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Ungar v. Arafat

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In an action brought by a putative intervenor, concerning an injunction issued in a bitter dispute between victims of terrorist violence and...

Tyrues v. Shinseki

Government Benefits, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
In a veteran's action seeking compensation for a direct service connection lung disorder under 38 U.S.C. section 1110, U.S. Court of Appeals for...

Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma Stores, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law
In light of the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971 (Credit Card Act) (Civ. Code section 1747 et seq.) plain language, protective purpose, and...

Donahue v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a series of civil cases arising out of the unholy alliance between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and a notorious mobster, James J....

Johnson & Johnson v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (Trejo)

Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action for negligence and strict products liability, petition for writ of mandate challenging the trial court's amended order denying...

Jackson v. Doe

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a childhood sexual abuse case in which plaintiff did not file a complaint in accordance with the process outlined in Code of Civil Procedure...

Blue Shield of California Life & Health Ins. Co. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (Kawakita)

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a tort action for bad faith breach of a health insurance policy the plaintiff and real party in interest obtained from Blue Shield, a petition...

Rodriguez v. Sec'y of Health and Human Servs.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case involving a dispute over the reasonable hourly rate used to calculate attorneys' fees awarded under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury...

Smith v. Freund

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action, alleging defendants negligently supervised their son, who suffered from Asperger's Syndrome, lived as a dependent with his...

King v. Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Dismissal of personal injury suit against an insurer for lack of personal jurisdiction is affirmed where the mere appointment of an agent for service...