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Sabia v. Orange County Metro Realty

Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a class action alleging that plaintiffs were duped into signing mortgage foreclosure consulting agreements and lost the money they paid for...

Allen v. Liberman

Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a wrongful death action, in which plaintiffs alleged that defendants were liable for the death of their minor...

Hernandez v. County of Los Angeles

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action brought by the daughter of a man who was struck and killed by defendant-county's Sheriff's car while he was standing near...

In re: G-I Holdings, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment in favor of the debtor on claims brought by other asbestos producers who, along with the debtor, signed a Producer Agreement, thereby...

Staub v. Kiley

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Judgment entered in favor of defendants in plaintiffs' action for medical malpractice following defendants' motion for nonsuit is reversed and...

Stenehjem v. Sareen

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The trial court's grant of plaintiff's special motion to strike defendant-employer's cross-complaint for extortion under the anti-SLAPP statute is...

Uriarte v. Scott Sales Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action alleging that the airborne toxins produced by sandblasting with silica sand supplied by defendants to plaintiff's employer caused...

Giles v. Yi

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In these personal injury actions, it was an abuse of discretion to order plaintiffs to produce, prior to the defense medical examinations, medical...

Kim v. Konad USA Distribution

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The trial court's award to plaintiff of $60,000 against defendant-former employer and defendant-former boss, on her claims of sexual harassment and...

Hartford Casualty Ins. v. Swift Distribution, Inc.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademark
The Court of Appeal properly held that plaintiff-insurer had no duty to defend defendant-insured in an underlying suit for patent and trademark...