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Smith v. Home Loan Funding

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a tort action, judgment for breach of fiduciary duty and misrepresentation against a mortgage lender who acted as a mortgage broker is affirmed...

Sonic-Calabasas A, Inc. v. Moreno

Administrative Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a labor dispute involving Labor Code section 98 et seq., California Supreme Court holds that a provision in an arbitration agreement requiring...

Fieldston Property Owners Assn., Inc. v. Hermitage Ins. Co., Inc.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a dispute over which dual defense obligation clause in two concurrent insurance policies triggers a primary duty to defend, court holds that the...

Bleecker Street Tenants Corp. v. Bleeker Jones LLC

Commercial Law, Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law
In an dispute involving the question of whether options to renew a commercial lease are subject to New York's rule against perpetuities, EPTL section...

Bonfigli v. Strachan

Evidence, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Elder Law
Appeal from an amended judgment upon a special verdict in favor of defendants is reversed where trial court erred in its pretrial ruling on the...

Wherry v. Award, Inc.

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a gender discrimination and sexual harassment complaint, denial of petition to arbitrate the complaint pursuant to several arbitration provisions...

Gould v. Corinthian Colleges, Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a commercial lease dispute, the trial court's ruling is affirmed where the lessor waived an antiwaiver provision in a commercial lease and the...

Safaie v. Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, False Advertising
In a petition for writ of mandate, brought by plaintiffs to recertify a class of individuals who purchased whirlpool bathtubs from defendants, the...

Estate of Shapiro v. US

Contracts, Family Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Tax Law
In a tax refund lawsuit where the district court held that homemaking services did not, as a matter of law, provide sufficient consideration to...

Gomes v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.

Banking Law, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In an suit regarding a home mortgage foreclosure, alleging "Wrongful Initiation of Foreclosure", defendant's demurrer was properly sustained without...