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Daffin v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Product Liability, Transportation
In a suit seeking damages for a defective throttle body assembly that caused the accelerator to stick, certification of a class of all 1999 or 2000...

Jean Alexander Cosmetics, Inc. v. L'Oreal USA, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
The view of the First Restatement of Judgments and other courts of appeals that permit the application of issue preclusion to alternative findings is...

Au-Tomotive Gold, Inc. v. Volkswagen of Am., Inc.

Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark, Transportation
The Lanham Act prevents a maker of automobile accessories from selling, without a license or other authorization, products bearing exact replicas of...

Telebrands Corp v. Fed. Trade Comm'n

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
An FTC order containing an "all claims, all products" fencing-in provision is enforced over a claim that the agency lacked authority to issue the...

Beck v. Maximus, Inc.

Banking Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
A proposed class representative is neither typical nor adequate if the representative is subject to a unique defense that is likely to become a major...

Talbott v. Am. Isuzu Motors, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts
15 U.S.C. section 2310(d)(2) of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty--Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act does not preempt Florida's offer of judgment...

Buell-Wilson v. Ford

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Judgment in favor of plaintiffs, in case involving rollover of Ford explorer that left plaintiff wife a paraplegic and deprived plaintiff husband of...

Richards v. Home Depot, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Environmental Law, Product Liability
Dismissal of plaintiff's state law causes of action, involving claims that defendant retailer sold plaintiff a wood-finishing product that emitted...

Pfizer, Inc. v. Superior Ct. (Galfano)

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Elections
Certification of class action, based on complaint alleging defendant's mouthwash was marketed in a misleading manner by indicating its use could...

Consumer Advocacy Group, Inc. v. Kintetsu Enters. of Am.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In the context of secondhand smoke litigation and alleged violations of Proposition 65, to stamp a consent agreement with the judicial imprimatur, a...