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EFund Capital v. Pless

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In case involving, in part, a shareholder derivative suit, order denying defendants' motion to compel arbitration is reversed as, under California...

Prokop v. City of L.A.

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Defendant city has absolute immunity under Government Code section 831.4 from liability for injuries suffered by a bicyclist who collided with a chain...

Chicago Title Ins. Corp. v. Magnuson

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an appeal involving a covenant not to compete, summary judgment for plaintiff-former employer, and a jury verdict awarding it compensatory and...

Wilson v. Brant

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of plaintiff's motion to reconsider dismissal of the refiling of a negligence claim arising out of an automobile accident after plaintiff...

Adkins v. Crown Auto, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In case involving sale of used car, denial of defendants' motions for judgment as a matter of law on plaintiff's common law fraud claim and refusal to...

Barscz v. Dir., Office of Workers' Comp. Programs & Elec. Boat Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability, Workers' Compensation
Order of Benefits Review Board allowing a credit for entire amount of a settlement resolving various state law claims to be taken against a death...

Harris v. Kuba

Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against two police officers brought by a former prisoner later pardoned on the basis of innocence, summary judgment...

Thibodeaux v. Vamos Oil & Gas Co.

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Oil and Gas Law
In appeals arising from suits brought against a drilling company, in which the drilling company filed third-party claims against a contract labor...

Szabla v. City of Brooklyn Park

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case arising from plaintiff's injuries sustained when he was mistakenly bitten by a police dog, summary judgment for the...

Gillman v. Ford

Bankruptcy Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
The proper burden of proof in assessing whether a debtor has concealed assets in bad faith is the preponderance of the evidence standard.