Doe v. County of Lake — Juvenile Hall Abuse Survivors May Pursue Institutional Claims
Juvenile hall abuse survivors plausibly alleged that a concealed county custom delayed accrual of their institutional civil-rights claims.
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Bradley v. City of San Diego — Safe Sleeping Residents’ Housing and Disability Claims Remain Alive
San Diego could not relitigate pleading-stage rulings that allowed Safe Sleeping residents’ housing, disability, and danger claims to proceed.
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Grimes v. Piqua — City not entitled to immunity on the pleadings in battery-burning suit
Case Stacy Grimes, et al. v. City of Piqua, Ohio Court Ohio Court of Appeals, Fifth Appellate District Judge William
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3919 NEH v. Salinas — Affirmed seller’s liability for undisclosed attic defects but vacated attorney-fee awards
Case 3919 NEH, LLC v. Erick Galban Salinas Court Appellate Court of Maryland Judge Reed; Tang; Wright, Alexander, Jr. (Senior
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Anderson v. State — Reversed dismissal because service on the Treasurer’s designee was effective despite clerical errors
Case Porsha Anderson v. State of Maryland Court Appellate Court of Maryland Judge Tang; Albright; Hotten, Michele D. (Senior Judge,
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Jarrett v. McGhee — Illinois appellate court revives medical-negligence suit after rejecting COVID immunity
Case John Wayne Jarrett, as Independent Administrator of the Estate of Rose Jarrett, Deceased v. Julie McGhee, N.P. Court Appellate
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Music v NSW — Court increased battery damages and rejected the State’s cross-appeal
Case Music v State of New South Wales; State of New South Wales v Music Court Court of Appeal of
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Oglesby v. Unnamed Physician — Late medical evidence required a fair response
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed medical-malpractice summary judgment because the trial court admitted providers’ late records but struck the patient’s timely invited response.
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Canada v Roberts — upheld certification of the federal prisoners’ COVID-19 isolation class action
Case Canada (Attorney General) v Roberts Court Court of Appeal for British Columbia (Canada) Judge David Edelmann (appointment info not
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Grosvenor Property Developers v Portner Law — Court overturned dishonest-assistance ruling and dismissed claim
Case Grosvenor Property Developers Limited (in liquidation) v Portner Law Limited Court Court of Appeal (Civil Division) (United Kingdom) Judge
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Pasiecznik v. Home Depot — Injury testimony and expert opinions required renewed summary-judgment review
The Ninth Circuit revived part of an injury case because photographs and jail calls did not conclusively negate expert-supported internal injuries.
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Talbot v. The North Face — Social-media accusations were not actionable defamation
The Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of claims based on Instagram accusations arising from a climbing dispute and declined to apply Washington’s anti-SLAPP statute.
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Minnich v. Whole Foods Market — Conclusory Corporate-Control Claims Do Not Establish Personal Jurisdiction
A Northern District court dismissed a premises-liability suit against a Whole Foods holding company but allowed discovery into the corporate relationships relevant to jurisdiction.
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Asmar v Paplaw — Court approved settlement of legal-negligence claim
Case Asmar bht Chaghoury v Paplaw Pty Ltd t/as Papantoniou Blake Lawyers Court Supreme Court of New South Wales (Australia)
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M.J. v. City of New York — Unexplained 62-day delay bars renewed summary-judgment motion
The First Department enforced CPLR 3212’s deadline where the City waited 62 unexplained days to refile a motion after court-directed electronic conversion.
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Ellis v. State — Daycare oversight omissions do not create a special duty
The First Department held that state daycare oversight failures did not create the special duty required for negligence liability after a child’s death.
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NFL concussion coverage — Each player’s claim is a separate insurance occurrence
The First Department held that each retired player’s concussion claim is at least one separate occurrence, found the NFL’s class settlement reasonable, and ruled that football is not a products-hazard product.
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Birkmire v. Zeppieri — Survival-action inheritance is not child-support income
The Superior Court held that proceeds distributed from a deceased child’s survival-action estate were an inheritance, not income for calculating the recipient parent’s support obligation.
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Freilich v. SEPTA — Supreme Court upholds $250,000 sovereign-immunity damages cap
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld application of the Sovereign Immunity Act’s $250,000 cap to a pedestrian’s stipulated $7 million verdict against SEPTA.
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Doran v Quinn — High Court dismisses solicitor-negligence claim for prolonged inactivity
Case Thomas Doran v John J. Quinn and Pauline E. Brady, both practising under the style and title of John
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Smith bhnf Punch v Kamalaharan — Court approves child’s nervous-shock settlement and directs funds to NSW Trustee
Case Smith bhnf Punch v Kamalaharan Court Supreme Court of New South Wales (Australia) Date Decided 1 October 2026 Citation
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Shenning Heritage Capital — High Court dismissed claims against the alleged fraudster’s father and former wife
Case Shenning Heritage Capital VCC v Hiah David and others Court General Division of the High Court (Singapore) Judge Sushil
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Mission Park — Justice Spears would render a complete take-nothing judgment on the siblings’ negligence claims
Case MP II, Inc. d/b/a Mission Park Funeral Chapels and Cemeteries v. Deidre Kollars, Peter Moreno, and Yvonne Rigal Court
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Fernandez v. Port Authority — Jury must decide whether lost JetBlue video triggers adverse inference
The Second Department ordered a conditional adverse-inference instruction where JetBlue’s surveillance footage may have been overwritten after it received a preservation demand.