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Athridge v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action against an insurer to collect a judgment entered against the insured responsible for an accident, judgment for defendant is affirmed...

Northport Health Servs. v. Rutherford

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In actions to compel arbitration of state law tort claims arising out of the treatment of defendants' decedents at nursing homes, a grant of...

S.M. v. Los Angeles Unified Sch. Dist.

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a minor's suit against the Los Angeles Unified School District for negligent supervision of a teacher who sexually fondled her, trial court's entry...

Boeken v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's wrongful death action against cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris arising from the death of her husband from lung cancer, Court of...

Valladolid v. Pac. Ops. Offshore, LP

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a petition for review of the denial of workers' compensation benefits under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) and the Longshore and...

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

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' claim on behalf of their son, seeking compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, claiming that the measles,...

Griffin v. Hardrick

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's section 1983 suit against a correction officer, raising an excessive force claim and a state-law claim for battery, arising from...

Perry v. Berkley

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In an action for personal injuries as a result of a three-car accident, dismissal of the action is affirmed where the trial court properly excluded in...

Elassaad v. Independence Air, Inc.

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In plaintiff's lawsuit against an airline company for injuries he sustained when he fell while disembarking from an airplane, district court's grant...

Columbia Venture, LLC v. Dewberry & Davis, LLC

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's suit against an independent contractor hired by FEMA to reassess flood elevation maps of an area, alleging professional malpractice and...