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Court: Supreme Court of Alabama Docket: 1190660 Opinion Date: June 4, 2021 Judge: Mitchell Areas of Law: Civil Procedure, Personal Injury Raymon Means, Jr., an employee of Sanders Lead Company, Inc., was burned in a workplace accident when molten lead splashed out of a kettle following an explosion. In an effort to recover outside Alabama’s Workers’ Compensation Act, Means sued, … Read more
Court: US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Docket: 20-1132 Opinion Date: June 7, 2021 Judge: Kobes Areas of Law: Insurance Law, Personal Injury The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Integrity in an action brought by the plaintiff for negligent performance of an undertaking. Plaintiff filed suit after he was injured in a … Read more
Court: US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Docket: 19-3522 Opinion Date: June 9, 2021 Judge: Amalya Lyle Kearse Areas of Law: International Law, Personal Injury Plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint (SAC), seeking (A) to hold the bank liable as a principal under the Antiterrorism Act of 1990 (ATA) for providing banking services to Hizbollah, a designated Foreign … Read more
Court: Supreme Court of Texas Docket: 18-1181 Opinion Date: April 16, 2021 Judge: Bland Areas of Law: Personal Injury, Products Liability In this product liability action, the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the trial court against Petitioners, holding that legally sufficient evidence supported the jury’s design-defect … Read more
Court: North Dakota Supreme Court Citation: 2021 ND 74 Opinion Date: April 20, 2021 Judge: Gerald W. VandeWalle Areas of Law: Civil Procedure, Personal Injury Melissa Oster and N.B. appealed two orders denying motions for a new trial after a jury awarded a verdict in N.B.’s favor. Oster and her daughter, N.B., were staying at … Read more
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri Docket: SC98704 Opinion Date: April 20, 2021 Judge: Paul C. Wilson Areas of Law: Government & Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Personal Injury The Supreme Court vacated the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission awarding permanent total disability (PTD) benefits to Jonathan Parker under Mo. Rev. Stat. 287.220.2, holding that … Read more
Court: Iowa Supreme Court Docket: 20-0563 Opinion Date: April 16, 2021 Judge: Christensen Areas of Law: Personal Injury In this defamation action, the Supreme Court affirmed the district court’s order granting Defendant’s motion for summary judgment, holding that the district court did not err in concluding that the statement at issue was a constitutionally protected … Read more
Court: Alaska Supreme Court Docket: S-17106 Opinion Date: April 16, 2021 Judge: Carney Areas of Law: Civil Procedure, Health Law, Personal Injury A patient sued a hospital, arguing the hospital violated the Alaska Health Care Decisions Act (HCDA) when it temporarily assumed decision-making authority over his medical care while he was incapacitated and treated him … Read more
Court: Alaska Supreme Court Docket: S-17634 Opinion Date: April 16, 2021 Judge: Joel H. Bolger Areas of Law: Government & Administrative Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Personal Injury An Alaska State Commission for Human Rights (State) employee with preexisting medical conditions was involved in a work-related motor vehicle accident in January 2017. The … Read more
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