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Toste v. CalPortland Construction

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action involving a construction truck accident during a road paving project, the jury's special verdict that the driver was...

Mendez v. County of L.A.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action arising from a warrantless search of a shack that resulted in police shooting plaintiffs, a homeless couple who lived there,...

Stahle v. CTS Corp.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Environmental Law, Civil Procedure
In an injury and tort action, brought by plaintiff alleging that defendant’s dumping toxic solvents into a local stream caused him to develop leukemia...

Pornomo v. US

Injury & Tort Law, Government Law
In a wrongful death action, arising after an interstate bus driver fell asleep at the wheel, the district court’s dismissal for lack of subject matter...

Gaines v. Fidelity National Title Ins.

Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a lawsuit arising out of a real property transaction designed to avoid foreclosure, alleging the defendants involved in the transaction deceived...

Mosier v. Stonefield Josephson, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Corp. Governance
In a tort action brought by a court-appointed receiver against defendant accountants who audited the financial statements of PEMGroup, whose former...

Pipitone v. Williams

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a wrongful death action against two physicians who separately saw and treated decedent several months before her death for injuries she sustained...

Brown v. Lockheed Martin Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an injury action following plaintiff's late father's exposure to asbestos and death from mesothelioma, the district court's dismissal for lack of...

Ramara, Inc. v. Westfield Ins. Co.

Insurance Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an insurance action arising from defendant insurance company's refusal to defend an injury & tort action brought by plaintiff's employee, who...

Sangaray v. West River Associates

Property Law & Real Estate, Injury & Tort Law
In a trip and fall action, the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant is reversed where there was dispute as to whether defendant or an...