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In re Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC

Bankruptcy Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings of a news publisher and its affiliates, district court's judgment denying plaintiffs' requests for the allowance...

Chavez v. Glock, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit for strict liability and related torts brought by a police officer against manufacturers and retailers of his gun and holster, arising from...

Croucier v. Chavos

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Legal Malpractice
In a legal malpractice suit arising from an underlying business lawsuit, trial court's decision sustaining defendant's demurrer to the first amended...

Dennis v. Berg

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action suit involving claims of false advertising, district court's approval of the settlement is reversed, vacated and remanded, as the...

Moe v. Anderson

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a suit involving separate alleged sexual assaults by a doctor against two patients, for medical malpractice, battery, sexual battery, intentional...

Nelson v. City of Davis

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a suit by a student who suffered permanent injury when he was shot in the eye by a pepperball projectile fired from the weapon of a U.C. Davis...

Rosa v. TASER International, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit against the manufacturer of electronic control devices, commonly referred to as "tasers," alleging a duty to warn that repeated exposure to...

Greenpack of Puerto Rico, Inc. v. American President Lines

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a suit for damages resulting from a delayed delivery of perishable food items from Costa Rica to Puerto Rico, the district court's dismissal if the...

Jones v. Secord

Injury & Tort Law
In a suit arising out of the death of plaintiff's decedent who was shot and killed by a man wielding a stolen handgun, alleging the gun owner's...

Allgoewer v. City of Tracy

Civil Rights, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit against the City of Tracy and two of its police officers for (among other things) using excessive force in arresting him, the trial court's...