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MARCIC v. REINAUER TRANSP. CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment disability claim, the district court's reduction of the jury's maintenance award is reversed where it erroneously interpreted the...

BOGART v. CHAPELL

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
A viable section 1983 claim cannot be maintained if a state employee's conduct was random and unauthorized, rendering it impracticable for the State...

ASTENIUS v. STATE

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death suit, where the accident occurred on a trail within a recreational area owned and operated by the State of California, the state...

MILLENNIUM CORP. SOLUTIONS v. PECKINPAUGH

Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Sanctions, Trade Secrets
In a suit concerning the misappropriation of trade secrets, the grant of a preliminary injunction against plaintiff-brokerage firm is affirmed over...

FLOOD v. YOUNG WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN ASS'N

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death action, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where an Informed Consent Document was a valid exculpatory agreement...

HART v. SHEAHAN

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff-inmates' claim of constitutional violations related to their confinement, for failure to state a claim, is reversed where the...

MORAN v. MURTAUGH, MILLER, MEYER, & NELSON

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
To require security under Code of Civil Procedure section 391.1, the trial court need not conclude as a matter of law that the plaintiff has no...

LONG BEACH v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
To rebut the Labor Code section 3212.1 presumption, which presumes that cancer contracted by peace officers is caused by their employment, an employer...

LOCKHEED LITIGATION CASES

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging injuries caused by exposure to toxic chemicals, judgment in favor of defendants is affirmed over plaintiffs' challenge that the...

CAIRA v. OFFNER

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Securities Law
In an action involving a dispute over ownership of a family company, judgment in favor of plaintiff is affirmed over defendant's claims that the trial...