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Lazy Acres Market, Inc. v. Tseng

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In case where insurer agrees to defend insured in negligence action without a reservation of rights, insured hires its own attorney believing...

Cook Children's Med. Ctr. v. New England PPO Plan of Gen. Consol. Mgmt. Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
In an ERISA action brought by a medical center as an assignee of a plan member, summary judgment and award of mediation costs for defendants is...

Poseidon Dev., Inc. v. Woodland Lane Estates, LLC

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In suit alleging breach of a promissory note following defendant's late tender of a final, balloon payment on the note, orders sustaining of demurrers...

Miller-Leigh LLC v. Henson

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In case involving a choice-of-forum clause in a lease guaranty, orders sustaining demurrer based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction and denying...

Frahm v. US

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving settlement agreement between defendant IRS and plaintiff, a former IRS employee, judgment for defendant is affirmed over plaintiff's...

Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Auth.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a long-running litigation over racial discrimination in public housing in Chicago, award of attorney's fees to plaintiffs' attorneys is affirmed...

Zomba Enters., Inc. v. Panorama Records, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Remedies
In a copyright infringement action brought against a purveyor of karaoke discs, summary judgment and a monetary award for plaintiff-copyright holder...

Lott v. Pfizer, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law
In a purported class action against a pharmaceutical company alleging misrepresentation of health hazards associated with two drugs, award of...

Hyon v. Selten

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an appeal concerning a fee dispute arising out of litigation commenced in 1993, summary judgment entered against defendant on his cross-complaint...

Riverside Sheriff's Ass'n v. County of Riverside

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Government Code section 3309.5 is not the exclusive ground for recovery of attorney-s fees in a Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act...