all - Opinion Summaries

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...

Glover v. Miller

Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case involving two men claiming fatherhood of a boy shot to death by a police officer for purposes of bringing a wrongful death action, denial of...

Ostuni v. Meineke Discount Muffler Shops, Inc.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action brought by the widow of an employee who was shot and killed during a robbery at a Meineke Discount Muffler Shop where he worked as a...

Greenway Ctr., Inc. v. Essex Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a declaratory judgment action to determine an insurer's obligation to defend and indemnify plaintiff in a wrongful death action, a ruling against...

ACS Sys., Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In an insurance coverage dispute based on underlying class action alleging plaintiff violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 by sending...

Bostick v. Flex Equip. Co. Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a case involving disabling injuries suffered while working out at defendant's gym with another defendant's equipment, the trial court did not err...

Estate of Walters v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Injury & Tort Law
A decision finding that the discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) shielded the government from liability for...

Hall v. N. Am. Van Lines, Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
The Carmack Amendment is the exclusive cause of action for contract claims alleging delay, loss, failure to deliver or damage to property. Denial of...

Terrebonne v. K-Sea Transp. Corp.

Admiralty, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Jones Act and admiralty matter involving an original injury and subsequent "re-injury" sustained by plaintiff-employee on a tug, orders granting...

Williams v. Superior Ct. (Mayes)

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
Petition for writ of mandate challenging denial of motion to remove a guardian ad litem is denied where the court's selection of a qualified guardian...