all - Opinion Summaries

Vacek v. United States Postal Service

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, of plaintiff's Federal Tort Claims Act claim arising from an accident with a postal service truck...

Duncan v. Duncan

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant, in adversary proceeding brought to challenge the dischargeability of a judgment debt arising out of a state...

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Sharkey

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Denial of an insurer's motion for attorney's fees and costs in a suit for coverage arising from a car accident is reversed where the insurer had a...

Pollock v. CCC Invs. I, LLC

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment pursuant to a verdict for defendants in a wrongful death action arising from the murder of plaintiff's mother, a resident of an assisted...

Crowe v. Lowe

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
A judgment for defendant in a personal injury suit for damages resulting from injuries plaintiff sustained while settling a car racing dispute is...

Marshalls of MA, Inc. v. Minsal

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
Petition for writ of certiorari quashing order overruling department store chain's objection to production of incident reports from each of its stores...

Somoza v. Allstate Indem. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies
Final judgment awarding insurance company a setoff against a jury verdict and jury's finding of no damages for pain and suffering are affirmed where...

Small v. Chicola

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction is reversed where the plaintiff failed to satisfy her burden of proof to rebut the...

Assiff v. Carnival Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of a personal injury suit against a cruise line is affirmed where there was no statutory authority to remove the action to federal court...

Acevedo-Reinoso v. Iberia

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Dismissal of state tort action against airline because of preemption by the Warsaw Convention is reversed and remanded where: 1) the district court...