within the exception to the general...