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Anderson v. Westinghouse Savannah

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, the district court properly denied a motion for class certification on the ground that plaintiffs' challenges to...

Thomforde v. Int'l Business Machines Corp.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, plaintiff did not waive his right to file an Age Discrimination In Employment Act claim since the release of...

Torres-Rivera v. O'Neill-Cancel

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action alleging excessive use of force, a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff is affirmed over defendant's argument that the case...

Larson v. Kempker

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff-prisoner failed to put forth objective evidence that he was subjected to unreasonably high levels of environmental tobacco smoke while...

Powell v. Johnson

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment retaliation suit, denial of defendants' motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity is affirmed over their claim that the...

Gilmore v. County of Douglas

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Financial charges the County Department of Corrections assessed to a recipient of collect calls made by inmates from its facility did not deny her...

Mercado v. City of Orlando

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, the grant of qualified immunity to defendant-police officer is reversed where defendant used...

Green v. Elixir Indus.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination suit, plaintiff's failure to include specific allegations of hostile work environment discrimination in his EEOC charge does...

Plotke v. White

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination suit, summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer is reversed where plaintiff has established a prima facie case of...

Washington v. Wilmore

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 suit, denial of qualified immunity to defendant is affirmed where plaintiff's claim that defendant fabricated evidence establishes...