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In re The Clergy Cases I

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
In a consolidated appeal of 25 separate lawsuits against defendant the Franciscan Friars of California, Inc. (Franciscans) alleging that plaintiffs...

Bradley v. Sebelius

Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' appeal from the Secretary of Health and Human Services' decision that it was entitled to a portion of a settlement of an underlying...

Malatka v. Helm

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
Trial court's denial of defendant's motion to dissolve an order restraining her from verbally harassing her neighbor and the neighbor's husband is...

Bailey v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action by the decedent's widow and children claiming the government was negligent in the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to place warning signs...

Chan v. Lund

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Trial court's grant of defendants' motions to enforce a settlement agreement under Code of Civil Procedure 664.6, arising from a homeowner's suit...

Flores v. Enter. Rent-A-Car Co.

Commercial Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In plaintiffs' suit for wrongful death, negligent entrustment, and punitive damages against a car rental company for their son's death, caused by one...

Norex Petro. Ltd. v. Access Indus., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, International Trade, M&A
In a RICO action alleging injury arising from the activities of an international criminal enterprise, or more specifically, "a massive racketeering...

Beaven v. U.S. Dep't of Justice

Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a Federal Tort Claims Act and Privacy Act case brought by staff members at the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) claiming that defendants allowed an...

Henry v. Purnell

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's section 1983 suit against a deputy sheriff claiming that the sheriff used excessive force in effecting his arrest by mistakenly drawing...

In re Ethan C.

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law, Juvenile Law
Juvenile court's finding that petitioner's minor children were dependents of the court within the meaning of section 300(b), (f) and (j), and that...