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George v. Leavitt

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, judgment in favor of defendant is reversed where plaintiff has proffered evidence by which a reasonable jury...

Anderson v. XYZ Corr. Health Serv.

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
The Prison Litigation Reform Act does not require a prisoner to allege that he has exhausted his administrative remedies, and, consequently, a...

Karkoukli's, Inc. v. Dohany

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a section 1983 case involving a foreclosure sale of real property, defendants' efforts to serve notice on plaintiff, regarding the foreclosure, tax...

Calhoun v. Ramsey

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action, dismissal of plaintiff's claim, alleging deliberate indifference to his medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment,...

Winterville Marine v. Jackson

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit stemming from a collision on the Mississippi River, the district court's grant of limited liability to the employer of the negligent ship's...

Ridpath v. Pederson

Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury suit, plaintiff's claim that defendants aggravated her Crohn's disease by serving her with legal process was not supported by any...

Anderson v. Time Warner

Communications Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
In a trespass action alleging that defendant-telephone company was not authorized to maintain a fiber optic network on county property, judgment in...

Kiddy-Brown v. Blagojevich

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination action, defendants are entitled to qualified immunity as a defense to plaintiff's claim of a constitutional violation since...

Nebraska Plastics, Inc. Holland Colors Am. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability suit, a jury award of future damages is affirmed where the district court did not abuse its discretion in rejecting the expert...

Tri v. J.T.T.

Injury & Tort Law
In a civil action for sexual assault that occurred at a Buddhist Temple, the trial court did not err when it awarded damages for negligence but not...