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Seymour v. LQ Management, LLC et al

MEMORANDUM in Support of 32 MOTION for Summary Judgment

13 Cited authorities

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

    477 U.S. 242 (1986)   Cited 236,081 times   38 Legal Analyses
    Holding that summary judgment is not appropriate if "the dispute about a material fact is ‘genuine,’ that is, if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party"

  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett

    477 U.S. 317 (1986)   Cited 216,195 times   40 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a movant's summary judgment motion should be granted "against a [nonmovant] who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial"

  3. Scott v. Harris

    550 U.S. 372 (2007)   Cited 11,706 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that it is at least sometimes reasonable for an officer to intentionally collide with a suspect's vehicle during a pursuit

  4. Rodgers v. Banks

    344 F.3d 587 (6th Cir. 2003)   Cited 877 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an employee's speech is protected "as long as some portion of the speech" addresses a matter of public concern

  5. Blair v. West Town Mall

    130 S.W.3d 761 (Tenn. 2004)   Cited 484 times
    Holding that although plaintiff's deposition testimony was not sufficient to prove notice, it did not affirmatively negate the element of notice because it did not prove that the defendants did not have actual or constructive notice

  6. Thomas v. Aetna Life Cas. Co.

    812 S.W.2d 278 (Tenn. 1991)   Cited 215 times
    Holding testimony could be or is possibly, combined with lay testimony, sufficient to support an award.

  7. Miller v. Choo Choo Partners, L.P.

    73 S.W.3d 897 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001)   Cited 38 times
    Holding that causation of medical condition must be established by a medical expert

  8. Fowler v. City of Memphis

    514 S.W.3d 732 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2016)   Cited 12 times

    No. W2015-01637-COA-R3-CV. 08-11-2016 C. Wesley FOWLER as Administrator Ad Litem of the Estate of Frank Jackson v. CITY OF MEMPHIS, et al. C. Wesley Fowler and Jonathan O. Richardson, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, C. Wesley Fowler as Administrator Ad Litem of the Estate of Frank Jackson. Lang Wiseman and Will Patterson, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellee, Memphis Light, Gas, and Water. Dale H. Tuttle, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellee, City of Memphis. J. Steven Stafford, P.J. C. Wesley

  9. Bowling v. Wal-Mart

    233 F. App'x 460 (6th Cir. 2007)   Cited 10 times
    Holding the district court did not abuse its discretion in slip and fall case in granting summary judgment prior to discovery cut-off date purportedly established under pretrial order, where plaintiffs had seventeen months to conduct discovery

  10. Nolley v. Eichel

    No. M2006-00879-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Apr. 2, 2007)   Cited 7 times
    Reasoning that " vital element of proof upon which Plaintiff bears the burden is simply missing in this case" because, aside from Plaintiff's statements that she did not know how the liquid or broken beer bottle she slipped on came to be on the floor or how long the liquid or bottle had been there, "[t]here is no other proof of any kind in the record bearing on the length of time that the offending condition existed prior to the accident"

  11. Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 56   Cited 328,543 times   158 Legal Analyses
    Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit