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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...

McGuigan v. City of San Diego

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Trial court's denial of plaintiff's motion for attorney's fees incurred during the prior appeal of the settlement judgment, arising from the...

Arenas v. El Torito Restaurants, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiffs' action claiming they were allegedly misclassified as exempt from overtime wage laws, trial court's denial of motion to certify a class...

Chorosevic v. MetLife Choices

Class Actions, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA class action alleging that defendants improperly calculated secondary health benefits owed to plaintiffs, summary judgment for defendants...

Wrightsell v. Cook County

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Civil Procedure
In a former inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a county claiming that the failure to make more than a single dentist available to the jail's...

Shady Grove Orthopedic Assocs., P.A. v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Insurance Law, Remedies, Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a class action seeking to recover interest due under New York law on plaintiff's insurance claim, the Second Circuit's order affirming the district...

Sacred Heart Health Sys., Inc. v. Humana Military Healthcare Servs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law, Military Law
In a class action by hospitals claiming that defendant-HMO systematically underpaid them for medical services they rendered to veterans under a...

Chang v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit brought by residents of Taiwan against a manufacturer of clotting factors, claiming that the defendant acquired blood from high-risk donors...

W. Bend Mut. Ins. Co. v. U.S. Fid. & Guar. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Environmental Law, Insurance Law
In an action for breach of contract arising from defendant's refusal to defend a mutual insured in a class action alleging that insured's gas station...

First Bank v. DJL Prop., LLC

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law
Petition for leave to appeal involving remand of plaintiff's two suits to state court after it removed the cases under the Class Action Fairness Act...