PARENTAL TERMINATION of Mother improperly based on conditional relinquishment which never became effective… Deschamps reversed. [Read more…]
Parental termination, incarcerated father
PARENTAL TERMINATION: Incarcerated father’s right’s properly terminated… Townsend affirmed. [Read more…]
Discrimination, same-sex couples
DISCRIMINATION: General challenge of denial of protections/benefits to same-sex couples that are available to different-sex married couples rejected as overly broad, but Plaintiffs allowed to amend to challenge specific statutes… Sherlock affirmed, reversed. [Read more…]
Product liability, “upstream” chair parts retailer
PRODUCT LIABILITY: “Upstream” retailer of chair components not entitled to bring indemnity claim against “downstream” MSP assembler of chair that collapsed… no right of contribution in product liability case… Harkin. [Read more…]