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Volume 50, No. 9
November 2007

All Cases (text only)	Articles	Court Documents	Court Documents by Topic: • Consumer Protection-FDCPA Cases • Breast Cancer Litigation
Spotlight	Updates	Injury Collections Abstract Sets
Recent Cases: Admiralty \| Attorneys \| Automobile Accidents \| Aviation \| Civil Rights \| Commercial Litigation Consumer Protection \| Damages \| Employment Law \| Evidence \| Family Law Government Liability \| Insurance \| Intentional Torts \| Medical Negligence \| Negligence Practice & Procedure \| Premises \| Products Liability \| Professional Negligence Railroads \| Schools \| Toxic Torts \| Utilities \| Workplace Safety
Admiralty Failure to warn where mechanic hit in head by monkey’s fist while dry-docking tug back to top Attorneys RECA fee cap applies only to services rendered, excludes costs back to top Automobile Accidents Failure to avoid collision Negligent operation of vehicle (first case, second case) Reckless driving Failure to keep lookout back to top Aviation Failure to provide trained fire crew where private aircraft crashes, catches fire at airshow back to top Civil Rights Race-based surveillance of shoppers is actionable under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 Violation of bodily integrity, postraumatic stress disorder where woman raped by police officers back to top Commercial Litigation NFL’s use of well-known narrator’s voice in product promotion violated state law, Lanham Act Breach of contract, state law violations where HMO stops paying pathologists’ fees back to top Consumer Protection Fraud, consumer protection violations where dealer fails to inform buyer that car was previously owned Antitrust violation where consumers forced to purchase computer operating system back to top Damages Damages received for nonphysical injuries are taxable as gross income back to top Employment Law Retaliation, First Amendment violations where teacher suspended for refusing to change grades ADA violations where company fired injured worker who requested safety mask FLSA violations where medical facility employees were not paid overtime back to top Evidence Child abuse victim’s statements to medical provider are nontestimonial and admissable back to top Family Law Court may not consider former spouse’s remarriage to wealthy spouse in imputation of income Children conceived using deceased father’s preserved sperm are descendants under family trust fund back to top Government Liability Unsafe passing where county bus strikes motorcycle Borough may not exercise eminent domain solely because property is not fully productive back to top Insurance Bad faith where disability insurer refused to pay for surgery, breaks settlement agreements Refusal to honor policy where insurer would not pay uninsured motorist claim Failure to settle when liability is clear back to top Intentional Torts Police officers not entitled to absolute immunity for defamation in warrant application Intentional infliction of emotional distress where father sexually abused daughter for years back to top Medical Negligence Failure to remove laparotomy pad Improper treatment of hyperbilirubinemia Failure to prevent, treat blood clot Unnecessary open heart surgery Failure to timely diagnose bacterial meningitis Untimely diagnosis of lung cancer Failure to timely diagnose, treat jaundice back to top Negligence Tractor-trailer fails to stop before hitting worker servicing traffic lights Strict liability, negligent undertaking where pit bulls attack woman walking her dogs Negligence per se where man knocked down when racetrack gate swings open after horse hits it back to top Practice & Procedure Intent to defend case before filing does not qualify as court appearance to avoid default judgment No evidentiary privilege for medical peer review records in federal discrimination cases back to top Premises Notice of a dangerous condition where woman slipped on dark spot outside convenience store Failure to properly stack where woman hit by falling merchandise in store Failure to provide railing allowed intoxicated man to fall off apartment roof back to top Products Liability Defective design of airplane carburetor Defective child safety seat Heeding presumption applies to claim alleging failure to warn of Prempro’s risks Lack of secondary kill switch in front-loading garbage truck Manufacturing defect in painkiller patch Tobacco plaintiffs may sue for design defect; punitive damages claim is not barred back to top Professional Negligence Sexual abuse of altar boy Failure to timely file personal injury suit Failure to properly embalm Negligent monitoring of Alzheimer’s resident in nursing home Improper supervision of pharmacy employees Federal securities laws preclude application of antitrust laws to claims against underwriters back to top Railroads Failure to warn of approaching cars where car runs over switchman back to top Schools Failure to prepare for emergency, negligent performance of CPR where student suffers seizure Student’s consent to sex with teacher does not bar claim under Title IX back to top Toxic Torts CERCLA personal injury provision does not preempt state statute of limitations for wrongful death claims back to top Utilities There are no cases in this issue. back to top Workplace Safety Court must consider whether horseplay that injured worker was deviation from scope of employment Negligent operation, excessive speed where forklift load strikes ladder, worker falls back to top

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