The consumers prevailed in a products liability suit against the tire company and were awarded prejudgment interest. A discrepancy arose when counsel for the respective parties tried to calculate the total judgment amount. Defense counsel sent an e-mail...

Plaintiff lake carriers brought an action against defendant Michigan state officials for a declaratory judgment holding the Michigan Water Pollution Act of 1970 unconstitutional and preempted, and for an injunction against its enforcement. The lake carriers...

When a tube was inserted into the patient's right hand for anesthesia, she felt pain, and when she awoke from surgery, she complained of increasing pain in her right arm and shoulder. The patient was later diagnosed with right thoracic outlet syndrome...

Plaintiff school bus passenger claimed that while she was riding home on one of the bus company's buses, she was injured when the bus collided with an unidentified vehicle. Plaintiff could not remember the street or the neighborhood where the accident...

Plaintiff employee was appointed district manager for a certain area of the defendant employer's business and his supervisor informed him that he was to receive an "override" commission on the gross sales of all the salesmen working under...

Appellee San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (SAMTA) is a public mass-transit authority that received federal financial assistance. Appellee brought an action for declaratory judgment to determine whether it was entitled to immunity from the minimum...

Water Splash, Inc. v. Menon Supreme Court of the United States March 22, 2017, Argued; May 22, 2017, Decided No. 16-254. Opinion Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court. This case concerns the scope of the Convention on the Service Abroad of...

Virginia State Bd. of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council Supreme Court of the United States Argued November 11, 1975 ; May 24, 1976 No. 74-895 Opinion  [*749]   [***351]   [**1819]  MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court....

Appellee employee, Richard E. Tomlin, worked for the appellant employer, Densberger Drywall Inc. In June 2002, appellee went to the doctor, who diagnosed appellee with degenerative arthritis in his right shoulder. According to the doctor, appellee’s...

Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit November 15, 2006, Argued and Submitted, Pasadena, California; December 3, 2007, Amended No. 06-55405, No. 06-55406, No. 06-55425, No. 06-55759, No. 06-55854, No...