all - Opinion Summaries

Berg v. Norge Corp.

Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Plaintiffs have sufficiently alleged "arranger" liability, under Alaska Statute section 46.03.822(a)(4), against defendant, who sold and installed dry...

Muegler v. Bening

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff, found guilty in federal district court for committing intentional fraud under Missouri law, is collaterally estopped from challenging the...

Freedom Newspapers of Texas v. Cantu

Constitutional Law, Elections, Injury & Tort Law
In a defamation suit concerning articles written about a candidate for sheriff, denial of summary judgment to defendant-newspaper is reversed where...

Pinero v. Specialty Rest. Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment retaliation suit, the trial court properly found that plaintiff did not establish that he was subjected to any form of adverse...

Willingham v. Crooke

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action alleging improper arrest, judgment in favor of defendant-police officer is vacated where the district court erred in...

Lamb v. Matetzschk

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.442 mandates that offers of settlement be differentiated between the parties, even if a party's liability is purely...

Botello v. Gammick

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's section 1983 claim is reversed where defendant-district attorneys are not shielded by prosecutorial immunity since their acts...

Kennedy v. City of Ridgefield

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 suit, the district court correctly determined that defendant-police officer is not entitled to qualified immunity since he violated...

First Am. Kickapoo Operations v. Multimedia Games, Inc.

Contracts, Gaming Law, Indian Law, Injury & Tort Law
Under Oklahoma law, an unapproved management contract, being void, cannot be the basis for a suit against a third party for tortious interference.

Fields v. Legacy Health Sys.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Oregon's wrongful death statutes of limitations and repose do not violate the equal protection and due process clauses of the United States...