1,069 results for 'cat:"Tort"'.
J. Lewis grants the amusement parks' motion for summary judgment. The inspector whose hand was amputated during an inspection says park employees operated the apparatus at an unsafe speed during inspection, causing the amputation. The inspector has stated he was trained to touch a wire rope, but not told where to position himself, nor of a designated safe operating speed. The injured party has failed to establish duty of care and proximate cause for his negligence claim against the company.
Court: USDC South Carolina Aiken, Judge: Lewis, Filed On: March 25, 2024, Case #: 0:22cv1114, NOS: Other Personal Injury - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: tort, Negligence
J. Corrigan, in an order applied to several different and otherwise apparently unconnected personal-injury cases with disputes over whether the amount in controversy exceeds the $75,000 minimum for federal courts to exercise diversity jurisdiction, finds that the estimates of amounts in controversy required by Florida's civil cover sheet on its own are not sufficient to satisfy a defendant's burden to demonstrate that the minimum amount in controversy is satisfied by a preponderance of the evidence. One of the four cases is remanded after application of this principle. Jurisdiction has been properly invoked in another, and the defendants in the two remaining cases are ordered to file jurisdictional supplements.
Court: USDC Middle District of Florida, Judge: Corrigan, Filed On: March 25, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv869, NOS: Motor Vehicle - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: tort, Jurisdiction
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[Consolidated.] J. Flanagan grants a former student his motion to certify this case for appeal after the court dismissed North Carolina State University from the student’s suit accusing the school and a sports medicine doctor of sexual abuse. According to federal civil rights law, an allegation of sexual grooming behavior on its own does not establish notice to the university of sexual harassment. However, because in this case a jury could reasonably judge that the university should have taken responsibility for the doctor’s behavior, of which it was aware, this is enough to certify the case for appeal.
Court: USDC Eastern District of North Carolina, Judge: Flanagan, Filed On: March 25, 2024, Case #: 5:22cv344, NOS: Education - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Education, tort
J. Myers denies an airline traveler’s motion to set aside judgment after her federal tort claim was dismissed as her reason is not persuasive. Following her suit against some TSA officers for false imprisonment, which was dismissed, she appealed but the pleadings were deficient. She claims that as her mother was severely ill and the traveler herself was 18 years old at the time, she did not have the support she needed to further engage in litigation. However, this does not meet the criteria warranting setting aside judgment under federal rules of civil procedure.
Court: USDC Eastern District of North Carolina, Judge: Myers, Filed On: March 22, 2024, Case #: 5:21cv338, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Procedure, Government, tort
J. Murphy finds that the district court correctly dismissed a woman’s claims that she was wrongfully arrested and that deputies used excessive force when placing her in a cell at the county jail. The deputies had probable cause to arrest her under suspicion that she had committed assault, and deputies properly used force to detain in response to the woman’s behavior, which indicated a risk of suicide. Affirmed.
Court: 6th Circuit, Judge: Murphy, Filed On: March 22, 2024, Case #: 23-1739, Categories: Civil Rights, tort, Police Misconduct
J. Dick denies a request to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction a chemical plant worker’s complaint the negligence of a tank valve manufacturer resulted in the spraying of extremely hot liquor, causing him severe burns and the loss of sight in both eyes. Although the manufacturer is not incorporated in Louisiana, the disabled worker has alleged sufficient facts to show the valve-maker availed itself of the privileges of conducting business in the state.
Court: USDC Middle District of Louisiana, Judge: Dick, Filed On: March 22, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv505, NOS: Other Personal Injury - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Commerce, tort, Product Liability
J. Smith partially denies summary judgment to a boat captain who slipped and fell on a whale watching tour boat. There is a genuine dispute of material fact if there was an unseaworthy, worn non-slip strip and fuel leak in the room where he slipped, or if this was an uncommon condition of the room. The tour company is granted partial summary judgment as to the injury to the captain’s left leg, but not to injury to his right knee. The tour company’s obligation to the health of his left leg has reached maximum medical cure, but questions remain as to whether the right knee’s condition is connected to the original injury.
Court: USDC Hawaii, Judge: Smith, Filed On: March 22, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv442, NOS: Marine - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Admiralty, Employment, tort
J. Cassel finds the district court improperly overruled the school district's motion for summary judgment. The district claims it has immunity from the wrongful discharge suit filed by the former employee who was terminated after it was discovered she had provided incorrect ID information in order to cover up a previous arrest. The district's decision to terminate her employment falls within the discretionary function exemption of the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act. Reversed.
