all - Opinion Summaries

GARVIN v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
District court properly denied plaintiff's motions to amend her 42 U.S.C. section 1983 complaint arising from alleged acts of excessive police force.

ANDERSON v. INDEP. SCH. DIST.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff failed to prove that defendant had defamed him by making untruthful statements about his drug test results to a third party. With respect to...

CITI-WIDE PREFERRED COURIERS, INC. v. GOLDEN EAGLE INS. CORP.

Injury & Tort Law, Workers' Compensation
Just as a malicious prosecution suit may be maintained where only one of several claims in the underlying action lacked probable cause, so too can a...

LINCOLN v. REKSTEN MGMT.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
In a negligence action brought under section 905(b) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, defendant's vessel might have been...

WANKIER v. CROWN EQUIP. CORP.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a design defect case, the plaintiff bears the burden of showing that a safer, feasible alternative design was available at the time the product was...

GRUNDY MINING CO. v. FLYNN

Injury & Tort Law
Administrative Law Judge did not err in finding that a retired miner had established total disability due to pneumoconiosis and is thus entitled to an...

POY v. BOUTSELIS

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff, prevailing in his 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against the police who arrested him, was inappropriately denied fees and costs.

SHIVELY v. BOZANICH

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
The discovery rule may not be employed to delay the accrual of a cause of action for defamation beyond the point at which the defamation is no longer...

SMALLWOOD v. ILLINOIS CENT. R.R. CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In an action arising out of an automobile and train collision, the trial judge erred in finding that the Mississippi Department of Transportation was...

VOGLER v. BLACKMORE

Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
Jury award for plaintiff's future pain and suffering arising from the deaths of his wife and three-year-old daughter is affirmed. Award for wife's...