Morton Aaron Brody
How Judge Brody decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Brody treated an insured’s potential liability for its own negligence as a protectable interest under a builder’s risk policy.
“Because the Court now rules that a builder’s risk insurance policy protects an insured against his own negligence, Zurich’s Motion for Summary Judgment is denied and GE’s Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment is granted.”
Brody allowed a civil-rights medical-care claim to proceed where the pleaded facts could support involuntary confinement.
“Derboven’s Motion to Dismiss is denied because Plaintiff has raised sufficient facts from which the Court could conclude that Dobson may have been held at BMHI against her will, giving Dobson the substan-five due process right to receive proper medical care.”
Procedural preferences
Brody denied amendment when the proposed claims could not survive dismissal.
“a motion to amend will be denied as futile where the proposed amendments would not survive a motion to dismiss.”
Brody returned state negligence claims to state court while retaining the federal emergency-treatment claim.
“Plaintiffs negligence claims against Inland and Gretta are remanded to state court.”
Cautions
Brody rejected amendments that added no necessary theory even when they would not prejudice the opposing side.
“This amendment would not be prejudicial to Defendants, but the amendment is unnecessary and duplicative.”
Brody treated a signed consent form as decisive evidence supporting a second apartment search.
“the existence of a consent to search form signed by Defendant leads the Court to conclude that he voluntarily consented to a second search of his apartment yielding the hacksaw, Kmart receipt, and ammunition.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Accordingly, Defendant’s motion to transfer is DENIED.”
“Third-Party Defendant’s Motion to dismiss the third-party complaint is GRANTED.”
“Accordingly, Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for lack of justiciability is GRANTED.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the decision of the bankruptcy court is VACATED and REMANDED.”
“The individual Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is DENIED.”
“For the reasons that follow, Plaintiffs Motion to Amend is denied.”
“Accordingly, Plaintiff’s application for attorney’s fees is GRANTED in the amount of nine hundred seventy-five dollars ($975.00).”
“Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.”
“BMHI’s Motion to Dismiss is granted because BMHI is a state agency and may not be sued for damages under § 1983.”
“Derboven’s Motion to Dismiss is denied because Plaintiff has raised sufficient facts from which the Court could conclude that Dobson may have been held at BMHI against her will, giving Dobson the substan-five due process right to receive proper medical care.”
“For the reasons stated above, Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is DENIED as to Count I of Plaintiffs Complaint and GRANTED as to Count II.”
“Defendants’ Motion to Stay Discovery on Count I is DENIED.”
“For the reasons discussed above, Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.”
“III are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE and Count IV DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.”
“For the reasons discussed above, the Court GRANTS Tisdale’s Application for Attorneys’ Fees and awards a fee of $3,892.50.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The twenty returned tenure dockets were all terminated. Six carried subject-matter labels: two motor-vehicle product-liability matters and one each involving environmental law, prisoner civil rights, negotiable instruments, and Social Security disability. Fourteen lacked a subject-matter label, and none carried a motion timeline.
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