all - Opinion Summaries

Augusta v. Keehn and Associates

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Legal Malpractice
In a civil action alleging legal malpractice, order denying petition by plaintiff to compel arbitration of action is affirmed, as it is supported by...

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...

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...

Blue Water Sunset LLC v. Markowitz

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Trials court's denial of a motion to disqualify defendant's attorney from a derivative action during which he briefly represented certain defendants...

Kullar v. Foot Locker Retail, Inc.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Civil Procedure, Class Actions
Trial court's denial of defendant's motion to disqualify the attorneys for parties who have objected to the proposed settlement agreement in the first...

Cassel v. Superior Court

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Legal Malpractice, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In plaintiff's malpractice action against his attorneys, claiming that by bad advice, deception, and coercion, the attorneys, who has a conflict of...

Allen v. LaSalle Bank, N.A.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In plaintiff's class action suit against a law firm, arising from an underlying mortgage foreclosure action against the plaintiff brought by the law...

Warrior Sports, Inc. v. Dickinson Wright, P.L.L.C.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Legal Malpractice, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In a patent owner's malpractice action against a law firm, arising from an underlying patent infringement litigation involving patents directed to...

Olsen v. Harbison

Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a dispute between two attorneys over the division of fees arising from a representation of a client in a personal injury action, in which the...

Companioni v. City of Tampa

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's suit against a city for sustaining injuries in an automobile accident, the second district court of appeal's reversal of the trial...