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The Supreme Court in the State of Rhode Island recently released an opinion in a lawsuit stemming from a two-vehicle crash that injured a school crossing guard. According to the court’s opinion, the plaintiff was standing at her post as a crossing guard when a car that had run a red light slammed into…

Earlier this year, a state appellate court issued a written opinion discussing the negligent entrustment theory of liability. The plaintiff in the case was a man who was injured when a drunk driver struck him while he was driving. The relevant claim was against the driver’s employer, which had allowed the driver to use a…

Last month, the Supreme Court of the State of Wyoming issued a decision in a premises liability case stemming from a 2014 accident. According to the court’s opinion, a student and his friends left a middle school P.E. class and had to travel between buildings to get to their next class. The students noticed…

One can easily imagine a world in which a defendant fearful of an upcoming lawsuit destroys internal company documents that the defendant knows may be harmful to its case. This fear of the destruction of evidence in anticipation of litigation gave rise to the doctrine of spoliation. Essentially, the doctrine of spoliation allows for a judge…

Recently, the Supreme Court of Mississippi remanded a negligence case back to the trial court for a new trial after the court determined that the trial court allowed improper expert witness testimony and an improper closing argument. The case stemmed from a 2008 incident in which a woman who was in a nursing home fell…

Recently, a California appellate court released its opinion regarding a medical malpractice lawsuit stemming from a 2012 accident. According to the court’s recitation of the facts, the plaintiff was a patient at the defendant hospital, and he was being transferred by an ambulance agency, another named defendant. During the transfer, the gurney tipped over,…

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently released an opinion affirming a lower court’s decision that summary judgment should be granted in favor of a defendant in a product liability lawsuit. The case stems from a tragic traffic accident that occurred when a passenger died when he was traveling as…

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court released an opinion earlier this month regarding a tragic accident that resulted in the death of an employee who was driving a rental truck on behalf of his employer. The accident occurred in 2011 when the driver slid off an icy road. The victim’s family filed a personal injury…

Last month, the Supreme Court of Iowa decided a premises liability case stemming from a 2010 accident. According to the court’s written opinion, a business guest at a hotel slipped and fell on the ice in the parking lot and broke her ankle. She brought a personal injury lawsuit, claiming that the hotel negligently…

Late last month, the Court of Appeals of the State of California heard and ruled on a case stemming from a man being hit by a car near a church parking lot. The man was attending a function at the church and was crossing a five-lane road to get to the church from an overflow parking lot….