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Williams v. Gerber Prods. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action alleging deceptive marketing of a food product for toddlers, dismissal of the suit is reversed where: 1) deficiencies in appellants'...

DIRECTV, Inc. v. Rawlins

Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Media Law, Remedies
In a suit by a satellite television provider against a purchaser of illegal decryption devices, denial of statutory damages under the Wiretap Act is...

Platt Elec. Supply, Inc. v. EOFF Elec., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an action alleging defendant, a non-profit consumer safety group, negligently misrepresented and fraudulently concealed that defective in-wall...

Johnson v. Am. Standard, Inc.

Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
The Supreme Court of California adopts the "sophisticated user" doctrine and defense to negate a manufacturer's duty to warn of a product's potential...

Satey v. JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In an action alleging, inter alia, improper credit reporting, improper investigation, and improper sale of a disputed credit card account by...

New Texas Auto Auction Services v. Gomez de Hernandez

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a case involving auctioneering of a defective car, the court of appeals decision holding an auctioneer could be liable for claims of strict...

Pineda v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability action brought against Ford by an automobile technician who was injured when the rear liftgate glass of a 2002 Ford Explorer...

Drive Fin. Servs., L.P. v. Jordan

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
An order amending and confirming debtors' Chapter 13 bankruptcy plan, which provided for interest on appellant-creditor's secured claim on their...

In re: Long

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law
In a bankruptcy case involving a debtor's proposal to surrender a car to creditor-finance company as part of a Chapter 13 plan, a bankruptcy court's...

Broussard v. Procter & Gamble Co.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action brought under the Louisiana Products Liability Act arising after plaintiff used, and was severely burned by, a Therma Care Heatwrap,...