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Martinez v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Transportation
In an action for strict and negligent product liability, brought by two survivors and the heirs and estates of two decedents from a car crash in...

Barrett v. Rhodia, Inc.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action alleging that plaintiff suffered permanent injury while working with a chemical manufactured by defendant, summary judgment for defendant...

Whitmire v. Ingersoll-Rand Co.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' suit against defendants for negligence and strict liability alleging to exposure to asbestos, trial court's grant of summary judgment...

Pella Corp. v. Saltzman

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' suit against a window manufacturer, alleging that defendant committed consumer fraud by not publicly declaring a design defect that...

Simpson Strong-Tie Co., Inc. v. Gore

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Construction, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiff's action for defamation and related claims against an attorney and a law firm, arising from an advertisement placed by the defendants...

Boeken v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's wrongful death action against cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris arising from the death of her husband from lung cancer, Court of...

Adams v. Genie Indus., Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action for injuries sustained when plaintiff fell from a personnel lift designed, manufactured and sold by defendant, judgment for plaintiff is...

Chevron USA Inc. v. Aker Maritime Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Product Liability, Remedies
In an action by Chevron to recover its costs resulting from the replacement of failed bolts in an oil production facility, judgment for plaintiff is...

Communities for a Better Env't v. City of Richmond

Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law
In plaintiffs' petition for a writ of mandate against a city and Chevron, claiming that an environmental review of a new construction project was...

American Honda Motor Co. v. Allen

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a class action alleging that a Honda motorcycle had a design defect that prevented the adequate dampening of "wobble," a grant of plaintiff's...