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Sloas v. CSX Transp. Inc.

Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a sheetmetal worker's suit against his employer for sustaining on-the-job injuries, pursuant to Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), district...

Klein v. US

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's suit against the United States government and its volunteer worker for injuries he sustained when he was struck head-on by an...

Brown v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action seeking compensatory and punitive damages from cigarette manufacturers under theories of strict liability, breach of express warranty,...

Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Munroe

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an insurer's action for declaratory judgment, arising from a settlement agreement between the plaintiffs in the underlying suit releasing those...

Sutter Health v. Unite Here

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Government Law
In a hospital's suit against a union for defamation, trade libel, and intentional interference with prospective economic relations, arising from the...

Brown v. N. Carolina Dep't of Corr.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that defendants-correctional officers were deliberately indifferent to the serious harm he suffered at...

Ralphs Grocery Co. v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 8

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a grocery store's request for injunctive relief against the picketing by a union in front of the store, trial court's denial of the relief is...

Montgomery v. Superior Court

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice action against a physician, plaintiffs' petition for relief from the order of the trial court removing their only expert...

Jones v. Res-Care, Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against her employer and another employee claiming discrimination because of race and retaliation under Title VII, as well as...

Garcia v. W&W Cmty. Dev.

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a father's suit against a foster agency seeking damages for negligence and wrongful death, claiming that his two-year old daughter drowned when her...