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Brumley v. FDCC Cal., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of suit alleging wrongful death and survivorship claims from asbestos-related injuries for failure to secure a trial within five years of...

Adames v. Sheahan

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit resulting from the accidental shooting death of a child, granting of defendants' motions for summary judgment is reversed as to defendant...

Applebaum v. Rush University Medical Center

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action resulting in a certified question, where a plaintiff proceeding pro se was formerly licensed to practice law, but is...

Ioerger v. Halverson Construction Co., Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Workers' Compensation
In a negligence action based on injuries sustained as a result of the collapse of a scaffold at a bridge repair site, granting of defendants' motion...

de Villers v. Co. of San Diego

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case where employee took toxic materials from her employer and used them to murder her husband, trial court ruling that defendant-county could be...

Yancy v. United Surgical Partners Int'l, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action brought against a doctor and other defendants arising from circumstances in which an individual was rendered comatose during surgery,...

Higazy v. Millenium Hotel & Resorts

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In case involving Egyptian citizen in New York City to study computer engineering, and who was staying at a hotel across the street from the World...

Estate of Sims v. County of Bureau

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a federal civil rights suit alleging that the actions of a county sheriff led to a reporter's death, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where:...

Crowe v. Marchand

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice diversity action charging defendant with negligent diagnosis and treatment, a jury verdict in favor of the defendant is...

Robinson v. Orient Marine Co. Ltd.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action brought by an injured employee of a stevedoring company against defendant under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act,...