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Shea v. Matassa

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law
In litigation arising from a fatal car accident involving a drunk-driver, who had been drinking at a family gathering and at a bar, rulings for the...

Anaya v. Traylor Bros., Inc.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action for exemplary damages against an employer, brought by beneficiaries receiving compensation benefits for an employee who suffered fatal...

Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Texas Sys. v. Nippon Tel. & Telegraph Corp.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, International Law, Patent, Trade Secrets
In a dispute involving the patent of lithium batteries, denial of a motion to dismiss brought by defendant, Japan's largest telecom company, following...

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...

Miller v. Union Pacific R.R. Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action under the Federal Employers- Liability Act (FELA) for injuries sustained while working for defendant, grant of a motion to strike a...

Wilson v. Morgan

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case involving claims against a county and officers of deprivation of constitutional rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983, along with state...

Garcia v. Mathes

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of a writ of habeas corpus in a first-degree murder case is affirmed over a claim that exclusion of evidence showing medical malpractice was an...

Jones v. Catholic Heathcare West

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendant based on the statute of limitations, in action alleging personal injuries suffered during hospitalization, is reversed...

Tamburina v. Combined Ins. Co. of Am.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment of dismissal for failure to bring action to trial within the five-year statutory period is reversed where plaintiff has cleared two of the...

Explorer Ins. Co. v. Bockel

Attorney's Fees, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
A decision awarding a contingency risk multiplier on attorney-s fees the trial court awarded plaintiff in her breach of contract case after her...