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Where homeowners whose home was damaged by a drainage problem sued the city for negligence in the maintenance of the public storm water system, a subsequent claim for damages by the landowners against the subdivision developers and previous homeowners for ...

Tagged with: civil practice Collateral Estoppel Personal Injury & Torts Law Res Judicata

Where a county sued a local government council, its executive director and board and committee members alleging statutory and by-law violations, the trial court properly granted the defendants’ motions to dismiss because the factual averments of the county’s petition were ...

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Where a defendant in a personal injury case claimed the statute of limitations had run and moved for dismissal, the relation-back doctrine did not apply because there was not a mistake in identity, so the claim was barred and the ...

Tagged with: civil practice Personal Injury & Torts Law Statute Of Limitations

Where plaintiff brought various claims against a city, police department and officers claiming he was targeted for increased patrols and harassment because of his race or because of his decision to plead not guilty to a criminal case, the district ...

Tagged with: civil rights harassment Personal Injury & Torts Law Sufficiency Of Evidence

Where a district court dismissed with prejudice for failure to plead with particularity a petition brought by a qui tam relator under the False Claims Act, the court did not abuse its discretion in denying leave to amend  because the ...

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Where a mortgage company that was a defendant in a class action suit over alleged mortgage act violations filed a motion for the trial court to interpret and enforce the parties’ settlement agreement, the trial court erred in granting the ...

Tagged with: civil practice class action jurisdiction Settlement Agreement

Where a plaintiff brought an action against a neighboring property owner claiming that its roofers entered and vandalized his property, the plaintiff’s petition alleged that he is a leaseholder of the adjacent property, and the trial court erred in dismissing ...

Tagged with: civil practice property damage Standing