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• Seals v. General Motors Corp.
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• Vance v. Wade
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CONTRACTS, INJURY AND TORT LAW, LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW, MANUFACTURING
Seals v. General Motors Corp., No. 074415
In an intentional tort claim action against defendant-employer
General Motors for injuries suffered at defendant's metal stamping
plant, grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed
where the release form signed by plaintiff-employee barred
plaintiff's claim as a matter of law.
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CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, INJURY AND TORT LAW
Vance v. Wade, No. 075930
In a claim for use of excessive force by police officers in the
course of executing a search warrant, grant of summary judgment in
favor of defendant-officers is reversed in part, affirmed in part,
and remanded where: 1) defendant-officer did not violate plaintiff's
constitutional rights in handcuffing him because the handcuffs were
removed when defendant learned of plaintiff's complaints; 2)
defendant-officer is not entitled to qualified immunity from
plaintiff's claim that defendant used excessive force in cramming
plaintiff into the back of a police vehicle.
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