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Drake v. Koss

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants, a county and jail officials, on claims alleging violations of inmate-plaintiff's federal civil rights as well as...

Carr v. Sch. Bd. of Pasco County

Education Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
An order granting defendant, a school board, a new trial in a student's negligence action for bodily injuries is reversed where there was no...

Allied Asphalt Paving, Inc. v. Auto-Owners Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
A petition for writ of certiorari is granted where the trial court departed from the essential requirements of law in issuing a protective order...

Bruno v. Destiny Transp.

Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Summary judgment for defendants in a personal injury negligence action brought by an employee as a result of injuries sustained while working on a...

Rice v. Reedy Creek Improvement Dist.

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
A final compensation order entered by a judge of compensation claims dismissing with prejudice claimant's petition for benefits is reversed in part as...

LaFromboise v. Leavitt

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Indian Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Where an act or omission occurs within the territorial boundaries of both a state and a trial reservation, "the law of the place" for purposes of the...

Wampold v. E. Eric Guirard & Assocs.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In the context of disputes over legal fees, under Louisiana law, the phrase "gross proceeds of recovery" in a standard-form, contingency-fee contract...

Langenhorst v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death claim arising from a collision between plaintiff's decedent and a defendant's train, defense forum non conveniens motion is...

Jacob B. v. County of Shasta

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Juvenile Law
A judgment pursuant to a jury award for plaintiff on a claim of invasion of his state constitutional right to privacy against defendants is reversed...

Campo Band of Mission Indians v. Superior Court of San Diego County (Bluehawk)

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Petition for writ of mandate from an order requiring arbitration of a personal injury claim against an Indian tribe is granted in part where the...