Law

Summary Judgment Clears Discrimination and FTCA Claims

This column reports on several recent significant decisions from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Judge Eric N. Vitaliano dismissed all claims and the sole ...
JD Supra

Summary Judgment Granted to Shipbuilding Defendant Based on Lack of Expert Report

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - Plaintiff Horace Bracy worked on ships for Lykes Brothers and then ...
JD Supra

Multiple Motions Granted in Part for Summary Judgment and to Strike Evidence

United States District Court for the Northern District of California In this wrongful death action, it is claimed that Decedent William Ankiel Jr. had exposure to asbestos-containing equipment during ...
Law

Judge Blocks Insurers' Attempt for Summary Judgment on Liability in Contract Dispute With McCarter & English

McCarter & English and attorney James Scantling, the defendants in the lawsuit, called the motion for partial summary judgment "inappropriate, prejudicial, and would streamline or simplify the March ...
Vail Daily

Column | Vail Law: Motions to dismiss and for summary judgement

At first blush, the distinction is subtle. What they share is the intention of giving the boot to a complaint. But it is in how they differ that makes all the difference. Let’s start, first, with a ...