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Fiacco v. Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law, Remedies
In a diversity action brought against a national fraternity wherein plaintiff claimed that its members intentionally caused him emotional distress by...

Paterno v. Superior Court (Ampersand Publishing)

Constitutional Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In the context of defamation actions subject to the constitutional malice standard, when a plaintiff fails to demonstrate that allegedly defamatory...

Kao Holdings, LP v. Young

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit against a limited partnership for damages, alleging that it owned the apartments where plaintiff was living when she fell in the laundry...

Leland v. Brandal

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In the context of health care liability claims and Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code section 74.351(c), when elements of a timely filed expert report...

Frymire Engineering Co. Inc. v. Jomar Int'l, Ltd.

Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability, Remedies
In a suit to recoup an indemnification payment, alleging damages from respondent-manufacturer's negligence, product liability, and breach of warranty,...

General Electric Co. v. Moritz

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a premises liability action brought by an independent contractor's employee, reversal of summary judgment for defendant is reversed and the court...

Natural Answers, Inc. v. Smithkline Beecham Corp.

Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Evidence, False Advertising, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies, Trade Secrets, Trademark
In a trademark infringement case involving claims against defendants for the advertisement of certain health products, summary judgment for defendants...

Berg v. Albany Ladder Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies, Workers' Compensation
The protections of Labor Law section 240(1) do not apply to every worker who falls and is injured at a construction site. In a case involving a...

Tutrani v. County of Suffolk

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a negligence case involving a police vehicle which abruptly came to a near-stop in front of plaintiff's vehicle on a busy highway, which plaintiff...

Laabs v. City of Victorville

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies, Transportation
In a multi-party lawsuit brought by a plaintiff injured in an automobile collision wherein one of plaintiff's purported claims was against...