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Anglo Irish Bank Corp. v. Superior Ct. of Los Angeles

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Securities Law
Denial of several nonresident defendants' motions to quash service of summons based on lack of personal jurisdiction is affirmed where: 1) by...

Gil v. Reed

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an inmate's negligence, malpractice, and civil rights suit against prison medical staff, summary judgment for defendants is reversed where the...

Simmons v. Ghaderi

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a breach of contract action arising from a medical malpractice suit, wherein plaintiffs sought to enforce an oral settlement agreement allegedly...

Leland v. Brandal

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In the context of health care liability claims and Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code section 74.351(c), when elements of a timely filed expert report...

Florida Bar v. Dove

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Professional Malpractice
A referee's recommendation that respondent be disciplined by a public reprimand, receive two years probation, and forfeit fees of eight-thousand...

In re Methodist Healthcare Sys. of San Antonio, Ltd

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In the context of medical malpractice actions and mandamus relief, an appeal is not always an adequate remedy in circumstances where a defendant moves...

In re Roberts

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Petition for writ of mandamus challenging a court of appeals' grant of mandamus relief from an order granting plaintiffs a 30-day grace period to...

Wegener v. Johnson

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice suit, judgment in favor of defendant-obstetrician is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not err in excluding...

Rubens v. Mason

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an attorney malpractice suit, summary judgment for attorney-defendants is vacated and remanded where the district judge appeared to have focused...

In re McAllen Med. Ctr., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In the context of a Texas requirement that plaintiffs must support health care claims with expert reports shortly after filing, the Texas Supreme...