all - Opinion Summaries

Thomas v. St. Louis Bd. of Police Comm'rs

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
The St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners is not an arm of the state of Missouri for purposes of Eleventh Amendment Immunity.

Dunne v. Libbra

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
A judgment and award pursuant to a jury verdict for defendant on counterclaims of fraud and breach of contract is affirmed over claims of error...

Oliveros v. Mitchell

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants on claims brought by a decedent's personal representative under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state tort law arising from...

Steadman v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
A petition for review is granted and the decision under review is quashed on the authority of the decision in Aguilera v. Inservices, Inc., 905 So. 2d...

Miller v. Scottsdale Ins. Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
The plain language of Florida Statutes section 627.848 requires a single date of cancellation for an insurance contract as a whole, and nothing in the...

Peagler v. USAA Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment in favor of plaintiff, in declaratory relief action involving whether automobile insurance covered fatal injury occurring during...

Riegel v. Medtronic

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Section 360(k)(a) of the 1976 Medical Device Amendments to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act preempts common law tort claims that allege liability...

Austin v. Liquid Distrib., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of a personal injury case for fraud on the court is affirmed where a person who has made omissions and misrepresentations about her accident...

Brown v. Graham

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
A petition for writ of prohibition filed by the plaintiffs in a medical malpractice action regarding a motion for disqualification of a judge is...

Cybroski v. Wright

Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for parents in a suit brought by a legal guardian on behalf of parents' child alleging that the child's injuries in a car accident...