| 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 |
|
erisa federal-courts preemption rutledge-precedent statutory-interpretation wrongful-death |
Whether this Court's decision in Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, 592 U.S. 80 (2020) clarifies the test for statutory preemptio… |
| 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 |
1. Whether the "zone of danger" test articulated in Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Gottshall, 512 U.S. 532 (1994), applies to wrongful death claims premis… |
| 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 |
1. Are pro se litigants entitled to equal protection under federal and state laws as represented parties are protected under federal and state laws?
… |
| 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 |
1. Is illegal work considered legitimate work?
2. Does the Virginia worker's compensation act consider illegal work in the course of the business, tr… |
| 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 |
January 23, 2020, the petitioner initiated a civil action within the U.s. District Court for the Northern District of Maryland asserting adenial of th… |
| 23A1015 |
Christina Brown v. Amazon Headquarters, LLC, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-05-15 |
Presumed Complete |
|
appellate-review civil-procedure corporate-defendant motion-to-dismiss pro-se wrongful-death |
Question not identified. |
| 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 |
1. Whether Congress intended to preempt state
wrongful death distribution laws in enacting the
Anti-Terrorism Act ("ATA"),! to award wrongful
death da… |
| 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 |
|
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process elevator-safety jury-trial osha osha-safety-laws preemption wrongful-death |
1. Do Florida trial and appellate courts violate constitutional rights to a jury trial and due process by refusing to admit into evidence culpable neg… |
| 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 |
A police officer, Gino Macioce, shot and killed Mark Daniels. Shortly after the shooting, Officer Macioce was interviewed by other police officers. Of… |
| 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 |
This medical malpractice wrongful death claim brought by the Petitioner on behalf of the estate of Betty Jane Matlock which has been dismissed twice a… |
| 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 |
Under Robertson v. Wegmann, 436 U.S. 584 (1978) must a federal court apply a state law prohibition on hedonic damages to a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 survival c… |
| 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 |
1. Why did the district court, order suasponte dismissing the appellant Precious Wiley Pro-se complaint under the Federal Tort claims Act alleging the… |
| 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 |
1. Do children given in adoption have a constitutional
right to sue for the wrongful death of their biological
parent and siblings under the 14th Am… |
| 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 |
1. Whether the Supreme Court of the State of
New York, namely, Judge Marsha L.
Steinhardt, erred and abused its/her
discretion by dismissing Petiti… |
| 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 |
1. 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 Am… |
| 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 a Medical Examiner's Opinion as to the cause and manner of death is admissible in a criminal trial when the Opinion given is information obtai… |
| 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 |
Question not identified. |
| 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 |
Did the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit improperly weigh evidence and fail to draw factual inferences in favor of the nonmoving party when it d… |
| 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… |