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Doe v. S. Carolina Dep't of Soc. Servs.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by a minor child and her adoptive parents against defendant, an Adoption Specialist with the South Carolina...

Bustos v. Martini Club Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on a late-night confrontation with several off-duty police officers, dismissal of the action is affirmed...

Aills v. Boemi

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's medical malpractice suit against defendant plastic surgeon arising out of negligence in connection with an elective surgical procedure...

Coito v. Sup. Ct.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's wrongful death suit against the State of California and various other defendants for the drowning death of her 13-year old son,...

Teachers' Ret. Sys. of La. v. PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law
In a shareholder derivative action brought on behalf of AIG for breach of fiduciary duty against PricewaterhouseCoopers under New York law, the...

Schreiber v. Moe

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against a police officer, district court's judgment is affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded where: 1)...

Willis v. Bender

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action for lack of informed consent and medical malpractice, judgment for defendant is affirmed in part where there was no evidence,...

Asher v. Unarco Material Handling, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought by past and present Wal-Mart employees and their spouses, claiming injuries caused by exposure to carbon monoxide gas in the...

In re: Baycol Prods. Litig.

Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a failure-to-warn case involving the prescription drug Baycol, a cholesterol-reducing medication, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where:...

Davis v. Brouse McDowell, LPA

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, International Law, Patent, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's legal malpractice suit claiming that defendants failed to timely file three patent applications related to a website-search engine,...