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Panoutsopoulos v. Chambliss

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Landlord Tenant Law
Granting of petition under Civil Code section 1714.10 to pursue causes of action for civil conspiracy between a limited partnership's general manager...

Summers v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
When a party seeks during trial to present relevant and admissible testimony from a witness on a disputed issue, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50(a)...

Schreiber v. K-Sea Transp. Corp.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case where seaman's agreement to arbitrate his Jones Act claim against his employer, made after the seaman was injured, such post-injury...

Swayne v. Torrance Care Ctr. West, Inc.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Denial of defendants-skilled nursing facility's and operator's petition to compel arbitration of the claims made by plaintiffs is affirmed where the...

City of L.A. v. WCAB

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Decision finding respondent entitled to death benefits since her husband's death arose out of and in the course of employment is reversed where...

People v. Giordano

Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Sentencing
A direct restitution order to a surviving spouse made under Penal Code Section 1202.4 may include the amount of lost economic support incurred due to...

Custom Mfg. & Eng'g Inc. v. Midway Servs., Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In trademark infringement case involving printed circuit boards used in a water meter reading system, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed over...

Motorola Credit Corp. v. Uzan

Banking Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In case involving misrepresentations by Turkish family seeking financing for a Turkish telecommunications business to swindle plaintiffs of billions,...

Bjork v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In suit to recover under homeowner's insurance policies issued to plaintiff's mother, against whom plaintiff obtained a $4.5 million judgment for...

J&J Celcom v. AT&T Wireless Servs., Inc.

Communications Law, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought by former owners of minority interests in nine general partnerships involving cellular telephone businesses, alleging that...