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Jennings v. Jones

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's civil rights case against the state of Rhode Island and a State Police representative and other police officers who had executed a...

US ex rel Ondis v. City of Woonsocket

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's qui tam action against a city under the False Claims Act claiming that the city had defrauded the federal government by making false...

Cell Therapeutics Inc. v. Lash Group Inc.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action for indemnification based on the settlement of an underlying suit against plaintiff for violations of the False Claims Act (FCA),...

Nutragenetics, LLC v. Sup. Ct.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's suit against the defendants alleging he was defrauded into investing in their company, defendants' petition for writ of mandate is...

Merrill v. Leslie Controls, Inc.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' products liability suit against defendants for injuries caused by exposure to asbestos-containing products aboard US Navy vessels,...

Montalvo v. Gonzalez-Amparo

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action alleging malpractice by plaintiff's deceased mother's medical care providers, dismissal of the suit as time-barred is vacated and...

Longaberger Co. v. Kolt

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an action by an ERISA governed, self-funded employee welfare benefit plan seeking to enforce the terms of the Plan's reimbursement provisions...

Wagner v. Live Nation Motor Sports, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Sports Law, Transportation
In a tort action arising out of a motorcycle crash, denial of defendant's post-trial motion for judgment as a matter of law is reversed where: 1) a...

Cassel v. Sup. Ct.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's legal malpractice suit, his request for writ of relief from two orders excluding evidence in favor of his former attorneys is granted...

Berry & Murphy, P.C. v. Carolina Cas. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action for insurance coverage for a malpractice lawsuit, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the alleged acts of malpractice in...