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Tarver v. City of Edena

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 suit alleging unlawful arrest and excessive force, the district court erred in denying qualified immunity to defendant-police...

Jarrard v. CDI Telecomm.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Ind. Code section 22-3-4-12.1, which grants exclusive jurisdiction to the Indiana Worker's Compensation Board to determine whether a worker's...

Williams v. Missouri Dep't of Mental Health

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a claim for hostile work environment under Title VII, judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where plaintiff unreasonable failed to...

Roebuck v. Washington

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination dispute, judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed over plaintiff's claim that the district court erred in...

Midkiff v. Adams County Reg'l Water Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Water Law
Plaintiff's constitutional challenges to a Water District's policy, which prohibits tenants from establishing water service accounts in their own...

Minnesota Commercial Railway Co. v. Gen. Star Indem.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an insurance coverage dispute arising out of a personal injury action, judgment in favor of defendant-insurer is affirmed where plaintiff is not...

Forest Park v. Hadley

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a section 1983 action, state and local government defendants are entitled to summary judgment where there was no evidence that they took any action...

Meyers v. State of Texas

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights class action under the Americans with Disabilities Act, defendant-Texas waived its state sovereign immunity from suit by individuals...

Sallis v. Univ. of Minnesota

Civil Rights, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed over plaintiff's claim that the district court abused its...

Gillen v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.

Contracts, Government Benefits, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a claim for full payment under an uninsured motorist policy for the death of a Chicago fire paramedic struck by an uninsured motorist after...