Topic
Summary Judgment
731 published works
LawSnap
Most Discovery Plans Start With the Law Books. We Start With the Outcome.
By LawSnap
Start with what happened. Work backwards from there.In our analysis of California premises liability motions for summary judgment, the pattern was consistent. The moving party wins when one specific issue…
All Things Canada
Partial Summary Judgment Remains Exceptional: Lessons from Kotsopoulos V. Toronto
A recent decision from Ontario’s highest court has yielded an unusual result regarding Ontario’s ever-evolving summary judgment regime. Typically, motions for partial summary judgment are difficult to advance and, in…
Zalma on Insurance
When Facts Disputed Summary Judgment Fails
By Barry Zalma
Frozen Pipes Not Covered if Thermostat not Set Over 50 Degrees Post number 5351 Proof without Contradiction Needed for Summary Judgment In Kenneth Taylor v. State Farm Fire & Casualty…
Law Web
Supreme Court Lays Down Guidelines For Summary Judgment In Commercial Suits under Order XIII-A CPC of Commercial Courts Act
By Law Web
The bench laid down the non-exhaustive guidelines have to be complied with while considering an application for summary judgment under Order XIII-A of the CPC:-"(i) That the procedural mandate under…
Chicago IP Litigation
Evidence That was Discoverable Before Summary Judgment Does Not Warrant Reconsideration
Hong Kong Leyuzhen Technology Co. Ltd. v. Floerns, No. 1:24-cv-02939 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 31, 2025) (Kennelly, J.). Judge Kennelly denied plaintiff’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) motion to reconsider an…
Insurance Law Hawaii
Bad Faith Claim Survives Summary Judgment
The court denied the insurer's motion for partial summary judgment on the insured's bad faith claim, but granted the motion on the insured's claim for punitive damages. Serbian Orthodox Church…
Commercial Case Notes
References to Performance or Other Agreements Does Not Disqualify a Guaranty from Disposition by Summary Judgment in Lieu of Complaint
By John Lundin
On April 9, 2026, the First Department issued a decision in Air Prods. & Chems., Inc. v. World Energy, LLC, 2026 NY Slip Op. 02150, holding that references to performance…
Texas Appellate Counsel
E165 | Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics: Judicial Accountability and the Future of the Central Docket | Judge Amy Clark Meachum
Judge Amy Clark Meachum, the Local Administrative Judge for Travis County, joins hosts Todd Smith and Jody Sanders to unpack recent legislation affecting the Texas judiciary and what it means…
Roberts Disability Law Blog
Intent to Appeal Is Not an Appeal: S.D. Texas Grants Summary Judgment for Prudential on Exhaustion Grounds
In Ellis-Young v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America, No. H-26-321, 2026 WL 1075158 (S.D. Tex. Apr. 21, 2026), Senior United States District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal granted summary judgment…
Agricultural Law & Rural Practice | Solo Small Firm & General Practice Section
Update: The Ghost of Procedural Rules Past
In 2024, we wrote about Bowie v. Settecase, No. 2022AP1561 (Wis. Ct. App. Dec. 12, 2023) (per curiam) (unpublished). There, the Court of Appeals deemed the defendant’s summary judgment argument…