all - Opinion Summaries

Nova Health Sys. v. Gandy

Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
A party may not attack a tort statute in federal court simply by naming as a defendant anyone who might someday have a cause of action under the...

Wallace v. Sparks Health Systems

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claims of retaliation and wrongful discharge is affirmed where plaintiff failed to show a causal link between the complaint...

Myles v. US

Civil Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Injury & Tort Law
The district judge properly dismissed plaintiff-inmate's suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act as untimely.

Culver v. Gorman & Co.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a retaliation lawsuit, summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer is reversed where plaintiff has shown that discrimination may have been a...

Kelly v. Burks

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's section 1983 claim is reversed where the district court erred in concluding that the claim was time-barred by the one-year...

Micro Signal Research, Inc. v. Otus

Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an action resulting from a fraudulent business transaction, the district court properly issued a preliminary injunction which required defendants...

Cheshewalla v. Rand & Son Constr. Co.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's sexual harassment and retaliation claims is affirmed where plaintiff failed to show that 1)defendant-employer knew or should...

Franklin MInt Co. v. Super. Ct. of L.A.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In the settlement of a malicious prosecution action, the trial court erred when it found that the settlement was in good faith.

Tanks v. Lockheed Martin Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Plaintiff's death, which was the result of a willful shooting by a co-worker while both men were on the job, is compensable under the Mississippi...