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Yokoyama v. Midland Nat'l Life Ins. Co.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an action alleging deceptive representations in defendant's brochures, which promoted certain annuities as appropriate for seniors, a denial of...

Rapposelli v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a personal injury action, the trial court's denial of plaintiff's motion for prejudgment interest is reversed where plaintiff's underinsured...

Villano v. Waterman Convalescent Hosp., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Elder Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's action against a convalescent hospital claiming she was admitted without her consent, judgment of the trial court is affirmed where,...

Bell v. Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Transportation
In plaintiff's action against an automobile maker for negligence and products liability for severe injuries when he lost control of his BMW Z3...

Elam v. Menzies

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's suit claiming negligence in a heart operation that defendant-doctor performed, summary judgment for doctor on the ground that...

Jefferson v. Lewis

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's action against a police officer under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state tort law for being shot by the officer on New Year's Eve while...

In re: Zyprexa Prods. Liab. Litig.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Remedies
In a drug defect product liability litigation, appellant-law firm's interlocutory appeal from the district court's order finding that all of...

Dowling v. Cleveland Clinic Found.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' action against defendants for injuries sustained when she slipped and fell in a puddle of water while walking down a hallway adjacent...

Clark v. Baka

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action for damages for physical and neurological injuries plaintiffs' grandchild allegedly sustained during his birth, plaintiffs' appeal from...

Catsouras v. Dep't of the California Highway Patrol

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action brought against the State of California Highway Patrol and two of its officers by the family of a decedent who died in an automobile...