Civil Assault & Battery

An eye patient could not sue the federal government for battery after suffering complications from cataract surgery performed by a Navy surgeon, the 9th Circuit has ruled in affirming a dismissal. The plaintiff...

HEADNOTE Abstract: This Article explores three areas in which globalization is profoundly affecting the development of a global environmental law. First, countries increasingly are borrowing law and regulatory innovations from one another to...

HEADNOTE In this Article, I describe and examine the severe shortcomings in women's autonomy in the context of reproductive choices in the medical arena. The reproductive choices I explore are those choices that...

HEADNOTE In a criminal justice system where guilty pleas are the norm and trials the rare exception, the issue of how much discovery a defendant is entitled to before allocution has immense significance....

The U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire held that a city did not violate an individual's Fourteenth Amendment right to procedural due process in denying him a peddler's license because...

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that an insurer has a duty to defend an insured who was charged with causing injury to a police officer by resisting arrest and who subsequently pleaded...

I. INTRODUCTION In 1991, school athletes in Oregon were required to submit to random, involuntary drug tests before they were allowed to participate in school-sponsored sporting events.1 In 2002, Joseph Frederick received a...

Byline: TOM SHARPE A former dental assistant has accused a Santa Fe dentist of "aggressive, cruel and brutal conduct," and of firing her after she complained, according to a suit. Elisa Archuleta of...

Byline: STACI MATLOCK Complaint says bail bonders in search of absconder threatened to shoot residents and dogs By Staci Matlock The New Mexican Three Edgewood residents are suing a Santa Fe bail-bonding company,...

Faculty and Administration Principal appealed revocation of educator's certificate . A principal was made aware of a cell phone video that depicted several students engaged in oral sex. The principal failed to investigate...

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia granted summary judgment in relevant part in favor of a medical center that sued its liability insurer seeking indemnity for the settlement...

An Illinois federal jury has awarded a $95 million verdict - including $80 million in punitive damages - to a store worker who claimed she was sexually harassed and assaulted by a manager...

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- The Second Amendment Foundation and Calguns Foundation have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in California, seeking to have the state's definition of so-called "assault weapons" declared unconstitutionally vague....

Last week, Vice President Biden and Secretary Duncan introduced comprehensive guidance to help schools, colleges, and universities better understand their obligations, under federal civil rights laws, to prevent and respond to the problem...

Faculty and Administration Former teacher sued school alleging defamation and abuse of process. A troubled student's statements to the principal suggested that a teacher tried to help the student run away from home....

Aguiar v. Bartlesville Care Center, 10th Cir., No. 10-5002 (Jan. 28, 2011). The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that a nursing home's response to an employee's complaints of sexual harassment...

The Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's judgment in favor of a liability insurer in an action brought by a concert services provider insured alleging wrongful denial of a...

The Florida District Court of Appeal reversed a trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of flea market operator insured in an action brought by its insurer seeking a declaration of non-coverage...

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana denied a liability insurer's motion for summary judgment in an action brought by the insurer seeking a declaration of non-coverage for underlying tort...