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Calles v. Scripto-Tokai Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a strict liability and negligence suit arising from a deadly fire caused by a lighter designed and manufactured by defendant, summary judgement for...

Grisham v. Philip Morris U.S.A., Inc.

Consumer Protection Law, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Civil Procedure
There is no special presumption that smokers are aware of the addictiveness or health hazards of smoking, but there is a general, rebuttable...

In re Bose Corp.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Trademark
A decision denying Bose registration of a proposed speaker design as a trademark is affirmed where the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board correctly...

Pioneer Elecs. (USA), Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law
This appeal raised the issue of the extent to which California's right to privacy provision protects purchasers of potentially defective DVD players...

Allstate Ins. Co. v. Hamilton Beach

Contracts, Insurance Law, Product Liability
In subrogation action seeking to recover sums paid to plaintiffs' respective insureds for covered losses sustained in a residential fire allegedly...

Galeno v. Blockbuster, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
Denial of motion to remand a class action -- involving disgruntled customers of Blockbuster alleging that the "no late fee" program is a decptive...

Galeno v. Blockbuster, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
Denial of motion to remand a class action -- involving disgruntled customers of Blockbuster alleging that the "no late fee" program is a decptive...

Galeno v. Blockbuster, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
Denial of motion to remand a class action -- involving disgruntled customers of Blockbuster alleging that the "no late fee" program is a decptive...

Galeno v. Blockbuster, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
Denial of motion to remand class action -- involving disgruntled customers of Blockbuster alleging that the "no late fee" program is a decptive forced...

Tony Gullo Motors I, L.P. v. Chapa

Attorney's Fees, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
A decision reinstating an award for plaintiff with modification in an action brought against a car dealer for breach of contract, fraud, and the Texas...