all - Opinion Summaries

Copeland v. County of Macon

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Defendant-County is not liable for the acts of a correctional officer where the conduct of orchestrating an attack of a pre-trial detainee was not the...

Rodriguez v. Kirchhoefel

Injury & Tort Law
The negligent infliction of emotional distress cause of action is not available to plaintiffs who observe injuries negligently inflicted on de facto...

Andonagui v. May Dep't Stores Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
The two-year statute of limitations for personal injuries actions in Code of Civil Procedure section 335.1 applies to actions not already time-barred...

Estate of Davis v. City of N. Richland Hills

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death suit alleging supervisory liability, denial of summary judgment to defendant-law enforcement officials is reversed where...

Pennycuff v. Fentress County Bd. of Educ.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Defendant-school board did not deny plaintiff-teacher due process when it terminated his employment without affording him the protections of a tenured...

Crow v. Montgomery

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a claim alleging that defendants-jail officials did not protect inmates from assault by other inmates, defendants were entitled to qualified...

Young v. City of Providence

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful death action, summary judgment in favor of defendant-City is reversed where a reasonable jury could find in favor of plaintiff's claim...

McKinley v. City of Mansfield

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim, alleging that defendant compelled him to be a witness against himself in violation of the Fifth Amendment, is reversed...

Isabel v. City of Memphis

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, the district court properly found that defendant-City's written test for promotion in the police department...

Throneberry v. McGehee Desha County Hosp.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Family Medical Leave Act(FMLA), 29 U.S.C. sections 2601-2654, does not mandate strict liability for employers in all cases in which an employer...