Kentucky

From Findlaw is an email update on Sixth Circuit decisions:

U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, November 17, 2008
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.  READ MORE>

U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, November 17, 2008
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. Read more...