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Case law, also known as precedent or common law, is the body of prior judicial decisions that guide judges deciding issues before them. Depending on the relationship between the deciding court and the precedent, case law may be binding or merely persuasive.
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The middle level of the Kansas state court system is the Kansas Court of Appeals. It consists of 14 judges, who review cases in three-judge panels. Most appeals of decisions by trial courts must pass through the Court of Appeals before reaching the Supreme Court.
These cases generally involve appeals from the Colorado Court of Appeals, but the Colorado Supreme Court also has direct jurisdiction over certain types of cases identified by Article VI of the Colorado Constitution.
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the Supreme Court of California held that a trial court has discretion to grant or deny relief from a jury trial waiver under section 631(g) of the Code of Civil Procedure. The court is not required to…
The majority rejects Thoma's holding because it does not explicitly "address[ the relevant] CPLR provisions" and presumes that it "never considered the import of article 14-A" (majority op. at 6). But this questionable assessment of the Thoma holding is undermined by later case law.
This was a medical malpractice case premised in part on the doctrine of informed consent. Appellant Teresa Allen swallowed a small nail. She went to Duncan Regional Hospital's emergency room. Appellee John Harrison, D.O., emergency room physician (Physician), examined Allen.
In this case, the rebuttal inferences that Carilion asserts are not strong enough to defeat the presumption and thereby establish, based solely on the pleadings, “that the defendant could not, as a matter of law, be held vicariously liable.”
Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves five initiatives submitted to the Washington State legislature in 2024. The Secretary of State reviewed the signatures on the petitions for these initiatives and determined that there were enough valid…