August 2020 Litigation Insights

Societe Des Produits Nestle, S.A. v. Casa Helvetia, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit December 29, 1992, Decided No. 92-1032 Opinion  [***1257]   [*635]  SELYA, Circuit Judge . This bittersweet appeal requires us to address the...

In a products liability case, plaintiff husband and wife sued defendant drug company. The case arose from the wife's mother's ingestion of diethylstilbestrol (DES) while she was pregnant with the wife in 1962. The drug company removed the case...

Plaintiff filed an action against defendant based on the alleged terrifying touching that was made by the latter. The jury ruled in favor of the defendant. Plaintiff appealed.

Plaintiff city sought review after the district court granted defendant company’s motion for summary judgment, holding that plaintiff’s claim was barred by a four-year limitations period. Defendant city agreed to design, manufacture, and install...

Defendant appealed from a decision of the court of appeals which affirmed defendant’s bank robbery conviction. The defendant had obtained possession of a check endorsed by the drawer for deposit to the drawer’s own account, had altered the...

Plaintiffs, a famed motorcycle stuntman and his wife, sought review of an order which granted defendant media company's Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss plaintiffs' action for defamation on the ground that a photograph and its caption...

The lower court denied the stockholder's application for an alternative order that would have permitted the transaction involving the outstanding stock to have been completed upon a "hold separate" basis without requiring a bond of such...

FTC v. Shkreli United States District Court for the Southern District of New York January 14, 2022, Decided; January 14, 2022, Filed 20cv00706 (DLC) Opinion OPINION AND ORDER Procedural History Background I. FDA Drug Approval Process for Generic Drugs...

Nealy v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. Superior Court of Pennsylvania April 15, 1997, Argued ; May 8, 1997, FILED No. 00684 Harrisburg 1996 Opinion  [*790]  OPINION BY OLSZEWSKI, J.: FILED: MAY - 8, 1997 On February 6, 1989, Troy Nealy, son of appellants...