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Greb v. Diamond Int'l Corp.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' suit for personal injury and loss of consortium against defendant and several other defendants, claiming that the husband (now...

Luckman P'ship, Inc. v. Superior Court

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiffs' suit for negligence and loss of consortium, arising from injuries suffered when the plaintiff-husband fell through a suspended ceiling...

USA Waste of California, Inc. v. City of Irwindale

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law
Trial court's denial of a city's motion to strike plaintiff's second amended cross-complaint under the anti-SLAPP statute, arising from a particular...

Pearson Dental Supplies, Inc. v. Superior Court

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Court of appeal's reversal of trial court's decision in concluding that an arbitrator's error in plainly misapplying the relevant tolling statute was...

Rodriguez v. Wet Ink, LLC

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit against plaintiff's former employer, summary judgment for defendant on the ground that the action was time-barred...

Bank of Am. N.A. v. Colonial Bank

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law
In an action by Bank of America against Colonial Bank, alleging it wrongfully refused to return thousands of mortgage loans and their proceeds, valued...

Dexia Credit Local v. Rogan

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Judgement Enforcement, Remedies
In supplementary proceeding to enforce a judgment against defendant and related partnerships, district court's grant of a preliminary injunction...

Medtronic Navigation, Inc. v. Brainlab Medizinische Computersysteme GMBH

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Sanctions
In an appeal by plaintiff and counsel in a patent infringement action, involving defendant's accused devices, which are image-guided surgical...

Fidelity Nat'l Fin. Inc. v. Friedman

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Judgement Enforcement
In an action to enforce a judgment in Arizona, the Ninth Circuit certified the following questions to the Arizona Supreme Court: 1) Do collection...

Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a Title VII action alleging discrimination against female employees by Wal-Mart, certification of a Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(b)(2) class of current...