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Plumhoff v. Rickard

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that the officers used excessive force in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments when they shot...

Gericke v. Begin

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging that plaintiff was arrested and charged with wiretapping in retaliation for attempting to film defendant-officer as he was...

Graham v. Bank of America

Banking Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint for fraud and deceit, violations of Business and Professions Code section 172002, and declaratory relief, arising...

David v. Hernandez

Injury & Tort Law
In a negligence action arising out of a collision between the plaintiffs' vehicle and defendant's truck, where the jury returned a verdict finding...

Cottini v. Enloe Medical Center

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment in favor of defendant-hospital in an action where the jury found defendant's employee provided negligent care to plaintiff, a dependent...

Worsham v. O'Connor Hospital

Elder Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action alleging professional negligence and elder abuse against defendant-hospital in which plaintiff alleges that defendant's under-staffing...

Gong v. City of Rosemead

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of a complaint alleging liability against defendant-city for the alleged tortious conduct of its former mayor in extracting loans from...

Bryan v. Erie County Office of Children and Youth

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In an action alleging that defendants placed plaintiff's son in harm's way by failing to disclose the violent history of a boy that plaintiffs...

Lanz v. WCAB

Administrative Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The decision of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) denying the application for workers' compensation benefits, brought by the dependents...

Chaudhry v. City of Los Angeles

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action brought by three organizational plaintiffs and the family and estate of a man who was shot and killed by defendant-city's police officer,...