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Payne v. Jones

Injury & Tort Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In excessive force and battery action against defendant police officer and defendant-city, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed in part and vacated and...

County of Sacramento v. Superior Court of Sacramento County

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
A county's petition for a writ of mandate directing the trial court to set aside its denial of a motion to dismiss a suit against the county, arising...

Dutra v. Mercy Med. Ctr. Mt. Shasta

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against her former employer for defamation and wrongful termination in violation of public policy, the trial court's judgment in...

Sachs v. Republic of Austria

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In plaintiff's suit against the Republic of Austria, the Austrian national railway, and others, for personal injuries she sustained while attempting...

Holmes v. Merck & Co., Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a wrongful death action against a manufacturer and distributor of a vaccine, arising out of the death of plaintiffs' infant son, the district...

Pomona Valley Hosp. Med. Ctr. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (Cabana)

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical negligence action, a hospital's request for a writ of mandate directing the trial court to vacate its order compelling interrogatory...

Robinson v. SSW, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a wrongful death action against a manufacturer of asbestos-containing boilers, claiming that the decedent's death from mesothelioma was caused by...

Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Remedies
In an action against multiple oil, energy, and utility companies, alleging that massive greenhouse gas emissions emitted by the defendants have...

County of Los Angeles v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
A county's petition for a writ of mandate, challenging the trial court's adverse ruling in a negligence suit filed by plaintiffs for sustaining...

Hawran v. Hixson

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In plaintiff's suit against his former employer claiming, inter alia, causes of action for defamation, invasion of privacy/false light, negligent and...