all - Opinion Summaries

Riverwood Int'l Corp. v. Employers Ins. of Wausau

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
An asbestos-related injury is not a "bodily injury by accident" under the parties' workers' compensation and liability insurance policies.

River City Towing v. Craig

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a limitation of liability proceeding, the district court correctly found that plaintiffs failed to fulfill the requirements for leave to file a...

Mwani v. Osama Bin Laden

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In a personal injury action, the district court can properly exercise personal jurisdiction over Osama Bin Laden and al Qaeda where they engaged in...

Lombard Canada, Ltd. v. Johnson

Injury & Tort Law
West Virginia does not recognize a settling joint tortfeasor's right to sue another joint tortfeasor for contribution.

Rodgers v. U.S. Bank

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, plaintiff failed to show that the stated reason for her discharge was a pretext for race discrimination, and the...

Riordan v. Corp of the Presidi

Injury & Tort Law
The immunity of a parent is a personal immunity, and it does not protect a third party who is liable for the tort.

Reschny v. Elk Grove Plating Co.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit, alleging sexual harassment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, is affirmed where the district court...

Cordoba v. Dillard's, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act(ADA), the grant of defendant's motion for attorney's fees is reversed where plaintiff's claims...

Lyons v. City of Xenia

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 suit alleging the use of excessive force in the course of making an arrest, defendant-police officer is entitled to qualified...

Sterling v. Tenet

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's Title VII racial discrimination claim is affirmed, pursuant to the "state secrets doctrine," since the case would require...