Working with Katrina Trask and Erin Chesney, Macfarlane, who's director of the project, compared the results of summary
judgment motions involving self - represented parties in both 2004 and 2014, the year in which the Supreme Court of Canada released its landmark decision in Hryniak v. Mauldin.
Ct.); (January 9, 2014), FSCO P13 - 00004 (Blackman); (January 16, 2013), FSCO A11 - 004610 (Lee) Summary
judgment motion involving a two vehicle collision at an intersection TD ats Kakoutis Thayalan and Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Vieira v. Aviva Canada Inc. (March 9, 2012), FSCO A08 - 001537 (Ashby); (April 16, 2012), FSCO A08 - 001537 (Ashby); (December 2, 2011), FSCO A08 - 001537 (Ashby) Zurich Ins.
Not exact matches
The Service may offer its services in cases of such disputes, disagreements, or difficulties whenever, in its
judgment, peaceful relations among the citizens of the community
involved are threatened thereby, and it may offer its services either upon its own
motion or upon the request of an appropriate State or local official or other interested person.
The first being an initial
motion for directions from the judge, the second being the actual argument of the summary
judgment motion and the third being a second hearing
involving viva voce evidence, should the
motions judge decide that oral evidence is necessary.
2008)-- Denial of manufacturer defendant's
motion for summary
judgment in cases arising from explosion at facility in Groton, Connecticut on grounds that there existed genuine issues of fact as to product liability and recklessness counts of case against manufacturer based on its claimed failure to account for and disclose relevant safety and storage information of risks
involved in the transport and storage of chemical reagent at ambient temperatures.
Drafted
motion for summary
judgment on behalf of a product manufacturer
involving the economic loss doctrine and statute of limitations issues that resulted in voluntary dismissal of the plaintiff's claims against the manufacturer.
Drafted successful
motion for summary
judgment in favor of an employer in a case
involving allegations of respondeat superior and negligent entrustment.
On April 21, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted a
motion for summary
judgment filed by Brooks Kushman on behalf of its client, Ford Motor Company, in a case
involving a patent for fuel injection system technology.
Defeated a summary
judgment motion in the Superior Court Business Litigation Session in a lawsuit
involving equity distribution in a biotech start - up.
As a first - year you're more likely to be
involved in preparing depositions, drafting
motions for summary
judgment, responding to discovery and even helping to decide client strategy.»
The process for splitting the case
involves a
motion for summary
judgment under s. 16 of the Family Law Rules and there are additional requirements which must be met.
This last decision
involved defendant in an indemnity action prevailing on a summary
judgment motion.
Won a
motion for
judgment at trial in which a client in an automobile negligence claim had been
involved in a three - car accident, in which the client's car was sandwiched between two other drivers» vehicles.
Secured a $ 3.3 million
judgment against a former general manager of a division of a Fortune 500
motion control equipment manufacturer in an intricate employee embezzlement case
involving the theft of more than $ 400,000 in company funds.
Since joining FLR, Andrea has worked on numerous pleadings and memoranda
involving motions to dismiss, to compel discovery, and for summary
judgment on issues such as contracts (including personal services contracts), a wide variety of tort - based claims, punitive damages, privilege and sovereign immunity, insurance coverage, family law, Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, Health Care Quality Improvement Act immunity and peer review, and estates and trusts.
Representation of Fortune 500 insurer in $ 28 million dispute in federal court, Middle District of Florida,
involving design defect claims, where matter was settled for less than 15 percent of initial demand after
motion for summary
judgment was filed.
Without cause wrongful dismissal actions that may not be amendable to a summary
judgment motion are actions
involving claims for damages for the failure to pay bonuses, commissions, or stock options that
involve highly disputed facts.
The benefit of the summary
judgment motion is to obtain a result faster, and to avoid the time and expense of all of the procedural steps that are
involved in a typical lawsuit.
CIBC
involved a
motion for partial summary
judgment.
What legal research, i.e., finding out what you do not already know, is
involved in drafting an affidavit of documents, a
motion to move for default
judgment, a
motion to re-open a default
judgment and a host of similar things, particularly when you have done those things for 5, 10 or 15 years?
In 2004, the researchers found five cases across Canada
involving a summary
judgment motion with a self - represented party.
Aside from the apparent procedural novelties
involved in compelling an affidavit (or oral testimony) for its summary
judgment motion (where recent SCC jurisprudence favouring summary
judgment may assist), there is the added complexity of compelling the patent examiner (or another CIPO representative) to provide specific evidence regarding a particular patent.
Quinn Emanuel engaged in almost five years of fact and expert discovery
involving more than 1.4 million documents, thirty expert witnesses, and approximately 170 fact and expert depositions in addition to briefing summary
judgment and pre-trial
motions.