all - Opinion Summaries

Contship v. PPG Indus., Inc.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
Dismissal of an admiralty claim is affirmed based on finding that the plaintiff carrier was responsible for a fire aboard ship caused by hazardous...

Freedman v. De La Cuesta & GEICO

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Judgment against plaintiffs in a negligent driving personal injury action is affirmed where the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting...

Estate of Villanueva v. Youngblood

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendant in an automobile accident case involving defendant's consignment-for-sale of his vehicle is reversed where none of the...

Harleysville Ins. Co. v. Church Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant in a dispute between insurers over coverage in an underlying personal injury action is affirmed where the superior...

Q Int'l Courier, Inc. v. Smoak

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
Dismissal of a contract and tort action involving an alleged conspiracy to conceal certain stock appraisals on grounds of res judicata is reversed and...

Oberson v. US Dep't of Agriculture, Forest Service

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Questions are certified to the Montana Supreme Court as to: 1) whether a gross negligence standard of care in a snowmobile liability statute violates...

Wisconsin Mut. Ins. Co. v. U.S.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for appeal of a judgment in a tort case involving a collision between a teenage driver exceeding the speed limit and a U.S. government...

Hofer v. UNUM Life Ins. Co. of Am.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
A judgment and award in a dispute over defendant's denial of plaintiff's claim for disability benefits is affirmed over plaintiff's claims of error...

Jones v. Patrick and Assocs. Detective Agency, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant in a negligence case founded on respondeat superior is reversed and remanded where an assault against two jailed youths...

Tesco Am., Inc. v. Strong Indus., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law
A judgment denying a motion for rehearing and for disqualification in an appeal is reversed where the opinion at issue was authored by a justice who...