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DeSantiago v. D & G Plumbing, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In case arising from injury to eye from discharge of nail gun by coemployee, judgment of dismissal for intervenor worker's compensation insurer's...

Lockhart v. County of L.A.

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In wrongful death action arising out of decedent's suicide while a patient at a community mental health center, summary judgment for defendant is...

Menken v. Emm

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action alleging negligence, interference with contractual relations, civil extortion, and a violation of Arizona Revised Statutes section...

Kelly v. Phillip Morris Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit against a manufacturer and a seller of tobacco products, removal to federal court is reversed and remanded where the Supreme Court's...

Waste Mgmt. of Minnesota, Inc. v. Transcontinental Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a coverage dispute arising from circumstances in which a garbage truck loaded by plaintiff was involved in an auto accident, a judgment finding...

Schooley v. Orkin Extermination, Co., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a fraudulent misrepresentation case arising after plaintiffs hired defendant-Orkin to protect their home from termites and subsequently suffered...

Urhausen v. Longs Drug Stores Cal., Inc.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In case where disabled woman slipped and fell in front of defendant's store, judgment for defendants on claims of negligence per se and denial of...

Sands v. McCormick

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and state tort law action brought against a police officer and district attorney, judgments for defendants are affirmed...

Langley v. DaimlerChrysler Corp.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Mere labeling by a plan sponsor or administrator is not determinative on whether a plan is governed by ERISA. In a former employee's case brought...

Corrie v. Caterpillar, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Military Law, Product Liability
In an action brought against Caterpillar by plaintiffs whose family members were killed or injured when the Israeli Defense Forces demolished homes in...