all - Opinion Summaries

MCEUIN v. CROWN EQUIP. CORP.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability suit against a forklift manufacturer, the district court did not err in refusing introduction of 1) military forklift design...

SPOHN HOSP. v. MAYER

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Per Curiam decision.

JACOBS v. GROSSMONT HOSP.

Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
To effectuate legislative intent for persons detained pursuant to a 72-hour hold, Welfare and Institutions Code section 5278 immunity applies to...

MUCCIANTI v. WILLOW CREEK CARE CTR.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
The requirements of Code of Civil Procedure section 128(a)(8) have not been met when vacation of a wrongful death judgment will likely affect the...

WIENER v. SOUTHCOAST CHILDCARE CTRS., INC.

Injury & Tort Law
In a case where a car drove through a chain link fence and into a preschool playground, plaintiffs offered sufficient evidence of the foreseeability...

FREUND v. NYCOMED AMERSHAM

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
After wrongful termination in violation of California public policy, where plaintiff made bona fide safety complaints, an award of compensatory...

DODGE v. COTTER CORP.

Environmental Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The district court improperly admitted expert scientific testimony by failing to perform its gatekeeper obligation, in an action alleging injuries...

QUIGLEY v. ROSENTHAL

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
The fair report privilege was inapplicable in a defamation claim under Colorado law. Application of the federal wiretap act to the Anti-Defamation...

SIMPSON v. SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Alleged acts by Libyan authorities against cruise ship passengers were not so cruel or extreme as to constitute "torture" under the Foreign Sovereign...

THOMPSON v. SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED SCH. DIST.

Education Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
School defendant did not owe a duty to student plaintiff to suspend his assailant on the day before he injured plaintiff, and expert testimony to that...