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Walton v. William Powell Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' negligence and strict liability suit against defendant alleging the asbestos-containing valves made by defendant caused injuries, jury...

Whitson v. Stone County Jail

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In an action claiming that defendant-officers failed to protect plaintiff from an assault by a fellow prisoner, and others failed to properly train...

Estate of Smithers v. City of Flint

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' 42 U.S.C. sections 1983, 1985(2) and (3) suit against a city and two police officers in connection with the fatal shooting of an...

Pediatrix Screening, Inc. v. Telechem Int'l, Inc.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In parties' business dispute, alleging breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentation claims, related to microarray technology for genetic...

Guest v. Hansen

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action based on a snowmobile crash on defendant college's property, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) an...

Happel v. Walmart Stores, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought by a husband and wife against Walmart for negligently filling the wife's prescription with wrong medication, causing her to go into...

Lane v. City of Sacramento

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' consolidated cases against the City of Sacramento, seeking to hold the city liable for injuries they sustained when one of the...

Harrington v. Atlantic Sounding Co.

Admiralty, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a personal injury action arising out of injuries sustained by plaintiff-seaman, the district court's order denying defendants' motion to dismiss...

PhotoMedex, Inc. v. Irwin

Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action involving Lanham Act claims for misleading advertising and California state law claims for false advertising and unfair competition,...

Whittington v. Indianapolis Motor Speedway Found., Inc.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's suit for tortious conversion and replevin of a 1979 Racing Porche automobile, which is on display at the Foundation's Hall of Fame...