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Cracchiolo v. Eastern Fisheries, Inc.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendants on plaintiff's wrongful death claim alleging that the deceased fell and drowned after slipping from an obviously...

Estate of Barabin v. AstenJohnson

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging that occupational exposure to asbestos from the dryer felts provided by defendants caused plaintiff's mesothelioma, the district...

Lintz v. Lintz

Elder Law, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Remedies
In an action brought by the deceased's daughters against defendant, the deceased's third wife, judgment against defendant of financial elder abuse,...

Mendoza v. Western Medical Center Santa Ana

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for plaintiff who alleged that he was fired in retaliation for reporting allegations of sexual harassment is reversed and remanded for a new...

Sanchez v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Dismissal of plaintiff's action against his deceased wife's doctors for medical malpractice is affirmed, where: 1) the doctors were federal employees,...

Daimler AG v. Bauman

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
Defendant, a German public stock company, is not amenable to suit in California for injuries allegedly caused by conduct of its Argentinean subsidiary...

In Re: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
The bankruptcy court's permanent injunction, enjoining state law tort actions brought by plaintiffs, two of Madoff's defrauded "investors," against...

F.P. v. Monier

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment awarding damages to plaintiff following a finding that defendant molested plaintiff is affirmed, but modified, where: 1) the trial court...

Hui v. Sturbaum

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an action brought by plaintiff-chiropractor alleging that defendant-insurance claims investigator made false statements to the California...

Doe v. Guthrie Clinic, Ltd.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals' question is answered as follows: under New York law, the common law right of action for breach of the fiduciary...