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Case of the Day: Feliz v. MacNeill
The case of the day is Feliz v. MacNeill (1st Cir. 2012). The decision is by Justice Souter, who sometimes sits by designation on First Circuit panels. Dr. Briain MacNeill, a physician, treated Santa Encarnacion a few days before her death, and her administratrix, Sobeida Feliz, sued him for medical malpractice. Feliz sued in the……
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Case of the Day : French Cour de cassation, May 12th 2012 (N°11-15.508)
This is the first guest-post by Fanny Cornette, a member of Letters Blogatory’s IJA Brigade. Fanny holds positions at the Université de Rouen and the Université du Havre I would like to thank Ted for welcoming me as a French correspondent for his blog. For my first post, I would like to give an example……
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Case of the Day: Day v. Cornèr Bank (Overseas) Ltd.
Judge Lamberth, describing the allegations in the Case of the Day, Day v. Cornèr Bank (Overseas) Ltd. (D.D.C. 2011), wrote that they detailed “a sordid affair straight out of a Hollywood script—or at least a second-rate mystery novel.” The plaintiff was Tonya Kay Day. According to Day’s complaint, several years ago her mother, Lavera Jean Foelgner, told……
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Case of the Day: Commonwealth v. Karen Read
The case of the day is Commonwealth v. Read (Mass. Super. Ct. 2024). This is not a typical Letters Blogatory case, but it has been in the headlines here in Massachusetts and, I think, elsewhere in America. I’m curious to know whether any readers abroad have heard of it! And there is a connection to……
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Case of the Day: Barot v. Embassy of Zambia
The case of the day is Barot v. Embassy of the Republic of Zambia (D.D.C. 2014). Doris Barot, a former employee of the Embassy of Zambia, sued, alleging violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and the DC Wage Payment and Collection Law. The Embassy moved to……