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Canal Ins. Co. v. Underwriters at Lloyd's London

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant in an insurance coverage dispute between insurers, arising out of a motor vehicle accident, is affirmed where the...

Pavlovich v. Nat'l City Bank

Banking Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
Summary judgment for defendant-bank on claims including breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duties, and negligence regarding its role in...

Smith v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, False Advertising
Grants of motions for summary adjudication and a no-merit determination in an action alleging unfair business practices, false and misleading...

Jones v. Citigroup, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Order denying defendant's petition to compel arbitration of an unfair competition action filed by plaintiffs is reversed where plaintiffs did not show...

City of Santa Barbara v. Superior Court of Santa Barbara County

Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Defendant-municipality's petition for a peremptory writ of mandate following denial of its summary judgment motion in a wrongful death case involving...

MAN Roland, Inc. v. Kreitz Motor Express, Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-carrier on a Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act claim finding that defendant was not liable for...

Mikulski v. Centerior Energy Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Securities Law, Tax Law
Judgment on the pleadings for defendants on plaintiffs-shareholders' breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentation actions involving certain...

Am. Alternative Ins. Corp. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

Asset Forfeiture, Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Petition for writ of mandate by insurers challenging a grant of summary judgment for respondents-insureds in a coverage dispute involving the seizure...

Native Am. Arts, Inc. v. Hartford Cas. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, False Advertising, Indian Law, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendants-insurers in a coverage dispute brought by plaintiff-assignee alleging a breach of defendants' duty to defend an...

Martinez v. Lieberman

Civil Procedure, Contracts
In a breach of contract action, judgment on the pleadings based on the statute of frauds is reversed where there is nothing in the pleadings to...