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Recreation Law
Haines v. Get Air Tucson Incorporated, et al., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 180500, 2018 WL 5118640
Haines v. Get Air Tucson Incorporated, et al., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 180500, 2018 WL 5118640 Blake Haines, Plaintiff, v. Get Air Tucson Incorporated, et al., Defendants. No. CV-15-00002-TUC-RM (EJM)…
Drug & Device Law
Double Dose Of Delaware Summary Judgment
There will come a time when there is no such thing as the local radio station. Not only will transmission not occur via radio waves, but there will be nothing…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Oral Argument Preview: Are Deposition Transcripts Used For Summary Judgment Taxable As Costs ? Vossman v. AirNet Systems, Inc. et al.
Update: On March 12, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here. Read an analysis of the oral argument here.…
Insurance Law Hawaii
Cross Motions on Coverage for Collapse Denied
Cross-motions for summary judgment designed to determine coverage for the Church’s collapse claim were both denied. Bethel Missionary Baptist Church v. S. Must. Church Ins. Co., 2019 U. S.…
New York Commercial Division Practice
Summary Judgment 102: Make Sure Your “Money Instrument” Is In Tune With CPLR 3213
Summary judgment plays an important role in litigation. So important, in fact, that many of our blog posts are devoted to the topic. Last week, my colleague Matthew Donovan discussed…
Media Law Prof Blog
Judge Grants Summary Judgment In Defamation Case Against Buzzfeed
U. S. District Court Judge Victor Marrero has granted Buzzfeed's request for summary judgment in Leidig v. Buzzfeed, agreeing with the defendant that the plaintiffs could not demonstrate that the…
New York Commercial Division Practice
When Summary Doesn’t Mean Summary: Getting a Second Bite at Summary Judgment
There is a general policy in New York against allowing multiple or successive motions for summary judgment. And it stands to reason. After all, the word "summary," from the Latin…
Tort Talk
Appeal Quashed Where Summary Judgment Entered In Favor of Less Than All Defendants
In the case of Massaro v. Tincher Constr., 2019 Pa. Super 44 (Pa. Super. Feb. 19, 2019 Bender, P.J.E., Nichols, J., Stevens, P.J.E.), the Pennsylvania Superior Court addressed the propriety of…
Legal Profession Blog
A No Know
The Minnesota Supreme Court vacated an admonition on finding no violation of Rule 3.4(c).The court recites at length the communications between the lawyer and client/complainant and found no knowing violation…
Tort Talk
Issues of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment Based on Hills and Ridges Doctrine
In the case of Padilla v. Moravian Development Corp., No. C-48-CV-2017-1007 (C.P. Northampt. Co. Jan. 23, 2019 McFadden, J.), Judge F.P. Kimberly McFadden of the Northampton County Court of Common…