all - Opinion Summaries

Bakerman v. Sidney Frank Importing Co.

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, M&A
In a suit brought by a company's former chief legal counsel arising out of the sale of the Grey Goose Vodka business to Bacardi, defendants' motion to...

Parker v. Scrap Metal Processors, Inc.

Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an environmental and tort suit over the operations of a junkyard, denial of plaintiff's motion to show cause as to why defendant had not...

Rivera v. Nelson Realty, LLC

Injury & Tort Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The landlord of a home where children live does not have a common-law or other duty to provide or install radiator covers.

Church v. Jamison

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Professional Malpractice
For statute of limitations purposes, an employee's claim under Labor Code section 227.33 for payment of vested but unused vacation time accrues on the...

Carehouse Convalescent Hosp. v. Superior Court of Orange County

Civil Procedure, Elder Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death and elder abuse case, a peremptory writ of mandate is issued to the trial court directing it to vacate an order granting a motion...

Gannett Co., Inc. v. Anderson

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
A judgment awarding plaintiff damages for an alleged invasion of his privacy is reversed where the action was barred by the statute of limitations...

Ruggiero v. County of Orange

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants, based on plaintiff's failure to exhaust his administrative remedies under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, is...

Design Strategy, Inc. v. Davis

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
In case alleging diversion of a corporate opportunity, orders and judgment are affirmed as the evidence was insufficient to prove lost profits, claims...

Hefferman v. Bass

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Dismissal of an action for legal malpractice, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty is reversed where: 1) the court erroneously applied Illinois'...

Zayler v. Dep't of Agric.

Agriculture, Bankruptcy Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a bankruptcy case where a bankruptcy debtor asserted that it could pursue tort claims against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)...