Law Times

Superior Court denies partial summary judgment in motor vehicle accident case

In a matter involving injuries from a rear-end motor vehicle accident, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found the ...
JD Supra

More on Competent Summary Judgment Evidence: The Rule Does Not Just Apply to Affidavits

We previously wrote about the requirements many jurisdictions impose for affidavits or declarations submitted in conjunction with motions for summary judgment, including that they must be based on ...
JD Supra

Fact Issues Preclude Summary Judgment As To Whether Related Companies Constitute “Insureds” And Whether Claims Are Related

Applying New Jersey law, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey determined that issues of material fact precluded summary judgment as to whether certain companies with common ownership ...
Law

How to Prevail at a Summary Judgment Hearing

James M. Stanton says his time on the state district court bench taught him that summary judgment hearings generally are too long, too confusing and too overwhelming for the judge. To prevail at a ...

Judge makes new rulings in bankruptcy case of Deion Sanders' son Shilo

Judge makes two rulings in bankruptcy case of former Colorado safety Shilo Sanders, putting a key part of the case on course for trial.
Washington Examiner

Summary judgment granted in asbestos case after claimant failed to respond

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) – A North Carolina federal judge has concluded that summary judgment was proper for seven defendants in an asbestos lawsuit after the claimant failed to respond to any ...
Reason

Public Has Right to Access Summary Judgment Filings Even When Summary Judgment Motion Was Never Decided

From U.S. ex rel. Oberg & Camoin v. Nelnet, Inc., decided yesterday by the Fourth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Julius Richardson, joined by Judge Barbara Milano Keenan and District Judge Elizabeth ...
The National Law Review

APPARENTLY NOT AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR: Summary Judgment Denied Because Third Party Vendor May Have Had Apparent Authority To Make Calls Without Consent

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The Daily Record (Maryland)

MD Supreme Court reverses order vacating summary judgment on Anne Arundel parcel

Justice Steven B. Gould wrote the majority opinion in the 5-2 Supreme Court ruling. (The Daily Record/File Photo) An Anne Arundel County landowner was entitled to summary judgment on his claim of ...
The National Law Review

SUMMARY JUDGMENT GRANTED!: Defendant Stipulated to Bad Facts and Court May Sanction

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Washington Examiner

Crane Co. granted summary judgment based on bare metal defense

SAVANNAH, Ga. (Legal Newsline) – A Georgia judge has granted summary judgment for Crane Co. in an asbestos lawsuit, concluding that general knowledge, or speculator assumptions, is insufficient to ...