Court: Nebraska Supreme Court, Judge: Cassel , Filed On: March 22, 2024, Case #: S-23-490, Categories: Education, Employment, tort
J. Dick denies summary judgment to a Baton Rouge casino hotel, declining to dismiss a Texas gambler’s negligence claims related to a piece of wire she allegedly consumed at the gaming hall. A factual dispute remains concerning where and when the guest ingested the wire, while her limited food intake and the timing of her abdominal pain are enough to present a factual issue as to the casino hotel’s breach of duty.
Court: USDC Middle District of Louisiana, Judge: Dick, Filed On: March 22, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv304, NOS: Insurance - Contract, Categories: Evidence, tort, Damages
[Consolidated.] J. Troutman finds that the appellate division improperly affirmed granting late notices of claim against the City of New York by two men who separately alleged harm through a jailhouse beating and malicious prosecution. In neither case did the man provide sufficient sworn evidence of intentional tort, nor was any court inquiry made into whether the city had independent knowledge of purported employee conduct that led to the claims. Reversed.
Court: New York Court Of Appeals, Judge: Troutman, Filed On: March 21, 2024, Case #: 15, Categories: Civil Procedure, tort
J. Kobayashi partially denies dismissal on part of a claim against the government by military families regarding the military’s handling of the Red Hill fuel leak and subsequent water crisis. The government must face part of a negligence claim that accuses the government of not following protocols for flushing the fuel contamination from the families’ homes, as the government did not establish how following the protocols may have implicated other policy concerns. On the other hand, because the government did show how its failure to remediate constituted a discretionary decision under an exception under the Federal Torts Claims Act, that tort claim is dismissed with prejudice.
Court: USDC Hawaii, Judge: Kobayashi, Filed On: March 21, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv397, NOS: Other Personal Injury - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Government, tort, Negligence
Per curiam, the appellate division properly found for the property owner on a construction injury claim stemming from a worker's injury caused by a grinder. The worker did not fall from the ladder, even after he was struck in the face by the grinder, so the injury did not arise from any elevation-related risk. Rather, the evidence shows that the grinder did not have its guard attached, violating labor laws. Affirmed.
Court: New York Appellate Divisions, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: March 21, 2024, Case #: 01607, Categories: Construction, tort
J. Fisher finds that a police officer was properly denied accidental disability retirement benefits for a shoulder injury that occurred while responding to a medical emergency because the injury occurred in the course of the officer's routine employment duties and constituted a risk of the job. Affirmed.
Court: New York Appellate Divisions, Judge: Fisher, Filed On: March 21, 2024, Case #: CV-23-0234, Categories: Social Security, tort
J. Garry finds that a police officer was properly denied accidental disability retirement benefits for a knee injury sustained when he fell while dismounting a bike to chase a suspect during a training exercise because the injury occurred during routine training included in regular job duties and thus did not constitute an accident. Affirmed.
Court: New York Appellate Divisions, Judge: Garry, Filed On: March 21, 2024, Case #: CV-23-1359, Categories: Employment, Social Security, tort
J. Myers partially grants two cheer leading coaches their motion to dismiss allegations of child abuse and RICO violations brought by a male cheerleader. The cheerleader claims that within the first year of his participation in a private, competitive cheer leading program, beginning when he was 12 years old, a male coach not party to this suit initiated a sexual relationship with him and that the two named coaches were aware and did not intervene. However, because the cheerleader does not accuse the two coaches of violating federal child abuse laws, but only a failure to report the abuse to the program, his claim fails. Likewise, his RICO claim fails because it does not present an injury to a business or property.
Court: USDC Eastern District of North Carolina, Judge: Myers, Filed On: March 20, 2024, Case #: 5:22cv430, NOS: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) - Other Suits, Categories: Civil Rights, tort, Racketeering
J. Friedman approves a $125 million settlement of class claims against the government for PACER fees it unlawfully used to fund non-PACER services. The settlement, which reimburses small-scale users for all fees and substantially reimburses large-scale users, is fair, reasonable and adequate.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Friedman, Filed On: March 20, 2024, Case #: 1:16cv745, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Settlements, tort, Class Action
Per curiam, the appellate division finds that the lower court properly dismissed this trip and fall action as time-barred. The complaint was untimely because it was filed outside the three-year statute of limitations.
