all - Opinion Summaries

WOLOSZYN v. LAWRENCE

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death suit involving the jailhouse suicide of a pre-trial detainee, summary judgment in favor of defendants is affirmed where there was...

RIVERA v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a wrongful death action, dismissal of plaintiff's strict liability failure-to-warn claim is reversed where the evidence in the record is sufficient...

BURRELL v. VIRGINIA

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff's complaint, alleging that a summons to appear in court for refusing to provide evidence of automobile insurance at the scene of an accident...

STORAGE TECH. CORP. v. CISCO SYS. INC.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In order to obtain a restitutionary remedy against a defendant for inducing an employee's breach of noncompetition and nondisclosure covenants, a...

ORTEGA v. BIBB COUNTY SCH. DIST.

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death suit, an order denying defendant-school's motion for summary judgment is reversed where plaintiff has no valid cause of action for...

BREKKE v. WILLS

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
A restraining order issued against defendant is affirmed over his challenge that the order violates his First Amendment rights of freedom of speech...

MOORE v. ASHEVILLE

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
A defendant to a coercive state administrative proceeding must exhaust his state administrative and judicial remedies, and may not bypass them in...

CABONI v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability action, a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff is reversed where he failed to elicit any evidence at trial that established that...

WILLIAMS v. US

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff, who claims he was unlawfully arrested by a special police officer employed by the US Government Printing Office, cannot maintain a cause of...

BLUE CROSS v. CRUZ

Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In suit for reimbursement of health benefits, the district court erred in granted defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter...