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Regions Bank v. BMW North Am.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a negligence action stemming from an automobile accident, a jury verdict in favor of defendant is affirmed over plaintiff's claim that the district...

Lawrence v. Reed

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action, the grant of qualified immunity to defendant-police officer is reversed where defendant should have known that the seizure...

Evans v. Stephens

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
An arresting officer's investigatory strip search, performed for the purpose of discovering drugs on persons who had been arrested lawfully for a...

Slade v. Hampton Roads Reg'l Jail

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
A jail's policy of charging pretrial detainees one dollar per day, to help defray the cost of housing, does not violate the detainees' due process...

Fox v. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In personal injury actions, under the delayed discovery rule, a plaintiff may toll the statute of limitations if a reasonable investigation at that...

Peterson v. Scott County

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, dismissal of plaintiff's failure to hire and failure to promote claims is reversed where plaintiff created...

Murray v. Gilmore

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination action, summary judgment against plaintiff's Title VII sex discrimination claim is reversed where a reasonable jury could...

Blanford v. Sacramento County

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action alleging excessive force, defendant-police officers are entitled to qualified immunity on the ground that they did not exceed...

Van Bumble v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a personal injury lawsuit, plaintiff's motion for a new trial, disputing the jury's damage award, is denied where the damages awarded are...

Boyer v. Jensen

Bankruptcy Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's personal injury suit is affirmed where the trial court properly dismissed defendant since he had been discharged in...