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Fisher v. Perez

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of defense's motion for a continuance after the defense's sole witness became unavailable in a personal injury suit resulting from a traffic...

Grace v. Royal Indem. Co.

Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint is affirmed where it failed to allege sufficient facts to support a cause of action for an intentional infliction...

Whitby v. Infinity Radio, Inc.

Contracts, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law, Remedies
In a contract dispute between a radio personality and a radio company involving the enforceability of a non-compete covenant, the court finds that the...

State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Stylianoudakis

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
A final cost judgment for plaintiffs is reversed on grounds of untimeliness pursuant to a recent Florida Supreme Court decision, which held that...

Manderville v. PCG&S Group, Inc.

Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment in favor of defendant brokers on plaintiff buyers' claim for intentional misrepresentation is reversed as: 1) exculpatory clauses in...

Ambriz v. Kelegian

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Professional Malpractice, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case involving malpractice action against plaintiff's former attorneys, who unsuccessfully represented her in a premises liability action after...

Kunysz v. Sandler

Civil Procedure, Construction, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of special motion to strike under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16, the anti-SLAPP statute, is affirmed as it was not an abuse of...

Sims v. EGA Prods., Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
Settlement agreement in a product liability suit is affirmed where the district court did not abuse its discretion in overturning an earlier default...

Pugliese v. Superior Ct. of Los Angeles County

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
Domestic violence litigants are entitled to seek recovery for all acts of domestic abuse occurring during the domestic relationship, so long as the...

Stone v. Ctr. Trust Retail Props., Inc.

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A six-figure damage award to plaintiff for physical injuries she suffered at a restaurant in defendant-commercial landlord's mall is reversed and...