all - Opinion Summaries

Lara v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's decision against the petitioner and in favor of the defendant is affirmed as, the petitioner, hired twice in the...

Phan v. Pham

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's suit for defamation, trial court's dismissal of the action is affirmed as, using the material contribution test from Fair Housing...

Diaz v. Carcamo

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's action against defendants for injuries she suffered in an automobile collision, judgment of the trial court is affirmed where: 1)...

Elliott v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

Administrative Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Decision of the WCAB that plaintiff's employer was not obligated to provide the requested spinal surgery is reversed and remanded as, in light of its...

Aills v. Boemi

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's medical malpractice suit against a plastic surgeon for negligence in connection with a procedure of breast reconstruction, the decision...

Miniz v. Canarecci

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against several jail officials for their alleged deliberate indifference to her inmate-son's suicide risk,...

Deen v. Egleston

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice action, the denial of partial summary judgment for defendant is reversed where the district court, in striking down, under...

Miles Farm Supply, LLC v. Helena Chem. Co.

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's action for tortious interference alleging that defendant aided and abetted a breach of fiduciary duty by three of its employees,...

Bessemer & Lake Erie R.R. Co. v. Seaway Marine Transp.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an admiralty action seeking recovery of repair costs and lost profits against a cargo ship after it struck a land-based coal-loading machine...

Kode v. Carlson

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury action, a ruling for defendant is vacated where the district court did not weigh the substantiality of the evidence presented to...