all - Opinion Summaries

Robinson v. Arrugueta

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action, the grant of summary judgment to defendant-police officer, based on qualified immunity, is affirmed where defendant's use...

Owensby v. City of Cincinnati

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983, denial of qualified immunity to defendant-police officers is affirmed where the...

Philip v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff-employee failed to make a prima facie case of racial discrimination where he failed to show that employees similarly situated to him were...

Racicot v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
The district court properly dismissed plaintiff's claims of sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights...

Fisher v. Lovejoy

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's section 1983 claim, alleging that defendant did not protect him from being stabbed by other inmates, is affirmed where no...

US v. AIDS Research Alliance

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff's claim under the qui tam provision of the False Claims Act is dismissed where his complaint did not plead with specificity as required by...

Brummett v. Sinclair Broad. Group, Inc.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's race discrimination claim is affirmed where he has not proven that a similarly situated employee not in his protected class...

Head v. Glacial Northwest

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claims for disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act is reversed where he alleged sufficient...

Simmat v. US Bureau of Prisons

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff's suit against a prison dentist is dismissed for failure to exhaust his administrative remedies pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform...

Forgie-Buccioni v. Hannaford Brothers, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit for false arrest and malicious prosecution, a verdict in favor of plaintiff is affirmed over defendant's claim that the district court...