summary judgment
Noun
Meaning
a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law
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Although the court dismissed the summary judgment request, the case established that mediators owe a duty of care to parties and that parties can hold them liable for breaching that duty of care.
Absent actual malice on his part, respondeat superior liability cannot arise.5 Thus we find that summary judgment was also properly granted to the publishing defendants.
Accordingly, the Court of Chancery granted summary judgment in favor of all defendants, dismissing the breach of fiduciary duty claims asserted against the Answers directors and dismissing the aiding and abetting claim against AFCV and Summit.
Deposition of the opposite party is often used to produce self-incriminating statements from the deponent, also document identification questions can make exhibits admissible for hearings and summary judgment motions.
Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch said in a written statement to Reuters that each officer was “entitled to due process and a full and impartial investigation of the incident, not summary judgment based on a few seconds of video.”
CPI's memorandum in opposition to defendant's motion for summary judgment at 37. CPI offers no direct evidence of copying; instead, CPI attempts to prove infringement circumstantially.