all - Opinion Summaries

Clark v. Time Warner Cable

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
The doctrine of primary jurisdiction permits a district court to refer a claim raising a novel and technical question of federal telecommunications...

Trans-Spec Truck Serv., Inc. v. Caterpillar Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a case applying the accrual and statute of limitations provisions of the Massachusetts U.C.C. to breach of warranty claims brought against an...

Ackermann v. Wyeth Pharm.

Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In case brought plaintiff-wife alleging that defendant failed to adequately warn about drug-induced risk of suicide from its drug Effexor, leading to...

Ross v. Bank of America, N.A.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Banking Law, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an appeal involving whether mandatory arbitration clauses found in credit card contracts issued by defendants, assuming they were products of...

Camacho v. Bridgeport Fin., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
An order awarding plaintiff in a putative class action alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) over $77,000 in merits...

SC Manufactured Homes, Inc. v. Liebert

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an appeal involving allegations that a mobilehome park and a number of mobilehome dealers were involved in an illegal arrangement whereby...

Williams v. Gerber Prods. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action alleging deceptive marketing of a food product for toddlers, dismissal of the suit is reversed where: 1) deficiencies in appellants'...

Zanen v. Qwest Wireless, LLC

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Remedies
Dismissal of plaintiff's unjust enrichment claims premised on defendant acting as an unlicensed seller of insurance in violation of State laws is...

DeAndrade v. Trans Union LLC

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In an action arising from a dispute over a loan payment and the credit bureaus' alleged failure to reinvestigate properly and delete a disputed debt...

Platt Elec. Supply, Inc. v. EOFF Elec., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an action alleging defendant, a non-profit consumer safety group, negligently misrepresented and fraudulently concealed that defective in-wall...