all - Opinion Summaries

SPATES v. DAMERON HOSP. ASS'N

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment was properly granted against plaintiff in a case alleging negligent disposal of decedent's body, conversion and breach of fiduciary...

KANIFF v. US

Injury & Tort Law
With deference to the district court's findings of historical fact, it is found that airport customs inspectors reasonably suspected plaintiff of...

MOORE v. ANGELA MV

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful death action brought by a childless widow under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. section 905(b), the...

DEBIEC v. CABOT CORP.

Injury & Tort Law
Whether or not three of the plaintiffs exercised due diligence in investigating their illness, and can therefore take advantage of the "discovery...

ATHRIDGE v. AETNA CAS. & SUR. CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action arising out of an automobile accident brought against insurers alleging indemnification, bad-faith, and misrepresentation, summary...

ARANA v. OCHSNER HEALTH PLAN

ERISA, Injury & Tort Law
Because plaintiff's claim against Ochsner Health Plan fails as a matter of Louisiana law, no question of conflict with federal ERISA law exists.

CISAR v. HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Jury verdict in favor of defendant on negligence claim is affirmed. District court did not abuse its discretion in controlling cross examination of...

KELLY v. GOLDEN

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
District court's decision concluding arbitration claim was waived is affirmed. Summary judgment on breach of contract and prima facie tort...

HENRY v. WAUSAU BUS. INS. CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an insurance claims action arising out of a fatal auto accident, the district court's decision granting summary judgment in favor of plaintiff...

CONNELLY v. HYUNDAI MOTOR CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Defendant's appeal, of judgment entered in favor of plaintiff after a jury found defendant liable for negligently testing or designing an airbag which...