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Gaviria v. Reynolds

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In medical malpractice action against defendant oral surgeons after plaintiff underwent five surgeries to repair jaw problems resulting from an...

Reigelsperger v. Siller

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Denial of a motion to stay litigation and compel arbitration is reversed where an arbitration agreement, signed when a chiropractor first treated...

Camico Mut. Ins. Co. v. Citizens Bank

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Professional Malpractice
Summary judgment for accounting firm in a professional malpractice suit is affirmed where the unambiguous language of a tolling agreement between the...

Shandralina G. v. Homonchuk

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In medical malpractice case, grant of motion disqualifying plaintiff's counsel for contacting expert retained by defendant and for failing to meet the...

Scarlett v. Ouellette

Attorney's Fees, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Sanctions
Judgment for defense in a medical malpractice suit containing attorney's fees and sanctions is affirmed where: 1) certain expert testimony was not a...

Gilbert v. Sykes

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Denial of a SLAPP motion is reversed in a malpractice suit against a prominent plastic surgeon, who cross-complained of defamation when plaintiff set...

ITT Fed. Servs. Corp. v. Anduze-Montano

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law, Professional Malpractice
Dismissal of an insurance company's claim against an injured worker's attorneys for malpractice in pursuing a Federal Tort Claims Act suit on the...

Ambriz v. Kelegian

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Professional Malpractice, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case involving malpractice action against plaintiff's former attorneys, who unsuccessfully represented her in a premises liability action after...

Warriner v. Stanton

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Summary judgment for defendant in a medical malpractice case is affirmed where the district court did not err in its application of New Jersey's...

Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Comp. Ass'n v. Florida Div. of Admin. Hearings

Administrative Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
When notice is raised as part of a claim filed under the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Act (NICA), an ALJ has jurisdiction to...