all - Opinion Summaries

Peake v. Underwood

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
In an action brought by plaintiff-buyer to recover damages for defendants' alleged failure to disclose defective subfloors in the home plaintiff...

Hansen v. Sentry Insurance Company

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant-insurer in a coverage dispute action in which plaintiff alleged that defendant-insurer should defend him in the...

Rufini v. CitiMortgage, Inc.

Banking Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint concerning a failed home loan modification and eventual foreclosure is: 1) affirmed in part, with regard to the...

Iskanian v. CLS Transportation

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action lawsuit brought by plaintiff-employee on behalf of himself and similarly situated employees for defendant-employer's alleged failure...

Davis v. Nordstrom, Inc.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Class Actions, Contracts
The district court's order denying defendant-employer's motion to compel arbitration of an employee's claims that were brought as a putative class...

Johnmohammadi v. Bloomingdale's, Inc.

Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
The district court's order granting defendant-employer's motion to compel arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act, and dismissing without...

Dormitory Authority v. Continental Casualty

Contracts, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In a declaratory judgment action between plaintiff-owner of a building and defendant-insurer of the architectural firm that designed it, summary...

Paramount Petroleum Corp. v. Superior Court (Building Materials Corporation)

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
In a breach of contract action involving a long-term contract under which defendant would supply plaintiff with its requirements for asphalt coating...

Hasso v. Hapke

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Securities Law
In an action brought by plaintiff-successor trustee of two family trusts that invested in the RAM hedge fund, which was then devastated by the stock...

Chodos v. Borman

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Family Law
Judgment in favor of plaintiff-attorney, who brought an action against defendant-client for the reasonable value of the services he rendered in two...