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Apollo Capital Fund, LLC v. Roth Capital Partners, LLC

Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In action for corporate securities fraud, common law fraud and related claims brought against broker-dealer, sustaining of demurrers is reversed in...

Hyde v. Hoffman-La Roche Inc.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a diversity suit brought against defendants claiming plaintiff suffered physical and psychological injuries from ingesting the prescription drug...

Ashford v. US

Injury & Tort Law
In an action brought against defendants on a variety of causes of action after plaintiff was violently assaulted in prison, summary judgment for...

Ehrenfeld v. Bin Mahfouz

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In answer to certified question from U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, CPLR 302(a)(1) does not confer jurisdiction over a person who: 1)...

Pagarigan v. Aetna U.S. Healthcare of Cal., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action, dismissal of the case is affirmed where the law required plaintiffs to amend their complaint within 30 days and they...

Stellar v. State Farm Gen. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an insurance coverage dispute over whether defendant-insurer had a duty to defend plaintiffs in a defamation suit, summary judgment for defendant...

Snyder v. Superior Ct. (Caterpillar, Inc.)

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Petition for writ of mandate challenging dismissal of wrongful death action based on failure to comply with Los Angeles Superior Court Second Amended...

Vaught v. State of Cal.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The workers' compensation exclusivity rule of Labor Code section 3602 bars the civil action of plaintiffs against one plaintiff's employer for...

Chandler v. Am. Fire and Cas. Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a suit arising from defendant declining to pay policy limits in an automobile accident personal injury suit resulting in a suit for bad-faith...

Jordan v. Knafel

Contracts, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a complaint for declaratory judgment alleging that defendant was attempting to extort $5 million from plaintiff by threatening to publicly expose...