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Podobnik v. US Postal Serv.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's claims, alleging that defendant violated both the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and a collective bargaining agreement, are...

Jimenez v. County of L.A.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action alleging an unreasonably extended detention, summary judgment in favor of defendants-police officers is affirmed where they...

Ineichen v. Ameritech

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's race, sex, and disability discrimination claims is affirmed where she failed to present evidence that a similarly situated...

Huftile v. Miccio-Donseca

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
The favorable determination rule of Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), applies to civil commitments under California's Sexually Violent Predators...

Hill v. City of Scranton

Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The district court erred in dismissing plaintiff-police officer's retaliation claim where he presented enough evidence to raise a dispute of material...

Walker v. Bd. of Regents

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a race and gender discrimination dispute, judgment as a matter of law in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where no reasonable jury could...

Buchholz v. Trump 767 Fifth Ave.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a negligence action, dismissal of plaintiff's complaint is affirmed where her expert's testimony failed to raise a question of fact as to whether...

Sanders v. Lull Int'l

Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a tort case arising from a construction equipment accident, summary judgment in favor of defendant is reversed where the district court erred when...

Sunderland v. Lockheed Martin

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The commercial traveler rule of workers' compensation law may not be incorporated into the respondeat superior doctrine.

Forensis Group, Inc. v. Frantz, Townsend & Foldenauer

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
When a client sues an expert witness, instead of the attorneys who retained him in an underlying case, the expert may seek equitable indemnification...