all - Opinion Summaries

INLINE, INC. v. A.V.L. HOLDING CO.

Debt Collection, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
The restitution remedy authorized by the Unfair Business Practices Act does not include 1) the reimbursement of money expended by a plaintiff to...

BOERNER v. BROWN & WILLIAMSON

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Remedies
A jury award of $4 million, based on a claim that the defective nature of defendant's Pall Mall cigarettes caused plaintiff-decedent's lung cancer and...

JENNINGS v. RIVERS

Civil Procedure, Remedies
In a damages hearing where the district court awarded zero dollars based on a failure of proof due to plaintiff's tardiness, the district court abused...

ROYAL MACCABEES LIFE INS. CO. v. CHOREN

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a bad faith breach of insurance contract counterclaim, a jury verdict in favor of defendant-doctor is affirmed over plaintiff's challenges that the...

SOUTHWESTERN BELL TEL. CO. v. GARZA

Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Workers' Compensation
In an action for a violation of the Anti-Retaliation Law, an award of punitive damages is reversed where clear and convincing evidence did not support...

ADMIN. COMM. v. WILLARD

ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a dispute concerning the ownership of settlement proceeds, plaintiff's are entitled to an equitable lien on the disputed funds since the relief...

KEMP v. AM. TEL. & TEL. CO.

Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Remedies
In a suit for fraudulent billing practices and the collection of illegal gambling debts in violation of federal RICO statutes, a jury's punitive award...

LEWIS JORGE CONSTR. v. POMONA SCH. DIST.

Construction, Contracts, Remedies
In a suit for breach of a construction contract, judgment in favor of plaintiff, awarding it potential profits, is reversed where the profits...

SEC v. HAPP

Administrative Law, Remedies, Sanctions, Securities Law
In a judgment against defendant for violation of the federal securities laws, denial of defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law, the...

CROMER v. KRAFT FOODS INC.

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a settlement resulting from an employment discrimination dispute, plaintiff's Rule 60(b) motion for relief is denied, however, an order imposing...