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Sample v. Bailey

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Defendant is not entitled to qualified immunity against plaintiff's Fourth Amendment claim of excessive force since plaintiff properly alleged a...

DiBella v. Borough of Beachwood

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
Attending one's trial is not a government "seizure" in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 malicious prosecution action for violation of the Fourth Amendment.

Dimmitt v. Ockenfels

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging that police used excessive force, summary judgment in favor of defendant-police is affirmed where the district court did not abuse...

Waite v. Bd. of Trustees

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination dispute, a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff is affirmed over defendant-employer's claim that plaintiff was not...

Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an insurance coverage dispute stemming from an auto accident, the United States is not required to indemnify plaintiff-federal employee since he...

Praseuth v. Rubbermaid, Inc.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination case brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act, a jury verdict against defendant-employer is affirmed over its...

Woods v. Fox Broad.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Contract interference claims can be stated against owners, officers, and directors of the company whose contract was the subject of litigation.

Hebrew Acad. v. Goldman

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's defamation action, as barred by the one-year statute of limitations, is reversed where it should have been tolled under the...

Barclay v. Jesse M. Lange Distrib.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's negligence suit, seeking damages for injuries suffered during an explosion, is reversed where plaintiff showed that...

Hadfield v. McDonough

Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination action, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed over plaintiff's claim that he was unlawfully fired in...