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PHILLIPS v. GRENDAHL

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
A Fair Credit Reporting Act claim was actionable based on sufficient evidence as to whether defendants acted knowingly and with conscious disregard of...

SOUDERS v. PHILIP MORRIS INC.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Claims for injuries allegedly caused by smoking which are based on conduct that occurred prior to January 1, 1998, are not barred by former Civil Code...

MEL CLAYTON FORD v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
If an express indemnity contract provides for indemnification and defense only where the indemnitee is not negligent, the indemnitee must prove...

JIMENEZ v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY (T.M. COBB CO.)

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Product Liability
A manufacturer of windows installed in a mass-produced home during its construction can be strictly liable in tort for harm resulting from defects in...

FIGG v. SCHROEDER

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Government Law
Sheriff's officers were entitled to qualified immunity to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and Virginia false imprisonment claims, arising from their detention...

EPLUS TECH., INC. v. ABOUD

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
A Canadian citizen had sufficient contacts to support the district court's finding of jurisdiction in a civil RICO fraud action, and the court's...

WHITE v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Product Liability
In a product defect action based on the failure of a truck's parking brake, a punitive damages award unconstitutionally punished an automobile maker...

RODRIGUEZ v. PANAYIOTOU

Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
Defendant's media interview statements, regarding a police officer's purported conduct during an undercover operation, were provably false assertions...

HARRISON v. PURDY BROS. TRUCKING CO., INC.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a trial for damages after defendants admitted wrongful death liability for an auto accident, district court's admission of an unredacted autopsy...

SPRIETSMA v. MERCURY MARINE

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation, Product Liability
A state common law tort action seeking damages from the manufacturer of an outboard motor, after a boating accident, is not pre-empted by either 1)...