all - Opinion Summaries

Warner-Lambert Co. v. Kent

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a one-line, per curiam opinion, the judgment below is affirmed by an equally divided Court. In a case involving Michigan legislation which...

Padilla v. Rodas

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In action for wrongful death and negligence where a two-year-old child drowned in the backyard pool of the homeowners when his parent left him...

Heritage Marketing & Ins. Servs., Inc. v. Chrustawka

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Trade Secrets
In action for breach of contract, conspiracy to defraud, defamation, tortious interference with economic advantage, and violation of the California...

Wilson v. CARCO Group Inc.

Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Banking Law, Civil Rights
In suit involving a faulty criminal background check by defendant, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where the Fair Credit Reporting Act does...

Valdez v. U.S.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In case involving a severely brain-damaged seven-year-old, dismissal of plaintiffs' claims under Federal Tort Claims Act for failure to file an...

Wilkerson v. The County of Cook

Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice action, order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants is affirmed over claims that: 1) a question of fact exists...

Adaimy v. Ruhl

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Appeal from judgment for defendants and from order denying motion for new trial is dismissed as untimely.

Russell v. Foglio

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law
In suit brought by leader of the rock band, Great White, alleging slander and false light invasion of privacy, grant of defendant's special motion to...

McCann v. Foster Wheeler

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In case where plaintiff, a 30-year California resident, had been exposed to asbestos during installation of a boiler in Oklahoma 50 years ago, which...

Audler v. CBC Innovis Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a class action brought against various defendants based on their allegedly erroneous determinations that property owned by plaintiff and the other...