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TARPY v. CITY OF SAN DIEGO

Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought after plaintiff's dog died from complications of a spay procedure, although the statutory immunity provision of Food and Agriculture...

OSTAYAN v. NORDHOFF TOWNHOMES HOMEOWNERS ASS'N

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A homeowner's association had no duty to notify its members of the filing of the litigation against its insurance carrier, and even if the association...

DU CHARME v. INT'L BHD. OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 45

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In order to satisfy the public issue/issue of public interest requirement of subdivisions (e)(3) and (4) of the anti-SLAPP statute, in cases where the...

ROBERTS v. WILLIAMSON

Injury & Tort Law
Texas does not recognize a common law cause of action for a parent's loss of consortium resulting from a non-fatal injury to a child.

HAMEID v. NAT'L FIRE INS. OF HARTFORD

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
The term "advertising injury" as used in the commercial general liability policy at issue requires widespread promotion to the public, such that...

LUND v. SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY R.R.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation, Workers' Compensation
The trial court in FELA cases should not tell the jury that the injured employee is not entitled to benefits under California's workers' compensation...

ZAMOS v. STROUD

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiffs met their burden to demonstrate a reasonable probability that their malicious prosecution claim would succeed against an attorney defendant...

ROBERTS v. UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INS. CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
As both an initial offer and rejection, and a later offer and rejection were invalid to limit uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage under Ohio law,...

NEWTON v. CLEMONS

Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law
In an action seeking an order expunging a county's hospital lien on plaintiff's settlement, the trial court should have expunged a portion of the...

SANDER v. ALEXANDER RICHARDSON INVS.

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
An exculpatory clause contained in a boat slip rental agreement was valid and enforceable, as the agreement clearly and unequivocally shifted the risk...