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ESTATE OF SMITH v. MARASCO

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Civil Rights
In a state-created danger claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, a jury could find that troopers placed decedent in a foreseeably dangerous position, but...

RIVERO v. AM. FED'N OF STATE, COUNTY, & MUN. EMPLOYEES

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of a special motion to strike a libel complaint pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 (the Anti-SLAPP statute) is affirmed, as...

PENALTY KICK MGMT. LTD. v. COCA-COLA CO.

Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Plaintiff failed to provide evidence of defendant's actual disclosure or unauthorized use of plaintiff's trade secrets under the Georgia Trade Secrets...

ROBINSON HELICOPTER CO., INC. v. DANA CORP.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Remedies
The economic loss rule, precluding tort recovery where sale of a defective product has resulted in no property damage or bodily injury but only...

NEMARIAM v. THE FED. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHOPIA

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of a suit against Ethiopia, seeking recovery for property damage suffered during a border war, is reversed as the Ethiopia/Eritrea Claims...

BUSSARD v. MINIMED, INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The "going-and-coming" exception to the doctrine of respondeat superior does not apply to an employee while she is driving home after becoming sick at...

LERNER v. FLEET BANK, N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law
Lack of RICO standing does not divest a district court of jurisdiction over the action because RICO standing, unlike other standing doctrines, is...

ROBERTS v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY BAR ASS'N

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Elections, Injury & Tort Law
The anti-SLAPP statute applies to plaintiff's complaint for breach of contract and fraud arising from defendant's from rating of plaintiff as "not...

CAMARILLO v. VAAGE

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Relevant Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) sections provide a common sense rule that extends the applicable statute of limitations against an unknown...

VARGAS v. LEE

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
The district court abused its discretion in admitting expert testimony regarding fibromyalgia syndrome, in a jury's determination of damages after an...