all - Opinion Summaries

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. v. Mendez

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability case involving allegedly defectively manufactured tire tread, a judgment in favor of plaintiff is reversed where plaintiffs'...

Steelcase, Inc. v. Office Interiors of Florida, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Directed judgment for plaintiff in a products liability indemnity action is reversed where the default judgment entered against plaintiff in the...

Sementz v. Sherling & Walden, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Summary judgment in favor of defendant, as ordered by the Appellate division, is affirmed over claim that although a corporation purchasing another...

Elton v. Dougherty

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Petition for certiorari review of an order denying petitioner's motion to withdraw as counsel for plaintiff in a personal injury suit against tobacco...

Wagner v. Hesston Corp.

Agriculture, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability suit arising from plaintiff's injuries from a hay baler manufactured by defendant, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed...

Ferlanti v. Liggett Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Summary judgment entered in favor of defendant in a personal injury lawsuit seeking damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff's late husband as a...

The Scotts Co. v. Hacienda Loma Linda

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Product Liability
Order denying defendant's motion to dismiss a suit by a Panamanian corporation based on forum non conveniens is reversed where: 1) Panama is an...

Miedema v. Maytag Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Order granting plaintiff's motion to remand to state court for lack of subject matter jurisdiction is affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court...

Discover Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Beach Cars of West Palm, Inc.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
A trial court judgment obligating an insurer to cover its insured, a car dealership, for an auto accident which occurred after the policy's expiration...

Volkswagen v. San Francisco Superior Ct. (Rusk)

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Writ of mandate is granted to correct an overly restrictive discovery order as most documents submitted to bankruptcy trusts by a plaintiff-s attorney...