all - Opinion Summaries

Miklosy v. Regents of the Univ. of California

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The California Whistleblower Protection Act precludes a damages action against the University of California when the University of California has...

Bogy v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
On petition for rehearing in an action in which plaintiffs alleged that they were entitled to pursue damages arising from claims they released in...

Level 3 Communications, LLC v. Liebert Corp.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a contract and tort action involving parties' contract to purchase several uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems for plaintiff's data center,...

Gehr v. Baker Hughes Oil Field Operations, Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action seeking damages against former owners of a commercial property under a continuing nuisance theory, summary judgment in favor of...

S. Carolina Dept. of Disabilities & Special Needs v. Hoover Universal, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In product liability actions seeking damages from defendant's sale of defective trusses and sheathing, an order vacating summary judgment rulings for...

Parrott v. US

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an inmate's suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) alleging that prison officials failed to protect him from being attacked by another...

Twardowski v. Am. Airlines

Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In an action brought by airline passengers or their survivors against Continental Airlines and a number of other air carriers claiming damages for...

Great Am. Ins. Co. v. Gordon Trucking, Inc.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies, Transportation
In a negligence action in which a truck insured by plaintiff-insurance company was damaged in a fire, summary judgment for defendant is reversed...

Dougherty v. Haag

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Injury & Tort Law
In a case involving a procedural fairness inquiry by plaintiff expert witness brought to overturn his censure by a gatekeeper organization (AFTE)...

Bailey v. Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case of first impression involving the limitations period for removal in a multi-defendant litigation, denial of plaintiff's motion to remand her...