all - Opinion Summaries

KRAMPER FAMILY FARM P'SHIP v. IBP, INC.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a trespass suit, as it "appears to a legal certainty that the claim is really for less than the jurisdictional amount," the case is remanded to the...

HESLING v. CSX TRANSP., INC.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action, a jury verdict in favor of defendant is affirmed where the magistrate judge did not err in finding that the Federal...

BROWN v. PARKER DRILLING OFFSHORE CORP.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a suit to recover damages for an employment-related injury, the jury erred in finding that it was unreasonable for defendant-employer to withhold...

ROJAS-ITHIER v. SOCIEDAD ESPANOLA

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a third-party complaint alleging medical malpractice, plaintiff-hospital failed to produce appropriate expert evidence and failed to adduce support...

Bucci v. Essex Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Under Maine law, an insurer that has violated its duty to defend is not precluded from subsequently arguing that it does not have a duty to indemnify.

BOARD v. FARNHAM

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging inhumane and inadequate conditions at a jail, plaintiffs have presented sufficient evidence of alleged constitutional violations to...

LANGLEY v. HOT SPRING COUNTY

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit, alleging wrongful discharge in violation of the First Amendment, is affirmed where plaintiff failed to show that...

KNIEVEL v. ESPN

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a defamation suit, the grant of defendant's motion to dismiss is affirmed where the word "pimp" cannot be reasonably interpreted as a criminal...

MIMICS, INC. v. VILLAGE OF ANGEL FIRE

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit alleging Constitutional rights violations for illegal entry onto property, defendant-city inspector failed to establish that he is entitled...

STEWART v. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
A state does not waive its sovereign immunity by voluntarily removing an action to federal court when it would have been immune from the same action...