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SMITH v. CITY OF HEMET

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
A section 1983 action for excessive force is not necessarily barred by a plaintiff's conviction for willfully resisting, delaying, or obstructing a...

CRAIGHEAD v. LEE

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
District court did not err in denying defendant-police officers' motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity where their use of deadly...

UNREIN v. TIMESAVERS, INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability action, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where the district court did not err in excluding the testimony of...

BRADFORD v. HUCKABEE

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
District court erred in denying defendants' motion to dismiss based on qualified immunity to plaintiff's claims alleging he was constructively...

HARRON v. BONILLA

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of defendants' special motion to strike plaintiff's defamation action against them, under the anti-SLAPP statute, is affirmed where neither...

KONITS v. VALLEY STREAM CENT. HIGH SCHOOL

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
A First Amendment retaliation lawsuit, predicated on speech about gender discrimination against a fellow employee that directly implicates the access...

BIZZARRO v. MIRANDA

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment dispute, denial of defendant's motion for summary judgment, based on qualified immunity, against plaintiff's equal protection claim,...

FOELKER v. OUTAGAMIE COUNTY

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff-inmate's suit, alleging a violation of his constitutional rights, is reversed where a reasonable jury could conclude that...

HAMMONS HOTELS, INC. v. ACOM WINDOW SYS. INC.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiffs' claims for breach of contract and breach of written and implied warranty in connection with defective windows were all barred by the...

BOERNER v. BROWN & WILLIAMSON

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Remedies
A jury award of $4 million, based on a claim that the defective nature of defendant's Pall Mall cigarettes caused plaintiff-decedent's lung cancer and...