NOUN
- a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law
How To Use summary judgment In A Sentence
- Defendants file massive summary judgment motions, seeking to dismiss every claim on various grounds.
- On the plaintiff's application for summary judgment the master give the defendant unconditional leave to defend.
- The Court concluded that in most circumstances, including the case at issue, summary judgment is appropriate where there are uncontradicted statements from both the owner and the driver regarding the lack of permission granted to the driver. Insurance Defense
- The order was made following a summary judgment hearing upon affidavits.
- As the key mechanism for the pretrial procedure, summary judgment plays a special filterative role in handling non-contentious cases of civil procedure.
- While the rules permit summary judgment in cases of Crown wardship, this remedy that provides for the permanent removal of a child from parents should be used in only the clearest of cases.
- He also submits that if the report is not admitted then there is no evidence to rebut his claim for summary judgment with this latter submission.
- A motion by the Plaintiffs for a summary judgment as to the Defendants' liability and negligence was dismissed.
- The plaintiff moved for summary judgment to preclude assertion of the Correia defense, arguing that the Correia defense should, as a matter of law, be unavailable because a cigarette is an inherently dangerous product that causes injury when used for its ordinary purpose. Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Bars Big Tobacco Defense: Can't Blame the Smoker
- Subsequent cases display similar ambivalence about the FDA's use of summary judgment.
