all - Opinion Summaries

DONALDSON v. NATIONAL MARINE, INC.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Trade, Labor & Employment Law
California state courts have jurisdiction to entertain wrongful death claims under the federal Jones Act.

ROSS v. WALL STREET SYS.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In personal injury suit alleging vicarious liability, summary judgment against plaintiff's claims is affirmed where the vehicle lease agreement...

BROWN v. PROF'L CMTY MGMT.

Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint, challenging the legality of fees charged by defendant-management company for providing collection services to a...

WHISNANT v. US

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's Federal Tort Claims Act(FTCA) suit, alleging negligence in the government's operation of a commissary on a naval base, is...

BUDLER v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Nebraska's ten-year statute of repose for product liability actions is not tolled by a person's status as a minor when the accident occurred.

COOK v. SHERIFF OF MONROE COUNTY

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death suit involving a prison inmate, the trial court erred in granting judgment as a matter of law against plaintiff's vicarious...

MEYERS v. REDWOOD CITY

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 suit alleging unlawful search and seizure, the district court's denial of summary judgment is reversed where defendant-police...

GILBERT v. FERRY

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff's action, alleging that defendant-justices improperly failed to recuse themselves, is dismissed pursuant to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine...

OSBORNE v. STAGE

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a bankruptcy action, a state court judgment for alienation of affections does not establish that defendant willfully and maliciously injured...

PREMCOR, INC. v. AM. HOME ASSURANCE CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Defendant-insurance company is not required to pay the defense costs that plaintiff incurred in an underlying litigation where, under the language of...