Court: Wyoming Supreme Court Citation: 2021 WY 75 Opinion Date: June 9, 2021 Judge: Gray Areas of Law: Personal Injury, Trusts & Estates The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Appellants’ motion to intervene in this wrongful death action, holding that heirs of the decedent cannot intervene in a wrongful death action brought by the wrongful … Read more
Court: Michigan Supreme Court Docket: 160355 Opinion Date: June 9, 2021 Judge: Bernstein Areas of Law: Civil Procedure, Government & Administrative Law, Personal Injury In 2016, plaintiff Jennifer Buhl and her husband went to a party store in Oak Park, Michigan. As she was walking, the plaintiff saw a raised crack in the sidewalk outside the store and tried to … Read more
Court: Idaho Supreme Court – Civil Docket: 47812 Opinion Date: June 9, 2021 Judge: Brody Areas of Law: Civil Procedure, Health Law, Personal Injury, Products Liability Linda Black sustained second-degree burns on her back while undergoing electrotherapeutic treatment at Superior Physical Therapy (“SPT”). Black’s treatment was performed by Bart McDonald, a licensed physical therapist and the sole owner of SPT. … Read more
Court: Florida Supreme Court Docket: SC19-1305 Opinion Date: June 10, 2021 Judge: Muniz Areas of Law: Construction Law, Personal Injury, Real Estate & Property Law The Supreme Court accepted certification of a question about the Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety Act, Fla. Stat. Chapter 556, and answered that the Act creates a standalone cause of action and that the … Read more
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: 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
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