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Pendergast v. Sprint Nextel Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an appeal from the grant of defendant's motion to compel arbitration in a class action against Sprint Nextel Corp. for allegedly charging improper...

US Life Ins. Co. v. Superior Nat'l. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
In a motion to vacate an arbitral award in a reinsurance dispute, the denial of the motion is affirmed where, although the process employed by the...

Vallies v. Sky Bank

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a putative class action against a bank claiming violation of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) disclosure requirements involving loans to finance...

Connecticut State Dental Ass'n. v. Anthem Health Plans, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action by dentists claiming that defendant health insurer employed a number of practices, such as "improper downcoding" and "improper bundling,"...

Hernandez v. Lopez

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' action against defendants for breach of contract, intentional tort, and fraud, arising from sale of plaintiffs' restaurant business to...

General Star Nat'l Ins. Co. v. Universal Fabricators, Inc

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action by an insurer seeking a declaration that defendant-excess insurer was required to reimburse plaintiff for part of a settlement of a...

Michigan American Fed'n of State County & Mun. Employees v. Matrix Human Serv.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a labor labor dispute involving reduction of healthcare benefits to union members, decision of the district is reversed as a defendant who...

Washington Mut. Bank v. Jacoby

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection
Trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of State Farm General Insurance Company (State Farm), in an interpleader action initiated by...

Jackson County v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Law
In a petition for review of orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) which granted the application of a power company to surrender...

Mahnke v. Sup. Ct.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In proceedings arising from the loss of insureds' home from a fire, insureds' petition for writ of mandate challenging a trial court's grant of the...