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BAISCH v. GALLINA

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil fraud action alleging violations of section 1962(c) and (d) of RICO, as well as violations of state common law, summary judgment to several...

ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE v. SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY (PAINO)

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
An alleged molestation victim met the burden of proving, for purposes of establishing specific personal jurisdiction, that the Milwaukee Archdiocese...

AVILA v. JADO PROPS., INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a premises liability and negligence case, triable issues exist as to 1) the scope of the landowner's contractual duty to provide security, 2)...

MILLER v. HCA, INC.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
A physician's provision of life-sustaining treatment to an infant provided an exception to the general rule imposing liability on a physician for...

SANGLAP v. LASALLE BANK FSB

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
A bank did not intentionally or knowingly disregard a serious risk to a customer's emotional health by closing his savings account, and because his...

HERNANDEZ v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA (ACHESON INDUS., INC.)

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a complex wrongful death action, plaintiffs' petitions seeking writs of mandate to review several discovery orders involving privilege, disclosure...

GAYDAR v. SOCIEDAD INSTITUTO GINECO-QUIRURGICO Y PLANIFICACION FAMILIAR

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Defendant's challenge to a substantial verdict against an abortion clinic for medical malpractice is denied, over claims of erroneous evidentiary...

NEHME v. SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CLINICAL LABS., INC.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
The term "concealment" as used in Section 95.11(4)(b), Florida Statutes, which extends the normal four-year statute of repose for medical malpractice...

LM v. US

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
The United States was not shown to be liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act, for a mail carrier's sexual abuse of a seven-year-old girl who lived...

MIX v. DELAWARE & HUDSON RY. CO.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Summary judgment in a Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) claim is affirmed where claimant knew, or should have known, of the existence and cause...