all - Opinion Summaries

Oakland Raiders v. Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law
In dispute between Plaintiff Oakland Raiders professional football organization and Defendant Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Inc. alleging...

Hawkins v. US

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
A Court of Federal Claims order holding that plaintiff, a member of a county Volunteer Mounted Posse, was a "public safety officer" who died as a...

Eckelberry v. ReliaStar Life Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In case where plaintiff's husband died in car accident, wife sought accidental death benefits from defendant, and defendant denied the claim based on...

Hannon v. Shands Teaching Hosp. & Clinics, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action alleging that respondents' negligence led to her minor son's death, a petition for writ of certiorari challenging an order...

Hannon v. Roper

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
A petition for certiorari review of an order granting a doctor's motion for a protective order in a medical negligence action is granted where the...

Putter v. North Shore Univ. Hosp.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice action, plaintiffs are not entitled to invoke the doctrine of equitable estoppel to toll the 2.5-year statute of limitations,...

Garris v. Thomasville-Thomas County Humane Soc'y

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
Dismissal of claims brought against a Humane Society in Georgia arising from its euthanization of two dogs plaintiff left at its facility is reversed...

Vanguard Fire & Cas. Co. v. Golmon

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a contract and statutory bad faith suit arising from property damage sustained during Hurricane Ivan, a petition for certiorari review of denial of...

Henderson v. Walled Lake Consol. Sch.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging plaintiff was subjected to sexual harassment by her high school soccer coach raising both state and federal law claims, summary...

Geddes v. United Staffing Alliance Employee Med. Plan

ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In the context of court review of an ERISA health plan's denial of benefits, a fiduciary's decision to delegate part of its Firestone authority to an...