all - Opinion Summaries

McConnell v. Union Carbide Corp.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an asbestosis case, a judgment pursuant to a jury verdict for defendant is reversed for a new trial where it was error for the trial court to give...

Thristino v. Crawford & Co.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a survival action on brought on behalf of plaintiff's deceased wife, dismissal of an intentional infliction of emotional distress claim and the...

Pasteur Med. Ctr., Inc. v. Wellcare of Florida, Inc.

Contracts, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Petition for writ of prohibition or, alternatively, a writ of mandamus based on the trial judge's refusal to disqualify the Special Master in a...

Mobil Corp. v. Mallia

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Writ of certiorari is entered and order allowing nonmalignant asbestos plaintiffs to proceed without making a prima facie showing of injury or...

Gomes v. Wood

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action arising out of a child protection caseworker's removal of a child from...

Walker v. City of Orem

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of qualified immunity to specific officer-defendants in a case arising out of a police shooting and subsequent detention of witnesses to the...

Tsosie v. US

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Indian Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Professional Malpractice
Dismissal of a suit against the U.S. under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) arising from the death of plaintiff's wife, a member of the Navajo...

Higgins v. Superior Court of Los Angeles

Communications Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
A petition for a writ of mandate challenging an order compelling siblings, who appeared in an episode of the television program "Extreme Makeover:...

Karlsson v. Ford Motor Co.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Remedies, Sanctions, Transportation
A judgment and award pursuant to a jury verdict in a product liability action against a car maker is affirmed where: 1) evidence and issue preclusion...

Bob Parrett Constr., Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought by plaintiff seeking tort and breach of contract damages arising out of a kickback scheme, defendant's petition for writ of mandate,...