all - Opinion Summaries

Untalan v. City of Lorain

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment pursuant to a finding of qualified immunity for defendant, a police officer, and subsequent dismissal of claims against municipal...

Van De Sande v. Van De Sande

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Summary judgment for plaintiff seeking return of his children under the International Child Abduction Remedies Act is reversed where defendant...

Gentle v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's application for social security disability benefits is reversed where the administrative judge's analysis of the evidence was...

Wise v. Kind & Knox Gelatin, Inc.

Administrative Law, ERISA, Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Ruling that defendants, plan administrators, abused their discretion in denying plaintiff's long term disability benefits claim is reversed where...

Dornheim v. Sholes

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's civil rights claims involving a state-court custody dispute is affirmed where defendants' actions were not motivated by...

Corpus v. Bennett

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
District court ruling reducing a jury award for plaintiff of $75,000 in "nominal damages" to one dollar in his civil rights claim under 42 U.S.C....

Laughlin v. Schriro

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 is affirmed where inmate plaintiff offered no evidence...

U.S. Fid. & Guar. Ins. Co. v. Commercial Union Midwest Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant in a dispute between insurance companies over whose policy covers liability for a workplace accident death is reversed...

Whitfield v. Melendez-Rivera

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
Jury verdict and award in a civil rights suit brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 involving a police shooting is vacated as to the liability of the...

Smith v. Dist. of Columbia

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Grant of summary judgment for defendant on a discrimination claim brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is reversed where the...