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Maxton v. Western States Metals

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit alleging negligence and strict liability causes of action based on personal injuries as a result of working with metal products manufactured...

GECCMC 2005-C1 Plummer Street Office L.P. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law
In a suit alleging breach of lease agreements that the defendant bank assumed after it purchased a failed bank's assets and liabilities from the FDIC...

Muto v. CBS Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, ERISA, Media Law
In a putative class action complaint brought in New York by Pennsylvania residents against the plaintiffs' former employer and the employer's pension...

Chaaban v. Wet Seal, Inc.

Civil Procedure
In a wrongful termination suit that the plaintiff lost and after which the defendant filed a memorandum of costs, the trial court's order denying the...

M & F Fishing, Inc. v. Sea-Pac Insurance Managers, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Insurance Law
In an action by owners and operators of commercial fishing companies alleging violations of the Unfair Competition Law predicated on violations of the...

Matter of Thorpe Insulation Co.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, the district court's affirmance of the bankruptcy court's orders denying a creditor's motion to compel...

Minor v. Bostwick Laboratories, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that an employee's termination was in retaliation for reporting alleged Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations internally to...

Ghaffarpour v. Superior Court

Civil Procedure, Judges & Judiciary
In a case in which the trial court denied a motion by the plaintiffs to disqualify a judge after the case had been remanded, a writ of mandate is...

AE v. County of Tulare

Injury & Tort Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In a suit arising from the sexual assault of a minor by his foster brother, alleging against the county that ran the foster home a claim under 42 USC...

Munoz v. Sociedad Espanola de Auxilio Mutuo y Beneficiencia de Puerto Rico

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a retaliation case under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) and Puerto Rico's general tort statute known as Article 1802, in...