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Fehribach v. Ernst & Young LLP

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a suit charging a bankrupt company's auditor with negligence and breach of contract in failing to include a going-concern qualification in an audit...

Edgerly v. City & County of San Francisco

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights suit arising from plaintiff's arrest for trespassing within the gated area of a Cooperative and a resulting search, judgment as a...

R.D. Offutt Co. v. Lexington Ins. Co.

Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a declaratory judgment and breach of contract action arising when defendant-insurer declined to cover expenses incurred by plaintiff-policyholder...

Loduca v. Polyzos

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In construction litigation case where plaintiff property owner sued a subcontractor in contract and tort for breach of the contract between the...

City of Santa Barbara v. Superior Court

Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sports Law
An agreement made in the context of sports or recreational programs or services, purporting to release liability for future gross negligence,...

Siebel v. Mittlesteadt

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
For purposes of constituting a favorable termination of a lawsuit as a predicate for a subsequent malicious prosecution action, a postjudgment...

Alvarado v. KOB-TV, L.L.C.

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In a suit brought by two former undercover police officers against a television station for broadcasting their identities and their undercover status...

Nasti v. CIBA Spec. Chemicals

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought against CIBA alleging sex discrimination and defamation, summary judgment for CIBA is affirmed where: 1) the record demonstrated...

Ass'n Benefit Servs., Inc. v. Caremark RX, Inc.

Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging fraud, unjust enrichment and breach of contract against a pharmacy benefit manager by a company formed to facilitate contracts...

Fagocki v. Algonquin/Lake-in-the-Hills Fire Prot. Dist.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice suit involving the treatment of a woman suffering from anaphylactic shock, judgment for plaintiff is reversed where any...