civil action summary

• Pierson v. Lawhorn, (Ohio 2011)

In a civil action stemming from a criminal conviction, summary judgment was appropriate where sufficient evidence was provided in support of the motion and appellant failed to provide evidence in opposition.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• PA: summary judgment for Dr. in malpractice: Dr. sued plaintiff for 'wrongful civil action'.

CASE FACTS: On November 12, 2002, Dr. Frank D'Elia filed a complaint sounding in wrongful use of civil proceedings against Roseanne McLaughlin. After ...

• Medical Law's Regan Report
• Vol. 40 Nbr. 12, December 2007

• Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox Scores Significant Defense Victory in Western District of New York for Client Osram Sylvania

Washington, May 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. (SKGF), an intellectual property law firm in Washington, D.C., scored a significant defense victory today for its client Osram Sylvania Products, Inc., in a complex patent infringement matter pending in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York (Civil Action No. 04-CV-6435T). Judge Telesca granted Sylvania's motion for summary judgment that Sylvania's SilverStar(R) and Cool Blue(R) automotive headlight products do not infringe U.S. Patent No. 5,666,017, as was alleged by Tailored Lighting, Inc. of Rochester, New York, and that Tailored Lighting's patent is invalid for failing to enable a person of ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention without undue experimentation.

• U.S. Newswire
• May 17, 2010

• Hull v. J.C. Penney Co., Inc., (Ohio 2008)

Civil - statute of limitations - commencement of action - summary judgment

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Donald Granberry v. PA Bd Probation and Parole, (3rd Cir. 2010)

... (ASCI-Albion@), appeals the grant of summary judgment to the defendants in his civil rights act... and immediately issued a Notice of Action to reflect that Granberry=s maximum sentence date ...

• Federal Circuits

• Arndt v. P & M Ltd., (Ohio 2008)

CIVIL - class action; summary judgment; Civ.R. 56; manufactured home park operator; R.C. 3733.10; health and safety codes; Ohio Adm.Code 3701-27-07; flood event; recurrent flooding; hundred year flood plain; negligence per se; reasonable diligence and care; history trail/rule amplifies line; “act of God”; injunctive relief; preliminary and permanent injunctions; fit and habitable condition; safe and sanitary condition; notice of flood events; flood plain elevations; fraudulent concealment; caveat emptor; R.C. 3733.15; punitive damages; actual malice

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Buoscio v. Macejko, (Ohio 2003)

CIVIL ACTION - vexatious litigator; summary judgment as to claim under R.C. 2323.52; conflicting evidentiary materials; failure to submit evidentiary materials as to prior cases.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Missouri Supreme Court Case Summaries: December 28, 2009

Civil Practice: Garnishment Proceeding - Discovery - Judicial Admission Where a law firm client who had embezzled money from her employer transferred more than $280,000 to the law firm and the firm denied in answers to in-terrogatories in a garnishment proceeding the possession of any of the client's funds, the trial court erred in finding that because the employer failed to file de-nials or exceptions to the interrogatory answers, they were binding on the employer in its civil conspiracy and conversion action against the law firm, so summary judgment for the law firm is reversed.

• Missouri Lawyers Media
• December 29, 2009

• Bank of New York v. Jordan, (Ohio 2007)

Note, mortgage, default, foreclosure, Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act, Truth in Lending Act, Real Estate Procedures Act, negligence, negligent misrepresentation, civil conspiracy, summary judgment, class action, requests for admissions, notice, evidence of payment, right to rescind, tender.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Arp v. Geauga Cty. Commrs., (Ohio 2003)

Civil - summary judgment; sexual harassment; tangible employment action; affirmative defense; negligent retention.

• Ohio Supreme Court