Insurance — Assault-and-battery exclusion — Wrongful death
Where a wrongful death suit has been brought over a fatal shooting that occurred outside a policyholder’s place of business, the insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify, as the policy’s...
View ArticleEmployment — Pre-offer medical inquiry — ‘Declaration of Health’
Where a plaintiff, who applied for work as a temporary nurse practitioner, declined to return a “Declaration of Health and the Physician Confirmation” that was part of the VA’s credentialling process,...
View ArticleEmployment — Joint employer — Franchise
Where plaintiffs have asserted claims of sexually hostile work environment and retaliatory termination, the defendant’s motion to dismiss should be denied despite its argument that it cannot be liable...
View ArticleCivil Rights—Fees — Prisoner intake search policy
Where a bench trial in a suit over a prisoner intake search policy resulted in entry of judgment in favor of the defendant city, the city’s motion for fees should be denied because the plaintiffs’...
View ArticleArbitration—Online job application—Electronic signature
Where a plaintiff was terminated from his employment with the defendant after seeking a religious exemption to the defendant’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccine requirement, the employer’s motion to compel...
View ArticleEmployment—Discrimination—Pretext
Where a defendant employer has moved for summary judgment on a plaintiff employee’s race discrimination claim, that motion should be allowed because the plaintiff cannot show that the employer’s...
View ArticleEducation — School shooting — State-created danger
Where students whose school was the scene of a shooting have brought substantive due process claims based in state-created danger under 42 U.S.C. §1983, a motion by the defendants for judgment on the...
View ArticleCommercial — Information technology
Where a complaint has been filed over information technology services provided to a distribution company, a motion to dismiss the complaint should be denied in part, as the complaint sufficiently...
View ArticleSearch and Seizure—Bus station
Where a defendant has moved to suppress evidence seized by Michigan State Police troopers and Federal Bureau of Investigation agents at a bus station, that motion should be allowed because the officers...
View ArticleZoning—Special use permit—Taking
Where a plaintiff has alleged that the defendant township violated its constitutional rights by denying an application for a special use permit, the complaint must be dismissed because the plaintiff...
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