Court: New York Appellate Divisions, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: March 20, 2024, Case #: 01554, Categories: tort
[Consolidated.] J. Bell partially grants the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co.’s motion for partial judgment on the pleadings in a suit involving more than 200 litigants claiming a design defect in its human papillomavirus vaccine, Gardasil, after they experienced adverse health effects including mobility issues, short-term memory loss and chronic fatigue. However, Merck does not violate the federal Vaccine Act’s direct warning statute just because the litigants’ medical providers failed to issue a warning of the vaccine’s potential side effects.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Bell, Filed On: March 20, 2024, Case #: 3:22md3036, NOS: Personal Injury - Health Care/Pharmaceutical Personal Injury/Product Liability - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Corporations, Health Care, tort
J. Douglas finds the district court properly dismissed most claims made by the black property owner against the postal service and two employees. Though the alleged conduct does not fall within tort claims act exceptions, and sovereign immunity does not bar tort claims, the owner fails to state a viable equal protection claim. No facts support her assertion the carriers continued to deliver to similarly situated white property owners while denying her delivery. Affirmed in part.
Court: 5th Circuit, Judge: Douglas , Filed On: March 20, 2024, Case #: 23-10179, Categories: Civil Rights, Government, tort
J. Jennings grants Allstate's motion to dismiss most claims in this contract and conversion suit. The purchaser of an Allstate-owned, California salvage title vehicle discovered the vehicle was stolen when he was arrested in Kentucky for receiving stolen property. Though the insurance company is now in possession of the vehicle, the purchaser has not been refunded his purchase price. Allstate's causation argument on a factual dispute regarding the arrest and vehicle seizure, as affecting the purchaser's conversion claim, is not dismissed, being better suited to a motion for summary judgment. The purchaser has failed to allege Allstate's behavior was extreme or outrageous, and the tort claim is dismissed. Punitive damages are also not assertable as independent counts.
Court: USDC Western District of Kentucky, Judge: Jennings, Filed On: March 20, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv108, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: tort, Conversion, Contract
J. Eagles partially grants a motion for extension of time to obtain timely and valid service to the parents of a Black child whom a white woman allegedly struck in the face while he and his sister visited a swimming pool on the property she manages. The parents do not have good cause for having missed their deadline to obtain service of process on the apartment complex where the white woman worked, but they do show good cause to extend the deadline in their service of suit to the property owner.
Court: USDC Middle District of North Carolina, Judge: Eagles, Filed On: March 20, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv689, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Property, tort
J. Kindred denies a longshoreman's negligence claim stemming from a shoulder injury he sustained when he slipped and fell while working aboard a vessel. "It is not reasonable for a professional longshoreman to expect an ice-free deck inside of a freezer hold when the hatch cover is open to the elements." The longshoreman's supervisor warned him that the decks would be slippery and instructed him to use extra care. "The cargo deck in question was not covered in ice and there was no ice or slick condition beyond the usual conditions."
Court: USDC Alaska, Judge: Kindred, Filed On: March 20, 2024, Case #: 3:20cv98, NOS: Marine - Contract, Categories: Maritime, tort
J. Kyzar finds that defendant was properly convicted of first degree rape of his wife's grandson. Defendant's motion to suppress a confession made during the investigation after his arrest was correctly denied since there was no evidence of any "coercive conduct leading to the confession." Affirmed.
Court: Louisiana Court Of Appeal, Judge: Kyzar, Filed On: March 20, 2024, Case #: KA-23-524, Categories: Evidence, tort
J. Ortego affirms the allocation of fault and damage awards in an auto accident case involving a car/ambulance collision. The dash cam video from the ambulance, photographs and expert testimony support the allocation of 40% fault to the ambulance driver and 60% fault to his employer. Affirmed.
Court: Louisiana Court Of Appeal, Judge: Ortego, Filed On: March 20, 2024, Case #: CA-23-601, Categories: tort, Damages, Negligence
J. Pirtle finds the workers compensation court properly awarded the employee temporary total disability following a slip and fall on ice in the auto sales company's parking lot. Though the court awarded her temporary total disability benefits and ordered the company to pay medical expenses, mileage and pharmacy expenses, the employee contends she is due permanent disability benefits. The employee has failed to provide evidence of permanent medical impairment or permanent restrictions to the body as a whole. Affirmed.
Court: Nebraska Court Of Appeals, Judge: Pirtle , Filed On: March 19, 2024, Case #: A-23-548, Categories: Evidence, tort, Workers' Compensation