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Essex Ins. Co. v. Five Star Dye House, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
When an insured assigns a claim for bad faith against the insurer, and the assignee brings a tort action against the insurer that includes a claim for...

Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Remedies
In class action litigation against major domestic cigarette companies brought by a group of smokers and their survivors for alleged smoking-related...

Latshaw v. Trainer Wortham & Co., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
Denial of plaintiff's motion under Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for relief from a judgment is affirmed where a district court's...

Heller v. Fulare

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of common law immunity to defendant, a township supervisor, for allegedly defamatory comments made during meetings of a township's board of...

Robinson v. Hartzell Propeller, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability case involving the crash of a small passenger aircraft, an appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction as the court lacked...

Lowenbraun v. Canary

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sanctions
In a suit alleging libel, slander, and related claims brought against defendant, counsel hired by a bankruptcy trustee to investigate certain...

John B. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (Bridget B.)

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a dispute between a husband and wife both infected with HIV, a court of appeals judgment granting the husband's petition for writ of mandate to the...

Glenney v. Forman

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of a complaint against a court clerk for negligence and false arrest is reversed where defendant's duty to plaintiff became a special duty...

Long v. State of New York

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Although claimant satisfied the statutory requirements of Court of Claims Act section 8-b(3)(b)(ii) in an action to recover damages for unjust...

Gutierrez Fuente v. S. Ocean Transp., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
Appellee's motion for rehearing is denied, and an opinion reversing the denial of appellant's motion for leave to file a counterclaim where it denied...