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CUMMINS, INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE (COX)

Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Civil Code section 1793.2(d), a provision of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, section 1790 et seq., may be applied to a manufacturer whose...

PALMER v. ZAKLAMA

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The recordation of a notice of lis pendens, even if done for an improper purpose, is not a valid basis for a cause of action for abuse of process,...

AM. INDEM. LLOYDS v. TRAVELERS PROP. & CAS. INS. CO.

Construction, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
District court's dismissal with prejudice of an insurer's suit under Texas law, seeking to recover one-half of funds it paid in settlement and...

BECKER v. TIDEWATER, INC.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
A college intern injured at sea on a gravel-packing assignment at an offshore oil rig was not a seaman under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. app. section...

ETW CORP. v. JIREH PUBL'G, INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Sports Law, Trademark
The presence of Tiger Woods's image on art prints did not amount to a valid Lanham Act false endorsement claim, and did not violate the right of...

DALRYMPLE v. RENO

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law, Injury & Tort Law
Attorney general is entitled to qualified immunity for injuries to occupants of the house from which Elian Gonzales' was seized by federal agents,...

KHATCHATRIAN v. CONTINENTAL CAS. CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Under California insurance law, an "accidental" death must occur from external rather than natural causes, thus an insured's death from a stroke was...

HDM FLUGSERVICE GMBH v. PARKER HANNAFIN CORP.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Transportation
The economic loss doctrine under Ohio law applies to an aviation service provider's claims for strict liability and implied warranty, arising from...

ACRIDGE v. EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOC'Y

Civil Procedure, Elder Law, Injury & Tort Law
Complete diversity was lacking in a suit for damages after a nursing home death where, even though plaintiff was acting in the best interests of her...

ST. MARY'S FOUNDRY, INC. v. EMPLOYERS INS. OF WAUSAU

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The plain language of a business property insurance policy excluded from property coverage the insured's patterns used in production of castings, thus...