The cement company began the operation of a large plant. The neighboring landowners filed suit for injunctive relief and damages, alleging injury to their property as a nuisance from dirt, smoke, and vibrations coming from the plant. The case was tried...

Gaker v. Citizens Disability, LLC United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts February 6, 2023, Decided; February 6, 2023, Filed Case No. 20-CV-11031-AK Opinion MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT A. KELLEY, D...

Dr. Holmes, the testator, was the author of "The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table," which, during the years 1857 and 1858, was published by Phillips, Sampson & Company of Boston, in twelve successive numbers of the Atlantic Monthly, a periodical...

In November 2011, Plaintiff Knutson purchased a vehicle from Toyota that included a 90-day trial subscription to Defendant Sirius XM satellite radio. About a month after his trial subscription was activated, Knutson received a “Welcome Kit”...

Plaintiffs sought compensation for injuries plaintiff sustained when she fell on property rented by tenant but owned by defendant. Plaintiff's complaint acknowledged that the tenant rented the property from defendant, but the complaint only charged...

Does v. Reddit, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit August 29, 2022, Argued and Submitted, Pasadena, California; October 24, 2022, Filed No. 21-56293 Opinion  [*1139]  M. SMITH, Circuit Judge: Users of the social media platform Reddit...

Plaintiffs were injured in an oxygen flash fire that occurred after the plant at which they worked unexpectedly shut down due to a power disturbance and plaintiffs were assisting in restarting the plant. Plaintiffs sued defendants, alleging that the power...

Plaintiffs Lois Christian, who was African-American, and Amber Edens, who was white, went to a store owned an operated by defendant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., on Dec. 15, 1997 to buy Christmas presents. A Wal-Mart employee offered Christian repeated assistance...

A patron filed an action for damages after he had a heart attack in the corporation's casino. The corporation filed a third-party complaint against its in-house doctor. The patron filed a motion under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(c) to add the in-house doctor...