Respondents were widowers of wives who were killed in an automobile accident involving an employee of petitioner employer. Petitioner knew the employee drank on the job, and on the night of the accident, sent him home because he was drunk, and he had...

The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the staid world of contract law—it has been a wake-up call for clients and their attorneys. It continues to wreak havoc on contractual obligations, resulting in an avalanche of new decisions. This webinar will demystify...

Shortly after the collapse of a Ponzi scheme in which defendants sold charitable gift annuities on behalf of the Dillie-controlled Mid-America Foundation ("Foundation") to investors, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil complaint...

Atkins v. Virginia Supreme Court of the United States February 20, 2002, Argued ; June 20, 2002, Decided No. 00-8452 Opinion  [**2244]   [***341]   [*306]  JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court. Those mentally retarded persons who meet the...

Quinteros v. AG of the United States United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit September 24, 2019, Argued; December 17, 2019, Opinion Filed No. 18-3750 Opinion  [*777]  ROTH , Circuit Judge : This is a petition for review of a final order of...

When Adam Porter, the older son, was fourteen years old, he sketched a drawing of his school. The sketch was crudely drawn, depicting the school under a state of siege by a gasoline tanker truck, missile launcher, helicopter, and various armed persons...

Petitioner Allegheny Ludlum was a manufacturer of specialty steel products. The Union, United Steelworkers of America, who already represented the petitioner’s production employees, began organizing to represent its salaried, non-exempt employees...

The defendant owner of a property had tenants who owned a dog. When the dog bit the plaintiff, the plaintiff filed an action against the owner for negligence as well as an action under the Animal Control Act (Act), Ill. Rev. Stat. ch. 8, paras. 351-378...

Threat v. City of Cleveland United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio October 8, 2020, Decided; October 8, 2020, Filed Case No. 1:19-cv-2105 Opinion OPINION & ORDER [Resolving Docs. 30 & 33] JAMES S. GWIN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT...

Chappuis v CUCS - Kelly Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Term, Second Department July 11, 2018, Decided 570242/14 Opinion Respondent CUCS - The Kelly appeals from an order of the Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County (Jack Stoller,...