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Bowman v. Wyatt

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against a city for sustaining serious injuries when his motorcycle collided with a dump truck owned and operated by a defendant,...

Sheehan v. N. Am. Mktg. Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability suit against a seller and a manufacturer of swimming pools, arising after plaintiff sustained serious injuries while attempting...

Blankenship v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a minor-plaintiff's petition to compel Uninsured Motorist Arbitration, trial court's denial of the petition is affirmed where: 1) although an...

Stacy v. Rederiet Otto Danielsen, A.S.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
In an action for negligent infliction of emotional distress arising from a maritime collision, dismissal of the action is reversed where plaintiff...

Scott v. Rayhrer

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice suit, arising from a surgery for colorectal cancer where a drain inserted after the surgery was left in plaintiff's abdomen...

Tverberg v. Fillner Constr., Inc.

Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an independent contractor's suit against a general contractor for his injuries sustained at a construction jobsite, the Court of Appeal's reversal...

Carpenter v. Repub. of Chile

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In an action claiming that plaintiff was subject to abuse by the courts of Chile in a criminal case that was initiated in Santiago, Chile over ten...

Crescent Towing & Salvage Co. v. Chios Beauty MV

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Transportation
In an action for damages sustained when defendant's ship collided with plaintiffs' barges and tugboats during Hurricane Katrina, partial judgment for...

Bagby Elevator Co. v. Schindler Elevator Corp.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In an action for tortious interference with contract, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) under the court's highly deferential standard of...

Lal v. State of Cal.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law
In an action against the California Highway Patrol and certain officers for the shooting death of plaintiff's husband, dismissal of the action with...