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Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. v. Superior Court of Orange County

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, International Law
Petition for writ of mandate to challenge a trial court order denying plaintiff's motion to quash service is denied where a Japanese manufacturer can...

US v. Endotec, Inc.

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Health Law
In an action by the U.S. to enjoin Defendants' manufacture of allegedly adulterated medical devices, judgment for Defendants is reversed, where...

Dillon v. Cobra Power Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action based on an allegedly defective boat, judgment for Plaintiff is reversed, where the District Court erred by reversing the summary...

Bruesewitz v. Wyeth Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a design defect action, district court's grant of summary judgment is affirmed where: 1) the court did not err in granting defendant's motion as...

Taylor v. Elliott Turbomachinery Co. Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability action involving damages for asbestos exposure, grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment is affirmed where California...

Oreck Direct LLC v. Dyson Inc.

False Advertising
In a suit between vacuum cleaner companies alleging false advertising under section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. section 1125(a)(1)(B) (2006),...

Giles v. Wyeth, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action against defendant-drug manufacturer of antidepressant Effexor forty-six year old decedent began taking two days before his...

Amalgamated Sugar Co. v. Johanns

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Government Law
In a suit regarding the transfer of a sugar marketing allocation, summary judgment for USDA and the purported transferee is reversed where: 1) the...

Int'l Union, United Mine Workers of Am. v. Dep't of Labor

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of a final rule concerning mine rescue teams is granted where the final rule is inconsistent with the MINER Act insofar as it...

Brown v. Crown Equip. Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a law suit brought by the wife of an individual who was killed operating a forklift manufactured by defendant, claiming it had negligently failed...