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DOW CHEM. CO. v. STEPHENSON

Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
In appeals arising from Agent Orange exposure, judgment as to two respondents is vacated and remanded for further consideration in light of Syngenta...

BURCH v. CHILDREN'S HOSP. OF ORANGE COUNTY THRIFT STORES, INC.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of plaintiff's motion seeking prejudgment interest under Civil Code section 3291 and expert witness costs under section 998, is affirmed, where...

FORT v. C.W. KELLER TRUCKING, INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
Where parties intended full repayment of money advanced to them before trial, such that the money advanced was truly a loan, the district court's...

CONSUL GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA v. BILL'S RENTALS, INC.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Consul General of Indonesia was not the real party in interest and could not bring a wrongful death action to recover for the deaths of four...

GRENITZ v. TOMLIAN

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
Allowing a neuropsychologist to testify on why injury to a fetus had not occurred weeks prior to the birth, did not call for the improper expression...

HERNANDEZ v. PAICIUS

Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Where the remarks of the trial court gave the appearance the court held preconceived ideas based on stereotypes of undocumented aliens, and raised...

MORRIS v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Judgment as a matter of law for a department store in a slip-and-fall case is reversed where material evidence was sufficient for an inference that...

US EX REL. PERLER v. PAPANDON

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Tax Law
Taxpayers who used a daisy chain scheme to evade gasoline excise taxes may be held jointly and severally liable under state partnership law, for...

O'BERT v. VARGO

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging unlawful entry and use of excessive force, an order denying defendant officer's Rule 59(e) motion for summary judgment based on...

AMELKIN v. MCCLURE

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Kentucky statutes restricting attorney and chiropractor access to accident reports filed with the Department of State Police do not violate the First...