all - Opinion Summaries

Seitz v. Metro. Life Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Drugs & Biotech, ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants regarding their denial of plaintiff's ERISA claim for disability benefits is reversed where defendant plan...

Reliance Ins. Co. in Liquidation v. Chitwood

Attorney's Fees, Insurance Law
Judgment for primary insurer defendant is reversed in part in an indemnity dispute where the district court erred in determining that excess insurer...

Colgan v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
Restitution award and related injunctive relief following summary judgment for plaintiff is reversed where the trial court had no evidence to support...

Barak v. Quisenberry Law Firm

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Grant of a special motion to strike appellant's complaint for malicious prosecution against defendants, a client and his lawyers in a previous action...

nCube Corp. v. Seachange Int'l, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Award of damages and attorney's fees for plaintiffs, and denial of defendant's motions for judgment as a matter of law following a jury verdict are...

Briggs v. Labarge

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
Award of sanctions imposed on a bankruptcy petitioner's attorney is vacated where the bankruptcy court properly found that the attorney violated a...

Evans v. City of Chicago

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants in claims under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), civil rights laws, and common law...

French v. Dep't of Children & Families

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Health Law
Order finding that agency defendant wrongfully disenrolled plaintiff from a certain benefits program is reversed to the extent it failed to order...

Ramona Unified Sch. Dist. v. Tsiknas

Attorney's Fees, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Grant of a motion to strike municipal plaintiff's complaint for abuse of process and barratry pursuant to the anti-SLAPP statute and award of...

Faircloth v. Bliss

Attorney's Fees, Family Law
Award of attorney's fees in a paternity case is reversed where the record is devoid of any competent evidence regarding the number of hours reasonably...