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Tamkin v. CBS Broadcasting

Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In a defamation dispute involving CBS and a writer for famed television show "CSI Las Vegas", denial of anti-SLAPP motion by trial court reversed...

State Farm Auto Ins. Co. v. Lee

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a civil action alleging abuse of process and unfair business practices, grant of anti-SLAPP motion, and denial of motion to disqualify and...

Erlich v. Ouellette, LaBonte, Roberge and Allen, P.A.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a diversity action involving when state-law causes of action against an auditor and an actuary accrued, dismissal by district court of action as...

In re Baycol Cases I and II

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability action related to the cholesterol lowering drug Baycol, dismissal of petition to review grant of demurrer to class claims by...

Cabral v. Ralphs Grocery

Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a wrongful death action alleging negligence, judgment against plaintiff is vacated because defendant owes a duty to avoid a collision between a...

Angelotti v. The Walt Disney Co.

Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a tort action alleging that defendant was liable to plaintiff for injuries suffered while rehearsing a stunt for a film, grant summary judgment in...

Coretronic Corp. v. O'Connor

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a civil action alleging collusion and misconduct by counsel, denial of special motion to strike complaint pursuant CCP section 425.1 is affirmed...

Smith v. Home Loan Funding

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a tort action, judgment for breach of fiduciary duty and misrepresentation against a mortgage lender who acted as a mortgage broker is affirmed...

Cabrera v. E. Rojas Properties

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a tort action alleging premises liability, Appeals Court affirms reduction of award by trial court holding that the reduction of recovery of past...

Fieldston Property Owners Assn., Inc. v. Hermitage Ins. Co., Inc.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a dispute over which dual defense obligation clause in two concurrent insurance policies triggers a primary duty to defend, court holds that the...