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Doomes v. Best Transit Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In an appeal from an order of the Appellate Division reversing the trial court's judgment and dismissing plaintiffs' tort action arising from a bus...

Valdez v. The City of New York

Family Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an appeal from an order of the Appellate Court reversing the trial court's judgment in favor of plaintiff, a domestic violence victim, judgment is...

Smith v. Cimmet

Probate, Trusts & Estates, Professional Malpractice, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the trial court dismissing a legal malpractice action brought by a successive estate representative on the ground that...

American Honda Motor Co., Inc. v. Superior Court (Lee)

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, cs_82, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In an appeal from a class certification order of the trial court in an action alleging defendant's sale of automobiles with defective gears, judgment...

Smallwood v. Allied Van Lines, Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Trade, Remedies
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court denying defendant's motion to compel arbitration of an action arising from the accidental shipment...

Spencer v. Roche

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing plaintiff's Section 1983 action, summary judgment is affirmed where, on balance, a...

Mattos v. Agarano

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an appeal from two orders of the district courts denying defendants' qualified immunity and motion for summary judgment in two separate Section...

Giovanniello v. ALM Media, LLC

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Remedies
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court dismissing plaintiffs' class-action complaint for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection...

Gallop v. Cheney

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Judges & Judiciary, Sanctions
In an order arising from an action against former Vice President Cheney and several unnamed senior members of the Bush Administration for allegedly...

Lifson v. City of Syracuse

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In an appeal from the instructional charge of the trial court in a tort action alleging that defendant was negligent when he fatally struck plaintiff...