settlement-dispute

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5423 Cessaly Denise Hutchinson v. State Bar of California California 2024-08-29 Denied IFP civil-rights corporate-liability legal-ethics medical-malpractice racial-discrimination settlement-dispute Whether a mesothelioma plaintiff alleges corporate misconduct and legal malpractice involving racial targeting and settlement manipulation
24-68 Jian Wang, aka James Wang v. International Business Machines Corporation Second Circuit 2024-07-22 Denied americans-with-disabilities-act attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights communication-barrier due-process interpreter legal-ethics legal-misrepresentation settlement settlement-dispute sign-language-interpretation Whether $207,500 should be corrected to $207 million in the settlement term plus interest because effective and clear communication between attorneys …
19-7697 Rebecca Leigh Lovell v. Children's Corner Daycare Sixth Circuit 2020-02-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alternative-dispute-resolution civil-procedure coercion constitutional-rights court-discretion due-process duress evidentiary-hearing settlement-dispute settlements trial-court Did the Court of Appeals err in finding the trial court did not abuse its discretion by enforcing settlements that were disputed by a party without ho…
18-7791 Joyce Ann Smith v. City of Princeton, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP case-dismissal civil-mediation civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal district-court due-process magistrate-judge mediation procedural-review reconsideration settlement settlement-dispute standing towing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims