all - Opinion Summaries

HERNANDEZ v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PROTECTIVE AND REGULATORY SERVS.

Civil Rights, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff's suit, alleging negligence in the death of their child after defendants removed him pending an investigation of child abuse, is dismissed...

SCHADEL v. IOWA INTERSTATE RAILROAD

Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an action involving multiple tortfeasors, defendant is to be held liable for all damages suffered by its employee, reduced by an amount...

GIL v. REED

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Summary judgment against plaintiff's suit, alleging malpractice and deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs in violation of his Eighth...

GAMRADT v. FED. LABS.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
District court erred in finding that the manufacturer of black smoke grenades was not obligated to warn users of the dangers of using the grenade...

ELLIOT v. TURNER CONSTR. CO.

Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a construction accident, judgment against defendant-B&C Steel is affirmed as the district court correctly held that it owed plaintiff a duty of...

COLLINS v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury case, disqualification of plaintiff's expert witness, for dual representation, is reversed where 1) the firm had no notice of the...

SHEKHTER v. SENECA STRUCTURAL DESIGN, INC.

Construction, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit against construction companies allegedly responsible for faulty repairs to an apartment complex damaged after an earthquake, the trial court...

BRIGHT v. WESTMORELAND COUNTY

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff successfully appeals the dismissal of his tort complaint on grounds that the district court improperly based the dismissal on an unpublished...

DOE v. BAXTER HEALTHCARE

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Plaintiffs' suit, alleging that defendants negligently infected their son with HIV, is dismissed where plaintiffs could not prove who caused the...

PRIMROSE OPERATING CO. v. NAT'L AM. INS. CO.

Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Oil and Gas Law
Judgment in favor of plaintiff's suit, alleging that defendant-insurance company has a duty to defend, is affirmed. However, the district court erred...