all - Opinion Summaries

Capobianco v. City of New York

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination dispute, summary judgment in favor of defendant is reversed and the case is remanded to determine whether plaintiff,...

Garcia v. Plaza Oldsmobile

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a case arising from a motor vehicle accident, the district court should apply the law of New York where the application of Pennsylvania law would...

EEOC v. Nat'l Educ. Ass'n

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Offensive conduct that is not facially sex-specific may violate Title VII if there is sufficient circumstantial evidence of qualitative and...

Harris v. US

Administrative Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act is affirmed where a reasonable factfinder could fairly conclude that plaintiff has...

Reaves v. Missouri Dep't of Educ.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
District court did not err in dismissing plaintiff-disabled person's claim which alleged that defendant's refusal to approve her request for a...

Caldwell v. TACC Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability, Workers' Compensation
In a settlement of a products-liability suit, the trial court properly ruled that defendant-insurance carrier was not entitled to a subrogation lien...

Schatz Family v. Franklin County

Civil Rights, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' claims, asserting violations of the right to family integrity, is affirmed where defendants are entitled to qualified...

Farrell v. Butler Univ.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a sex discrimination suit under Title VII, dismissal of plaintiff's disparate treatment claim is affirmed where she did not establish that...

Nat'l R.R. v. Rountree Transport

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In an negligence action arising from a train accident, the district court properly applied the Florida comparative fault statute and properly...

Brown v. Dep't of Corr.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for employment retaliation, judgment in favor of defendants is affirmed where plaintiff-correctional officer's claim is foreclosed under...