all - Opinion Summaries

Padilla v. Greater El Monte Cmty. Hosp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice lawsuit, a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff is affirmed over defendant's claim that the court, not the jury, must determine...

Ramirez v. Debs-Elias

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice action, the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiff's motion for a mistrial or in admitting hearsay...

Kovacs v. Chesley

Civil Procedure, Professional Malpractice
In a legal malpractice suit, dismissal of plaintiff's complaint for lack of federal diversity jurisdiction, for failure to meet the amount in...

Young v. City of Providence

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Professional Malpractice, Sanctions
Sanctions issued against plaintiffs-attorneys are reversed where the district court erred in finding that plaintiffs had violated Rule 11 of the...

Wilson v. Gunn

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Plaintiff's medical malpractice claim against a federally-funded physician was properly dismissed where it was barred by the two-year statute of...

Francies v. Kapla

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Professional Malpractice, Remedies
In a complaint for invasion of privacy, based on an allegation that defendant improperly disclosed plaintiff's HIV status, judgment in favor of...

People v. Andrades

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Professional Malpractice
Defense counsel's disclosure to the court that his client had offered perjured testimony did not deprive defendant of a fair hearing or of the...

Armstrong v. Capshaw, Goss & Bowers

Civil Procedure, Professional Malpractice
In a legal malpractice action, the district court's denial of plaintiff's motion to intervene is affirmed where he does not meet the federal standards...

COWAN LIEBOWITZ & LATMAN v. KAPLAN

Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
A potential plaintiff may assign a legal malpractice claim involving the preparation of private placement memoranda.

IN RE: MARTIN

Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Professional Malpractice
Denial of plaintiff's application for reinstatement to the bar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma is affirmed...