all - Opinion Summaries

MARICH v. MGM/UA TELECOMM., INC.

Communications Law, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
Parents were entitled to judgment on claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress, common-law invasion of privacy, based upon intrusion and...

CALHOUN v. YAMAHA MOTOR CORP., U.S.A.

Admiralty, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In this products liability claim under maritime law, where the jury rendered a defense verdict, the district court properly applied Federal Rule of...

AM. CONSUMER PUBL'G ASS'N v. MARGOSIAN

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Defendants were entitled to summary judgment on plaintiffs' claim for damages for defamation under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, because plaintiffs...

LUELLEN v. CITY OF E. CHICAGO

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment to defendants on section 1983 claims is affirmed where the search of plaintiff's car did not violate the Fourth Amendment, loss of...

MORFIN v. CITY OF E. CHICAGO

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action, summary judgment to defendants is affirmed in part and reversed where genuine issues of material fact exist as to whether...

FREEMAN v. BUSCH

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
Summary judgment to defendant college affirmed because plaintiff cannot establish that a Resident Assistant had a legal duty to her under either...

MCCLUNG v. EMPLOYMENT DEV. DEP'T.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a sexual harassment action, judgment to fellow employee is reversed where FEHA harassment liability extends to nonsupervisory coworkers and...

O'HALLORAN v. FIRST UNION NAT'L BANK OF FLA.

Injury & Tort Law
In an embezzlement action, the district court's dismissal is vacated where although plaintiffs- complaint fails as a matter of law, the court erred in...

JONES v. PRINCE GEORGE-S COUNTY

Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action, the district court's denial of motion to intervene is affirmed where a minor may not intervene as a matter of right...

HILL v. SCOTT

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment to defendants is affirmed where defendant was entitled to qualified immunity, no reasonable officer would have known that failing to...