RIGHT TO KNOW: City employees had expectation of privacy that public willing to find reasonable as to their identities in investigation/discipline for use of computers to access [Read more…]
City liability, public duty, park slide
CITY LIABILITY: Public duty doctrine not applicable to fall from City park slide, summary judgment for City improperly granted based on PDD… City had duty of reasonable care in maintaining park… recreational use statute applies to park, claim of [Read more…]
Billboards, value of damaged signs
BILLBOARDS: Board of Adjustment ignored value of signs and cost to repair damaged signs in relation to ordinance requiring removal of signs damaged or destroyed by more than 50% of value, abused discretion in denying permission to rebuild signs… Cebull. [Read more…]
Product liability, fall from loader bucket
PRODUCT LIABILITY: Plaintiff who fell from loader bucket is the only “user” under product liability law, whether supervisor or co-worker read or understood warnings against riding in bucket irrelevant… [Read more…]
Removal, majority 3rd-party rule, diversity
REMOVAL: Majority rule against removal by 3rd-party defendants followed in product liability diversity case… removal also improper because 3rd-party Defendant failed to obtain consents within 30 days, more than 1 year after [Read more…]