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Spady v. Keen

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action arising from injuries received in a car accident, plaintiff's motion to amend complaint to add her son, who had been riding in the...

Faulkner v. Beer

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
Dismissal of complaint alleging securities fraud for failure to state a claim and to plead fraud with particularity, is vacated where the district...

Burkett-Wood v. Haines

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
A judgment adverse to plaintiff in a negligence action arising from a car accident is affirmed where: 1) a reasonable juror could find that a medical...

Senty-Haugen v. Goodno

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action brought by an individual committed as a sexual psychopathic personality and sexually dangerous person, summary judgment for defendants,...

Smith v. Alamo Rent-a-Car

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Transportation
In a negligence and product liability action arising from a car accident involving a rental car, summary judgment in favor of Nissan and a rental car...

Kikumura v. Osagie

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
When prison regulations are silent on the issue and in the absence of notice to a prisoner stating that they are required to identify wrongdoers in...

Beazer Homes Corp. v. Bailey

Construction, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of motions to compel arbitration brought by a contractor and its sales representatives who sold lots to, and built homes for, plaintiffs are...

Dolgin v. Dombkowski

Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
A medical malpractice verdict is reversed in part pursuant to a doctor's claims that the trial court erred when it reduced the disability setoff by...

Brown v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
The Federal Tort Claims Act does not preclude recovery for negligent prenatal injuries to the child of a military service person that are independent...

Dresdner Bank AG v. M/V Olympia Voyager

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of tort and contract claims of an intervening plaintiff, seeking to enforce a lien against a cruise ship being sold in foreclosure by the...