all - Opinion Summaries

IN RE GRAHAM OFFSHORE, INC.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
Coast Guard regulations requiring the operator of each manned facility on the Outer Continental Shelf to submit an Emergency Evacuation Plan (EEP) do...

PURE DISTRIB., INC. v. BAKER

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Because the pleadings filed in earlier lawsuit could give rise to the reasonable inference that plaintiffs' claim here was timely filed, summary...

O'HARA v. WEEKS MARINE, INC.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Workers' Compensation
Where plaintiff alleged he had been working under the direct supervision of defendant's employee at the time of his injury, triable issues could...

LEATHERMAN TOOL GROUP, INC. v. COOPER INDUS., INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Remedies
On remand from the US Sup. Ct., which instructed that appellate courts must review independently the constitutionality of punitive damage awards,...

ORR v. BANK OF AMERICA

Banking Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
Because the majority of evidence on the plaintiff's claim for intentional interference with business and existing contracts was inadmissible hearsay...

ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. MENARDS, INC.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
The Erie doctrine imposes on federal courts the responsibility to determine the content of state law at the state, not the local, level, and because...

NEW COMM WIRELESS SERVS., INC. v. SPRINTCOM, INC.

Communications Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Because there was no showing, on tortious interference claim, that defendant intended to interfere with plaintiff's contract(s) knowing that such...

HALL v. CLINTON

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
An actionable wrong is a predicate to an action for civil conspiracy, and the Attorney General has broad discretion on whether to utilize government...

SILVER v. BOATWRIGHT HOME INSPECTION, INC.

Attorney's Fees, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The recovery of damages from other defendants, even though not from this defendant, supports the trial court's determination that this defendant was...

UPSHER v. GROSSE POINTE PUB. SCH. SYS.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Workers' Compensation
Where there was no evidence to suggest that, in directing plaintiffs to remove carpeting that exposed asbestos-containing tiles, any of the defendants...