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Blazevska v. Raytheon Aircraft Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a wrongful death action against a plane manufacturer brought by family members of eight Macedonian residents, including the Macedonian president,...

Salma v. Capon

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A plaintiff or cross-complainant may not avoid a pleadings challenge pursuant to the anti-SLAPP statute, Code of Civ. Pro. section 425.16, by amending...

Wendler & Ezra, P.C. v. Am. Int'l Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a defamation case involving postings to an Internet forum, summary judgment for defendant is vacated and remanded where, although the court...

Grovatt v. St. Jude Med., Inc.

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In products liability litigation concerning the Silzone prosthetic heart valve, certification of a class of plaintiffs pursuant to Fed. Civ. Pro. Rule...

Carlisle v. Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, LLP

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law, Tax Law
In an action arising from plaintiffs' liabilities to the IRS for their participation in investments later found to be an abusive tax shelter, denial...

Blair v. City of Worcester

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by plaintiffs claiming they were allegedly attacked and beaten by several city police officers, grant of defendants' motion to...

Colacicco v. Apotex Inc.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In state-law tort actions brought against drug manufacturers of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors ("SRRIs") based on a...

Arpin v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law, Professional Malpractice, Remedies
In a medical malpractice wrongful death suit against a civilian doctor and a military doctor, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed in part where the...

Johnston v. Multidata Sys. Int'l Corp.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action brought against Delaware and Canadian corporations arising from personal injuries to plaintiffs or their decedents from over-exposure to...

Anderson v. Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In a class action brought by shareholders of a now-defunct New Mexico corporation against Merrill Lynch, grant of defendant's Rule 12(b)(6) motion to...