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In re Columbia Valley Healthcare Sys. , LP

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiffs' medical malpractice suit, defendant's petition for a writ of mandamus, challenging the trial court's denial of defendant's motion to...

Transcon. Ins. Co. v. Crump

Attorney's Fees, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
In plaintiff's suit against her deceased husband's insurer for workers' compensation death benefits, the judgment of the court of appeals is reversed...

Garcia v. Gomez

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's suit against a hospital and a treating physician for the death of plaintiff's mother from a pulmonary embolism following surgery, court...

Saller v. Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' wrongful death suit based on theories of negligence, strict liability, false representation, and intentional failure to warn, based on...

Ellerbee v. County of Los Angeles

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Judgement Enforcement, Sanctions
In plaintiff's suit against the County of Los Angeles and a sheriff for negligence, claiming that the sheriff breached an unspecified statutory duty...

Cedillo v. Sec'y of Health & Human Serv.

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's suit brought under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, claiming a link between childhood vaccines and autism, Court of...

Giacometti v. Aulla, LLC

Labor & Employment Law, Professional Malpractice, Tax Law, Injury & Tort Law
In employees' suit for professional negligence against an accounting firm, claiming that the firm negligently or fraudulently over-reported income on...

Studnicka v. Pinheiro

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action claiming that defendant-physicians performed surgery on plaintiff without his informed, written consent, and that this action constituted...

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Fisher

Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action seeking a declaration of nonliability on defendant's claim for uninsured motorist benefits, summary judgment for plaintiff-insurer is...

Price v. Stossel

Communications Law, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In an action against 20/20 correspondent John Stossel and ABC News by a television evangelist for defamation, district court's dismissal of the suit...