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GRAY v. GEN. MOTORS CORP.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Plaintiff was unable to identify any "probable" defect in a seatbelt mechanism that caused his injury in a rollover accident, as is required by...

COMPUTERIZED THERMAL IMAGING INC. v. BLOOMBERG, L.P.

Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
Under Utah law, where defendant's statements did not bear the requisite malicious injury to reputation in the absence of a precise statement of...

BANGERT BROTHERS CONSTR. CO., INC. v. KIEWIT WESTERN CO.

Contracts, Government Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In claims arising from the construction of an airport runway: 1) misrepresentations as to flexural strength test results were as to a material fact in...

WARBURTON/BUTTNER v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY (THE TUNICA-BILOXI TRIBE OF LOUISIANA)

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Indian Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff is entitled to discovery to pursue alter ego allegations and theories of contractual liability and fraud against a limited liability company...

NGUYEN v. CITY OF WESTMINSTER

Injury & Tort Law, Government Law
A city was immunized from liability under Vehicle Code section 17004.7, to claims arising from injuries suffered by plaintiff as a bystander to a...

FED. TRADE COMM'N v. THINK ACHIEVEMENT CORP.

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment in favor of the Federal Trade Commission was proper, in an action alleging a scheme to defraud, because a money back guarantee does...

GAUSS v. GAF CORP.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Code of Civil Procedure section 664.6 cannot be used to enforce a settlement that was signed by a party's agent, rather than the party itself, though...

CORT v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INS. COS., INC.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A property insurance policy did not give rise to a duty to defend under California law, because claims by artists arising from the covering of a mural...

SOLIMAN v. PHILIP MORRIS INC.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
A suit against a tobacco company, alleging unwitting addiction and infliction of health problems, is barred by the statute of limitations where it can...

GOLDEN v. WINJOHN TAXI CORP.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The question whether, under N.Y.C. Admin. Code section 19-530(l), a taxicab medallion owner can be vicariously liable for negligence of a cab driver...