(N.Y., Education Law, Injury And Tort Law) In an action against defendants Eden Central School District and Child and Family Services of Erie County (CFS) for damages resulting from an alleged sexual assault committed by an 11-year-old student upon a five-year-old student, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where the alleged sexual assault was an [...]
(U.S. 1st Cir., Drugs & Biotech, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Health Law, Injury And Tort Law, Professional Malpractice) In plaintiff’s suit against an oncologist and others, claiming that the death of his wife was the result of defendants’ negligent acts and omissions that induced her to purchase their “cancer vaccine” treatment and forego conventional [...]
(U.S. 7th Cir., Civil Procedure, Construction, Injury And Tort Law, Manufacturing) In plaintiff’s suit against the builder of his new home for sustaining serious injuries when his foot and leg sank into a hole concealed underneath the sod in the backyard, district court’s grant of defendant’s motion for summary judgment is affirmed where: 1) summary [...]
(U.S. D.C. Cir., Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury And Tort Law, Manufacturing, Military Law) In an action by the owners of a Sudanese pharmaceutical plant against the U.S. for unjustifiably destroying the plant, failing to compensate plaintiffs for its destruction, and defaming them by asserting they had ties to Osama bin Laden, dismissal of the [...]
(U.S. 7th Cir., Civil Procedure, Consumer Products, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury And Tort Law, Manufacturing, Product Liability) A defendant’s petition for a writ of mandamus requesting that a district judge be recused from presiding over four cases against manufacturers of white lead carbonate pigments is denied as the petitioner has not established that a [...]
(U.S. D.C. Cir., Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury And Tort Law, Manufacturing, Military Law) In an action by the owners of a Sudanese pharmaceutical plant against the U.S. for unjustifiably destroying the plant, failing to compensate plaintiffs for its destruction, and defaming them by asserting they had ties to Osama bin Laden, dismissal of the [...]
(U.S. D.C. Cir., Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury And Tort Law, Manufacturing, Military Law) In an action by the owners of a Sudanese pharmaceutical plant against the U.S. for unjustifiably destroying the plant, failing to compensate plaintiffs for its destruction, and defaming them by asserting they had ties to Osama bin Laden, dismissal of the [...]
(U.S. 7th Cir., Civil Procedure, Consumer Products, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury And Tort Law, Manufacturing, Product Liability) A defendant’s petition for a writ of mandamus requesting that a district judge be recused from presiding over four cases against manufacturers of white lead carbonate pigments is denied as the petitioner has not established that a [...]
(U.S. 6th Cir., Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury And Tort Law) In air traffic controllers’ suit alleging personal injuries based on their exposure to toxic mold at the airport, district court’s order dismissing the complaint for failure to state a claim is affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded where: 1) [...]
(U.S. 5th Cir., Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Injury And Tort Law) In an appeal from the district court’s judgment affirming the bankruptcy court and declining to imply a right of contribution among defendants who agreed to be jointly and individually liable for a payment as part of the settlement agreement for a state tort action, the [...]