| 25-470 |
Scott Cannon, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Blaise Cannon v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. |
First Circuit |
2025-10-16 |
Denied |
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derivative-claim erisa-preemption first-circuit massachusetts-law statutory-interpretation wrongful-death |
Whether a claim for wrongful death under Massachusetts law is preempted by ERISA |
| 25A147 |
Scott Cannon, Individually and as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Blaise Cannon v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. |
First Circuit |
2025-08-05 |
Presumed Complete |
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erisa federal-courts preemption rutledge-precedent statutory-interpretation wrongful-death |
Whether the Supreme Court's decision in Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association clarifies the standard for statutory preemption of stat… |
| 25-121 |
Kera Morgan, as Administrator and Personal Representative of the Estate of Phillip Raymond Morgan v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Delaware Corporation |
Iowa |
2025-07-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
employee-suicide federal-employers-liability-act negligence workplace-harassment wrongful-death zone-of-danger |
Whether the 'zone of danger' test from Gottshall applies to FELA wrongful death claims involving employee suicide, and whether workplace harassment-in… |
| 24-849 |
Laura Smith, as Duly Appointed Representative and Independent Administrator of the Estate of Andrea Manfredi, Deceased, et al. v. The Boeing Company, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-02-10 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response Waived |
admiralty-jurisdiction diversity-jurisdiction federal-court maritime-law subject-matter-jurisdiction wrongful-death |
Whether a federal court can have exclusive admiralty jurisdiction over a claim when a non-admiralty state court would have concurrent jurisdiction ove… |
| 24-822 |
Alejandro Alers, Jr. v. Olympia Medical Center, et al. |
California |
2025-02-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure equal-protection power-of-attorney pro-se-litigant probate-code wrongful-death |
Are pro se litigants entitled to equal protection, commence wrongful death lawsuits, and represent themselves without counsel under California law? |
| 24-82 |
Christina Brown v. Amazon Headquarters, LLC, aka Amazon.com, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-07-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
course-of-business employer-liability employment medical-licensing unlawful-employment worker's-compensation workers-compensation workplace-liability workplace-safety wrongful-death |
Is illegal work considered legitimate work? |
| 23-7829 |
Brandon Roberts v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-06-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment prisoner-rights statute-of-limitations strip-searches wrongful-death |
Can a prisoner state a claim for denial of access to the courts if prison officials impeded their ability to litigate a pending wrongful death suit? |
| 23A1015 |
Christina Brown v. Amazon Headquarters, LLC, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-05-15 |
Presumed Complete |
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appellate-review civil-procedure corporate-defendant motion-to-dismiss pro-se wrongful-death |
Whether a pro se plaintiff can successfully challenge a district court's dismissal of a wrongful death action against a corporate defendant after deni… |
| 23-580 |
Lisa O'Brien, et al. v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York |
Second Circuit |
2023-11-30 |
Denied |
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anti-terrorism-act damages federal-courts federal-statute preemption state-law statute-of-limitations wrongful-death |
Whether Congress intended to preempt state wrongful death distribution laws in enacting the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) |
| 23-482 |
Catherine Craig-Myers, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert Meyers, Deceased v. Otis Elevator Company, et al. |
Florida |
2023-11-07 |
Denied |
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civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process elevator-safety jury-trial osha osha-safety-laws preemption wrongful-death |
Do Florida courts violate constitutional rights to jury trial and due process by refusing to admit evidence of culpable negligence violating preemptiv… |
| 23-433 |
Joyce Daniels, as the Administrator of the Estate of Mark Daniels, Deceased v. City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2023-10-26 |
Denied |
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42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process judicial-procedure law-enforcement qualified-immunity section-1983 summary-judgment unsworn-testimony wrongful-death |
Whether the trial court should have relied on the officer's unsworn interview in a wrongful death action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 |
| 22-7028 |
John L. Dickerson, Jr., Administrator of the Estate of Betty Jane Matlock, Deceased v. Emmanuel Noel Cruz Tancinco, et al. |
Arkansas |
2023-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process estate-administration judicial-procedure medical-malpractice procedural-rights standing substantive-rights wrongful-death |
