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Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line

Admiralty, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is applicable to foreign-flag cruise ships in United States waters except where the statute...

Doran v. Eckold

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, a jury verdict in excess of $2 million in favor of plaintiff is reversed where exigent circumstances...

Baskerville v. Mulvaney

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
A jury verdict against plaintiff-inmate's civil rights action, which alleged the use of excessive force, is affirmed where defendant used substantial,...

Raiser v. Utah County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action, summary judgment in favor of defendant is vacated where the district court abused its discretion by not allowing plaintiff...

Blise v. Antaramian

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment against plaintiff's claim, alleging defendant-employer discriminated against her because of her race, is affirmed where she could not...

Norwood v. Dickey

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
District court did not abuse its discretion when it dismissed plaintiff's federal civil rights action against the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and...

Trop v. Sony Pictures Entm't

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's suit, alleging wrongful termination based on pregnancy, is dismissed where the record establishes that defendant-employer had no knowledge...

Estades-Negroni v. CPC Hosp.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's section 1983 lawsuit, alleging that defendant-hospital violated her Constitutional rights when it involuntarily hospitalized...

Carter v. City of Detroit

Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death suit, denial of defendant-police officer's motion for qualified immunity is affirmed where the facts, as alleged by plaintiff,...

Miller v. Calhoun County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action, judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where the correctional facility staff was not deliberately indifferent to...