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Cole v. Gen. Motors Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Certification of a nationwide Rule 23(b)(3) class of Cadillac DeVille owners who allege breach of express and implied warranties against General...

Brubaker v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

Class Actions, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by former employees of a company who mistakenly received an offer for a benefit given to certain of the company's retired workers, summary...

Savaglio v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
In a statewide class action involving claims that Wal-Mart denied meal and rest breaks to thousands of employees, partial grant of Wal-Mart's belated...

Belaire-West Landscape, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a putative class action lawsuit against plaintiffs' former employer, a landscaping company, alleging wage and hour violations, defendant's petition...

Rowe v. Jones

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Criminal Law & Procedure, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In case involving the Inmate Welfare Fund, created following settlement of prisoner civil rights class action suit, dismissal of defendants' motion to...

Ring v. AXA Fin., Inc.

Class Actions, Insurance Law, Securities Law
Denial of motion for remand of class-action complaint, which contains state law claims, and dismissal on ground that complaint was wholly preempted by...

Wachtel v. Health Net, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, ERISA, Evidence
In a state law and ERISA case brought by beneficiaries of two different employee benefit plans that purchased point-of-service policies, an order...

Walsh v. IKON Office Solutions, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In suit alleging wage and hour law violations, order decertifying one of several subclasses in class action against defendant is affirmed over claims...

Koehler v. Brody

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, M&A
In a suit brought by class action plaintiff suing his former representative after a settlement had been approved by a district court, dismissal of...

Katie A. v. Los Angeles County

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
A preliminary injunction ordering state agencies to screen members of a statewide class of foster children and, where medically necessary, provide...