all - Opinion Summaries

DIFELICE v. AETNA US HEALTHCARE

ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
Dismissal of an action alleging defendant's negligence in determining that a tube was "medically unnecessary," is affirmed where the suit is...

KADISH v. JEWISH CMTY CTRS. OF GREATER LOS ANGELES

Injury & Tort Law, Landlord Tenant Law
In an action alleging failure to provide adequate security measures, dismissal is affirmed where a violent criminal assault on a religious...

GOEBEL v. THE DENVER AND RIO GRANDE W. R.R. CO.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment in favor of the plaintiff is affirmed, as the district court did not abuse its discretion by ruling expert testimony was admissible where the...

KIRBY v. FLORIDA

Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
A settlement and release of liability between an victim and a defendant in a civil claim for damages prior to the disposition of a criminal case based...

OTTO CANDIES, L.L.C. v. NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI CORP.

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
General maritime law cautiously recognizes the tort of negligent misrepresentation as applied to vessel classification societies, and on the facts...

AMWAY CORP. v. THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action for tortious interference with contract and with actual and prospective business relations, through internet publication of an allegedly...

EATERIES, INC. v. J. R. SIMPLOT CO.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a breach of contract and breach of express and implied warranties action arising from purported salmonella poisoning at a restaurant, district...

REXROAD v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD

Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
City defendants were not entitled to immunity under Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act section 3-106, in a negligence...

KIDNEIGH v. UNUM LIFE INS. CO. OF AM.

ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Both a Colorado state law bad faith claim against an employment disability insurance provider, and a spouse's derivative loss of consortium claim, are...

CAIN v. GREEN TWEED & CO., INC.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Sanctions
The Superior Court erred 1) in ruling that an affidavit plaintiff filed in opposition to defendant's summary judgment motion was a sham and would not...