Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Injury And Tort Law : From 10/01/02 To 07/01/03
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Drugs & Biotech, Injury And Tort Law, Military Law |
| Title: | DOW CHEM. CO. v. STEPHENSON |
| Date: | 06/09/03 |
| Case Number: | 02-271 |
| Summary: | In appeals arising from Agent Orange exposure, judgment as to two respondents is vacated and remanded for further consideration in light of Syngenta Crop Prot., Inc. v. Henson, 537 U.S. 28 (2002), but judgment as to other respondents is affirmed by an equally divided Court. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury And Tort Law, Tax-exempt Organizations |
| Title: | ILLINOIS EX REL MADIGAN v. TELEMARKETING ASSOCS., INC. |
| Date: | 05/05/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-1806 |
| Summary: | States may maintain fraud actions when fundraisers make false or misleading representations designed to deceive donors about how their donations will be used, consistent with Supreme Court precedent and the First Amendment. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Injury And Tort Law, Remedies |
| Title: | PACIFICARE HEALTH SYS., INC. v. BOOK |
| Date: | 04/07/03 |
| Case Number: | 02-215 |
| Summary: | Physicians' claims that managed-health-care organizations violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) can be compelled to arbitration. Questions as to remedial provisions in an arbitration agreement and availability of RICO treble damages are premature. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Injury And Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies |
| Title: | STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO. v. CAMPBELL |
| Date: | 04/07/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-1289 |
| Summary: | A punitive damages award of $145 million, where full compensatory damages are $1 million, is excessive and violates the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, after findings of an insurer's fraud and intentional infliction of emotional distress. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury And Tort Law |
| Title: | ARCHER v. WARNER |
| Date: | 03/31/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-1418 |
| Summary: | A debt for money promised in a settlement agreement accompanied by the release of underlying tort claims can amount to a debt for money obtained by fraud, within the terms of the Bankruptcy Code's non-dischargeability statute, 11 U.S.C. section 523(a)(2)(A). |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Government Benefits, Health Law, Injury And Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation |
| Title: | NORFOLK & W. RY. CO. v. AYERS |
| Date: | 03/10/03 |
| Case Number: | 01-963 |
| Summary: | Mental anguish damages resulting from the fear of developing cancer may be recovered under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, by a railroad worker suffering from actionable injury asbestosis caused by work-related asbestos exposure. |