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Birke v. Oakwood Worldwide

Environmental Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a nuisance case over an apartment complex's obligation to eliminate second hand smoke, grant of demurrer is affirmed in part, reversed in part and...

Gorman v. Wolpoff and Abramson, LLP

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a lawsuit alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, libel and violations of Cal. Civ. Code section 1785.25(a), the district court's...

Ondimar Transportes Maritimos v. Beatty St. Props., Inc.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
In a tort suit arising from the collision of Plaintiff's vessel with a dock, the owner of the dock did not validly assign its property damage claim to...

Yousuf v. Samantar

Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Defendant, a former Somali official who allegedly ordered the commission of numerous atrocities against plaintiffs in the 1970s and 1980s, does not...

Englert v. MacDonell

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Appeal of the denial of special motions to strike by defendants in a defamation suit is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where the ruling on the...

Major v. Western Home Ins. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Home insurer unsuccessfully appeals from a jury verdict in an insurance bad faith action arising from the destruction of Plaintiffs' home. Court finds...

C.R. v. Tenet Healthcare Corp.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Trial court erred in sustaining demurrer to complaint against medical center for sexual harassment under Civil Code section 51.9 and for the negligent...

Mercury Ins. Co. v. Pearson

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Transportation
Pedestrian who was struck by an uninsured motorist while crossing an intersection with his fianc-e is not entitled to coverage under his fianc-e's...

Cibula v. US

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice suit brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, the district court erred by applying Virginia law and deciding not to place...

Ashley County v. Pfizer, Inc.

Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit by Arkansas counties against manufacturers and distributors of products containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine seeking recovery of costs...