534 U.S. 506 (2002) Cited 17,137 times 20 Legal Analyses
Holding with regard to a 67-year-old plaintiff and a 59-year-old comparator that " difference of eight years between the age of the person discharged and his replacement . . . is not insignificant"
Holding that plaintiffs are required to "present each claim for relief in a separate count" rather than asserting numerous claims within a single count
Deciding that the third amended complaint, which contained 127 paragraphs, all incorporated by reference into nine separate counts created an "onerous task" for the trial court to sift through
Holding that liberalized consideration of complaint espoused in Conley "is particularly true in an antitrust suit where the proof and details of the alleged conspiracy are largely in the hands of the alleged co-conspirators."
Holding that "Rule 15(c) does not allow an amended complaint adding new defendants to relate back if the newly-added defendants were not named originally because the plaintiff did not know their identities"
Fed. R. Civ. P. 15 Cited 93,233 times 91 Legal Analyses
Finding that, per N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 1024, New York law provides a more forgiving principle for relation back in the context of naming John Doe defendants described with particularity in the complaint
Fla. Stat. § 440.11 Cited 530 times 3 Legal Analyses
Setting forth exception to workers' compensation immunity when an employee acts "with respect to a fellow employee. . . with gross negligence" and his actions proximately cause a co-employee's injury or death