Law Reporter

View more issues:

Articles in May 2003 issue of Law Reporter

• Rod strikes worker: Failure to warn of dangerous condition: Shoulder injury: Verdict
• Medical negligence
• Student harassed by classmates: First Amendment violations: Negligence: Beatings: Emotional distress: Settlement
• Foreseeability of shooting irrelevant where bar assumes duty to protect patrons by hiring guard
• Lessee's business fails following construction work on street: Dishonored lease term: Breach of contract: Loss of business: Verdict
• Seller that was not licensed to do business in state cannot enforce arbitration agreement in state court
• Written report not needed for general contractors to testify as experts on roof damage
• Credit union employee accused of misconduct after uncovering improprieties: Defamation: Verdict: Punitive damages
• Waste truck strikes car: Failure to stop at red light: Multiple fractures: Blindness: Settlement.
• Florist's insurer fails to reimburse for inventory destroyed in hailstorm: Breach of contract: Negligence: Business losses: Settlement
• Hospital may not assert lien for balance of its usual charges after receiving discounted payment from insurer
• Woman's foot crushed by camel: Fractures: Dislocations: Negligent operation of amusement ride: Settlement
• Overgrown vegetation blocks view of tracks: Failure to maintain sight distance: Wrongful death: Verdict. Punitive damages
• Drywall installer falls through hole in floor: Failure to place barriers and warnings: Herniated disk: Torn rotator cuff: Settlement
• Lesbian partner must pay support for children born during relationship
• Separation agreement does not bar husband from suing estranged wife's lover
• Parties can agree to post-judgment interest rate different from rate used by statute
• Psychological injuries resulting from stress of non-disciplinary personnel actions are compensable under worker's compensation statute
• Overcorrection causes car to roll over: Inattentive driving: Quadriplegia: Verdict.
• Man shot during police raid: Excessive force: Improper search: Fourth Amendment violations: Verdict
• Cellular phone company uses another's technology for signal transmission: Infringement of patent: Lost royalties: Verdict
• Employees who were older at the time of hire receive smaller pensions than those hired at younger ages: Age discrimination: Settlement
• Housepainter touches bare spot on power line: Negligent maintenance: Failure to inspect: Fall: Paraplegia: Multiple fractures: Verdict
• Products liability
• Employee injured while moving boxes: Negligent training: Inadequate medical care: Herniated disk: Verdict
• Man drives car into tree during test drive: Failure to warn: Careless driving: Spinal fractures: Quadriplegia: Postverdict settlement
• Plaintiff's recovery not capped by FTCA where psychological disorders began after filing of administrative claim
• Failure to pay off credit card balance does not constitute acceptance of arbitration amendment to original agreement
• Arbitration policy contained in leaflet is void for lack of mutual assent
• Concealed bias by juror during jury selection is grounds for new trial
• Plaintiffs may recover cost of demolition and reconstruction of public building contaminated with PCBs
• Worker crushed by falling steel plate: Violation of employer's safety standards, OSHA regulations: Wrongful death: Settlement
• Doctrine of res ipsa loquitur available against multiple defendants and in spite of allegations of negligence
• Negligent highway design: Flooding: Property damage: Verdict
• Notice of intent to sue under Clean Water Act need not specify exact dates of violations
• Insurer claims policyholder failed to disclose medical conditions, rescinds policy: Breach of contract: Postverdict settlement
• Court hearing quantum meruit claim for fees must make independent determination of fair allocation
• Emotional distress from carjacking sufficiently related to vehicle to be covered by insurance
• Mobile home community terminates disabled maintenance man: ADA violation: Mental anguish: Verdict: Punitive damages
• Lead paint in apartment: Failure to comply with state law: Elevated blood lead levels: Learning disabilities: Postverdict settlement
• Spotlight: Counsel help client with disability regain independence
• Truck crosses median, hits car: Negligence: Reckless driving: Wrongful death: Verdict: Punitive damages.
• Action under Federal Trademark Dilution Act requires showing of actual injury to economic value of a trademark
• Passengers removed from flight due to their race may sue airline for injunctive relief
• Woman scalded when microwave door strikes pot lid: Burns: Improper installation: Verdict
• Professional negligence
• Child poisoned by lead paint: Failure to warn or prevent: Brain damage: Settlement
• Security guard chokes and handcuffs boy: Excessive force: assault and battery: Emotional distress: Verdict
• Superiors harass hearing-impaired mechanic: Age, disability discrimination: Lost wages: Verdict: Punitive damages
• Insurer permits terminated agent to sell policies: Lost worker's compensation payments: reach of convenants: Settlement
• Railway workers suffering from asbestosis may recover damages under FELA for mental anguish of fear of developing cancer
• Statute of limitations does not bar personal injury claims of plaintiffs who lived near nuclear testing facility