Whether the petitioner's substantive and procedural due process rights were violated when the Circuit Court and Arkansas Court of Appeals dismissed th… |
| 21-1598 |
City of Anaheim, California, et al. v. Fermin Vincent Valenzuela, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-28 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
42-usc-1983 42-usc-1988 circuit-split civil-rights federal-court hedonic-damages robertson-v-wegmann section-1983 state-law survivorship-claim wrongful-death |
Whether state law prohibitions on hedonic damages apply to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 survival claims |
| 21-7179 |
Precious Wiley v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-02-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process eisenhower-army-medical-center federal-tort-claims-act medical-malpractice medical-negligence pro-se-litigation service-of-process standing wrongful-death |
Why did the district court dismiss the appellant's Federal Tort Claims Act complaint alleging wrongful death due to medical negligence? |
| 21-955 |
Khristy Goins Rismiller, Tutrix for Daniel Edward Goins, et al. v. Gemini Insurance Company, et al. |
Louisiana |
2021-12-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adoption adoption-law biological-classification civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection intermediate-scrutiny levy-v-louisiana wrongful-death |
Do children given in adoption have a constitutional right to sue for the wrongful death of their biological parent and siblings under the 14th Amendme… |
| 21-894 |
Helen Gardner v. New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, et al. |
New York |
2021-12-17 |
Denied |
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42-usc-1981 access-to-courts certificate-of-merit civil-rights court-access due-process first-amendment section-1981 wrongful-death |
Whether the Supreme Court of the State of New York erred in dismissing Petitioner's Wrongful Death Case for lack of a Certificate of Merit |
| 20-1818 |
Ashlee R. Hull, Individually and in Her Capacity as Co-Executrix of the Estate of John Edward Hull, Sr., et al. v. Muhammed Samar Nasher-Alneam, et al. |
West Virginia |
2021-06-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment civil-rights court-precedent due-process motion-to-dismiss standing suicide suicide-litigation wrongful-death |
Whether the denial of a person's right to pursue litigation based solely on the fact that the person died via suicide is a violation of the 14th-Amend… |
| 20-1254 |
Padma Rao v. Midland Trust Company |
Illinois |
2021-03-10 |
Denied |
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civil-procedure due-process legatee probate probate-estate property-rights standing survival-act wrongful-death |
Whether the Petitioner daughter and legatee of the deceased in a probate estate has any standing under the Due Process Clause to protect her property … |
| 20-6672 |
Adam L. Coleman v. Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center |
Kentucky |
2020-12-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
age-of-majority civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause estate-administration legal-representation medical-malpractice wrongful-death |
Can a state pass legislation that jeopardizes legal representation of a Wrongful Death or Medical Malpractice asserted claim that would otherwise be g… |
| 19-5426 |
Leonard Stansberry v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-08-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-review due-process equal-protection jurisdiction legal-procedure police-misconduct racial-discrimination standing statutory-provisions takings writ wrongful-death |
Whether the cause and manner of death of Quastisa Ne was properly investigated and determined |
| 18A1356 |
Montye Benjamin v. Lynn Thomas |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-24 |
Presumed Complete |
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civil-rights constitutional-claims eleventh-circuit pro-bono summary-judgment wrongful-death |
Whether a civil rights action for wrongful death can survive summary judgment when the underlying constitutional claims have been dismissed by the low… |
| 18-1350 |
Maria S., as Next Friend for E. H. F. and S. H. F., Minors, and A. S. G. v. Ramiro Garza |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-04-29 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
bivens border-protection civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-tort immigration qualified-immunity retaliation standing wrongful-death |
Whether a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent is entitled to qualified immunity for allegedly coercing a mother into departing the U.S., where sh… |
| 18-628 |
Rebekah Cooper, as Administrator of the Estate of Jason Cooper, Deceased v. Ehtsham Haq, et al. |
Alabama |
2018-11-14 |
Denied |
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civil-procedure federal-question medical-malpractice state-law-claims statute-of-limitations supplemental-jurisdiction tolling tolling-provision wrongful-death |
Are the state-law periods of limitation for Alabama wrongful-death and medical-malpractice claims immune from the tolling provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 13… |