all - Opinion Summaries

MATEEL ENVTL. JUSTICE FOUND. v. EDMUND A. GRAY CO.

Consumer Protection Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
Trial court erred in granting summary judgment to defendants, distributors of plumbing parts that allegedly discharge lead into drinking water in...

HENLEY v. PHILIP MORRIS INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In light of principles recently promulgated by the US Supreme Court constraining civil punitive damage awards, the record cannot sustain the $25...

ORLOFF v. FCC

Commercial Law, Communications Law
Verizon's marketing strategy of making sales concessions to potential wireless customers actually benefited consumers and was therefore reasonable...

US v. ALPINE INDUS., INC.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law
District court properly imposed a permanent injunction and penalty against defendant for violations of an FTC Consent Order forbidding it from making...

MOCEK v. ALFA LEISURE, INC.

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Remedies
Although a different rule may apply where there is a breach of an express warranty, there is no requirement that the seller be given an opportunity to...

TURNER v. J.V.D.B. & ASSOCS., INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. section 1692e, it was error for the district court to treat as determinative a debt...

NAGEL v. TWIN LABS., INC.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising
In a suit for violations of California's unfair competition laws and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act, a product's ingredients do not satisfy the first...

DEKENS v. UNDERWRITERS LABS. INC.

Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
Defendant met its burden on summary judgment by showing through admissible evidence that it never undertook to test small appliances for medical...

RELIABLE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CO., INC. v. CONSUMER PROD. SAFETY COMM'N

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Product Liability
The Consumer Product Safety Commission's investigation into a product, and a request for voluntary corrective action, did not constitute final agency...

CHAVERS v. GATKE CORP.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
A manufacturer of friction brake products containing asbestos, cannot be held liable in tort to plaintiffs for injuries caused by asbestos inhalation...