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White v. Columbus Metro. Hous. Auth.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Grant of summary judgment for defendant in a sex discrimination case is affirmed where plaintiff was unable to establish a prima facie case of sex...

Smith v. Bennett

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Code Civ. Proc. - 364(d), which tolls the statute of limitations period for an action based on a health care provider-s -professional negligence,-...

Coburn v. Sievert

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit for damages incurred following plaintiff's release from an involuntary 72-hour detention imposed under Welfare and Institutions Code section...

Intera Corp. v. Henderson

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
A court should not dismiss a case for lack of personal jurisdiction on the merits or "with prejudice," especially when it appears that another court...

Yount v. City of Sacramento

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment for defendants on battery and civil rights claims pursuant to Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), is reversed where the record did not...

US v. Acorn Tech. Fund

Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
District court erred in its determination that plaintiffs' fraud in the inducement claims could only be brought derivatively and were without merit as...

US v. Olson

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a private tort action against the government under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. section 1346(b)(1), the United States waives sovereign...

Weaver v. Chavez

Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury claim involving an auto collision with a commercial tractor-trailor, the trial court's refusal to instruct the jury pursuant to...

Diaz v. San Antonio Prof'l Firefighters Ass'n

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment against plaintiff's claim, alleging that defendant breached its duty of fair representation, is affirmed where it is barred by the...

Jordan v. Carter

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings is affirmed where defendant is unable to establish a qualified immunity defense under the...