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JUAREZ v. 21ST CENTURY INS. CO.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
An insurer had no duty to give its insured notice of the Insurance Code section 11580.2(i) time limit for bringing a cause of action related to a...

S&W ENTERS., L.L.C. v. SOUTHTRUST BANK OF ALABAMA, NA

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of leave to amend was not an abuse of discretion where the motion was untimely and plaintiff offered no explanation for failure to comply with...

LIFE PLUS INT'L v. BROWN

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
A punitive damages award is upheld in a contract breach action, as an instruction fairly and adequately stated Arkansas law, and no miscarriage of...

ABDULWALI v. WASHINGTON METRO. AREA TRANSIT AUTH.

Injury & Tort Law, Transportation, Government Law
Sovereign immunity shields a transit authority from liability for the design of warning signs on its trains, in a personal injury suit challenging the...

PIERCE COUNTY v. GUILLEN

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
An evidentiary privilege, 23 U.S.C. section 409, which protects information related to certain federal highway safety programs from discovery or...

ROTOLO CHEVROLET v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO (STAUDT)

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability
The trial court erred in finding that disability retirement benefits at issue constituted a collateral source, and that evidence of the payments would...

JOCKS v. TAVERNIER

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a false arrest claim, summary judgment was proper for an officer who observed conduct that amounted to an assault and established probable cause...

AMEX ASSURANCE CO. v. CARPIDES

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a 28 U.S.C. section 1335 action to determine beneficiaries of insurance policies, default beneficiary provisions were not unenforceable under New...

RAMIREZ v. LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCH. DIST.

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
A school district was immune pursuant to Education Code section 44808, in a suit for the death of plaintiff's son during a camp program, as the...

NUTRITION NOW, INC. v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (CAPPSEALS, INC.)

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
A California court could determine whether a Connecticut settlement was made in good faith, because nothing in the statutory scheme limits Code of...