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Ellis v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a tort action based on plaintiff's injury in Mississippi while working on a construction site for an Alabama employer who was a subcontractor for...

Johnson v. Rancho Santiago Comm. Coll. Dist.

Constitutional Law, Construction, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an action challenging a public project labor agreement as preempted by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Employee Retirement Income...

Tomlinson v. County of Alameda

Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' petition for a writ of administrative mandate challenging the decision of a county to approve a subdivision development proposed by...

Arrowood Indem. Co. v.Travelers Indem. Co. of Connecticut

Construction, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an insurer's suit against another insurer for equitable contribution involving a negligence suit against a general contractor, and a dispute over...

Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. County of San Bernardino

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law
In an environmental group's suit challenging county's approval of certain residential development, trial court's order of fees and dismissal of...

In re: Katrina Canal Breaches Litig.

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Construction, Government Contracts, Military Law
In an action against an engineering firm claiming that its negligent and improper actions in fulfilling a military contract were a cause of flood...

Butler v. Yusem

Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute over an agreement to construct a commercial retail and office building, the Fourth District court's holding that failure to establish...

Hinerfeld-Ward, Inc. v. Lipian

Construction, Contracts
In a general contractor's suit against homeowners for breach of oral contract, quantum meruit, wrongful withholding of progress payments, and related...

Force Framing, Inc. v. Chinatrust Bank

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts
In plaintiff's suit against defendant-lender for a bonded stop notice, trial court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment because...

Great W. Contractors, Inc. v. Irvine Unified Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Construction, Education Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
In plaintiff-contractor's suit against a school district (District), challenging the District's rejection of plaintiff's bid to remodel two elementary...