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Rubens v. Mason

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an attorney malpractice suit, summary judgment for attorney-defendants is vacated and remanded where the district judge appeared to have focused...

Perlin v. Fountain View Mgmt., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In order to recover attorney's fees under Welfare and Institutions Code section 15657, the plaintiff must establish by clear and convincing evidence a...

Waybright v. Fredrick County Dept. of Fire & Rescue Services

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit arising out of the death of plaintiff's son during training to join a fire department, summary judgment against plaintiffs on their claim of...

Moline v. Vyas

Injury & Tort Law
An award for costs to the defendant for videographer, stenographer, and professional fees associated with an evidence deposition of an out-of-state...

Walker v. Bowersox

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought by a prisoner against prison official-defendants alleging excessive force claims, summary judgment for...

In re: Patch

Bankruptcy Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In bankruptcy proceedings, a decision affirming sua sponte entry of summary judgment in favor of father, the trustee for the heirs and next of kin of...

Weaver v. CCA Indus., Inc.

Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
A ruling, which found that a policy issued by third-party insurer to its insured provided no coverage to third-party plaintiff and that the insurer...

Advance Am. Servicing of Arkansas, Inc. v. McGinnis

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an action wherein plaintiff sought to compel arbitration of a dispute over a series of loan agreements, grant of motion to dismiss for lack of...

Nance v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

Civil Rights, Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action alleging violations of, inter alia, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Tennessee Handicap Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act...

McLaurin v. Noble Drilling (US) Inc.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a negligence action, summary judgment for defendant is reversed and remanded where: 1) a claim under section 905(b) of the Longshore and Harbor...