Case Summaries
Injury & Tort Law
[06/30]
Grammer v. John J. Kane Regional Centers
In a wrongful death action brought under the Federal Nursing Home Reform Amendments, district court judgment finding no right of action under the statutes and dismissing the case is reversed and remanded where it is clear that Congress intended to create individual rights in drafting and adopting the Amendments and plaintiff's mother falls squarely within the zone of interest the provisions are meant to protect. In addition, 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 provides the proper avenue for relief for the statutory provisions which plaintiff seeks to enforce, as defendant has failed to demonstrate that Congress foreclosed that option by adopting another, more comprehensive enforcement scheme.
[06/30]
Butler v. Gloversville
In a personal injury action claiming that Defendants failed to use a recommended ground cover at a playground they operated, summary judgment for Defendants is reversed where Defendants presented insufficient scientific evidence to show that Plaintiff's injury would have occurred even with the recommended equipment.
[06/30]
People v. Coventry First LLC
In an enforcement action by the state claiming that Defendant life settlement providers concealed commissions to brokers, who persuaded their clients to accept Defendants' offers, the denial of Defendants' motion to dismiss or compel arbitration is affirmed where: 1) the state was not bound by arbitration agreements signed by Defendants' clients; and 2) the complaint stated a claim that Defendants knew that the life settlement brokers' conduct constituted a breach of fiduciary duty.
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Consumer Protection
[06/29]
FTC v. Accusearch Inc.
In an action by the FTC to curtail Defendant's sale of confidential information and require it to disgorge profits, summary judgment for Plaintiff is affirmed where a practice may be "unfair" under the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA) even if it does not violate some law independent of the FTCA.
[06/19]
Satterfield v. Simon & Schuster, Inc.
In an action under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act for sending unsolicited text messages, summary judgment for Defendant is reversed, where a genuine issue of material fact existed concerning whether the equipment used by Defendant had the capacity to store or produce numbers to be called using a random or sequential number generator and to dial such numbers.
[06/15]
Mexia v. Rinker Boat Co.
In an action for breach of the implied warranty of merchantability based on an allegedly defective boat, the dismissal of the complaint on statute of limitations grounds is reversed, where the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act merely creates a limited, prospective duration for the implied warranty of merchantability; it does not create a deadline for discovering latent defects or for giving notice to the seller.
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