all - Opinion Summaries

Liberty National Enterprises, LP v. Chicago Title Insurance Company

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Judgment for plaintiff-insured against defendant-title insurer on the cause of action for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair...

Teva Pharmaceuticals v. Superior Court of Orange County (Pikerie)

Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In action in which plaintiff alleged that she suffered injuries as a result of ingesting a brand-name drug and its generic equivalents, defendant's...

Schaefer v. Elder

Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
The trial court did not err in determining that the defendant-insured in this case had a right to independent counsel rather than counsel provided by...

Boston Property Exchange Transfer Co. v. Iantosca

Professional Malpractice, Property Law & Real Estate, Securities Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claims that defendants and their lawyers mishandled an arbitration against a third party, PaineWebber, that plaintiff had...

Marshall v. Randall

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment for plaintiff finding defendant-officers liable for false arrest, malicious prosecution, and violation of plaintiff's right to a fair trial...

J.R. Marketing v. Hartford Casualty

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In action for reimbursement of allegedly excessive or otherwise inappropriate legal fees and costs billed by independent counsel for plaintiff to...

K2 Investment Group, LLC v. American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Company

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action against defendant-malpractice insurer, arising out of plaintiffs' malpractice claims against its attorney for failing to record their...

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Huff

Injury & Tort Law, Evidence, Health Law
In interpleader action, judgment awarding defendant Healthcare District a portion of the damages defendant tort victim recovered in a personal injury...

Martinez v. Brownco Construction Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In the context of Section 998 of the Code of Civil Procedure, a cost recovery provision that was enacted to encourage the settlement of lawsuits prior...

Johnson v. SmithKline Beecham Corp

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law
In a case seeking redress for lifelong physical and emotional suffering arising out of a now-banned drug thalidomide, appeal of the District Court's...