all - Opinion Summaries

Burns v. Lavender Hill Herb Farm, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Defendants' motions to dismiss an abuse of process claim and a legal malpractice action are granted where plaintiff's failure to appear at a hearing...

Hyatt v. Toys "R" Us, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Defendant's motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict is granted in a suit alleging negligence and breach of the implied warranty of...

Farlow v. Wyndham Int'l, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case arising from a slip and fall accident at a hotel, plaintiff's motion to proceed in forma pauperis is granted, and service of process shall...

Windom v. Ungerer

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In a suit involving plaintiff's injuries in a football practice and expired insurance coverage for a league, summary judgment for defendants is...

Hart v. Parks

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Entertainment Law, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants, a police chief and officers, in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case is affirmed where Los Angeles police officers did not...

In re Dallas Peterbilt, Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
A writ of mandamus is conditionally granted where the trial court abused its discretion in denying an employer's motion to compel arbitration of...

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. v. Mendez

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability case involving allegedly defectively manufactured tire tread, a judgment in favor of plaintiff is reversed where plaintiffs'...

City of Grapevine v. Sipes

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In the context of the Texas Tort Claims Act, which provides that a governmental unit retains immunity for claims based on the absence of a traffic...

Guest v. Dixon

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Dismissal, for lack of jurisdiction, of an appeal from a denial of a motion to reinstate following dismissal of a medical malpractice case for want of...

Yousuf v. Samantar

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
The government is a "person" subject to subpoena under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 regardless of whether it is a party to the underlying...