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FLEISHMAN v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY (SALISBURY)

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Issuance of a preliminary injunction in plaintiffs' favor in a prior action conclusively establishes that the action was brought with probable cause,...

DAVIS v. S. ENERGY HOMES, INC.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (Act) permits binding arbitration, and a written warranty claim arising under the Act may be subject to a valid...

BANK BRUSSELS LAMBERT v. FIDDLER GONZALEZ & RODRIGUEZ

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
The New York long-arm statute provides jurisdiction over a Puerto Rican law firm in an action for breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract, and...

MED. LAB. MGMT. CONSULTANTS v. AM. BROAD. COS., INC.

Communications Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
A claim of intrusion upon seclusion was not actionable where television network representatives did not intrude upon any objectively reasonably...

WEINGARTEN v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY (POINTE SAN DIEGO RESIDENTIAL CMTY.)

Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Tax Law
The tax return privilege is inapplicable where a fraud defendant precluded plaintiffs from obtaining relevant nonprivileged financial information...

DE KWIATKOWSKI v. BEAR STEARNS & CO, INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Securities Law
Insufficient evidence supported a finding that a broker undertook any role triggering a duty to volunteer advice and warnings between transactions to...

CHRIS ALBITTRON CONSTR. CO., INC. v. PITNEY BOWES, INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In claims arising from alleged fraud in office equipment leases, plaintiffs failed to create any issue of fact regarding fraudulent intent in fraud,...

HOSAKA v. UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Transportation
Because Article 28 of the Warsaw Convention overrides the discretionary power of the federal courts to dismiss an action for forum non conveniens,...

TOTH v. GRAND TRUNK R.R.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a railroad conductor's claim for injuries under FELA, plaintiff's proffered rebuttal evidence concerning inspections was "real rebuttal evidence,"...

CASAS v. AM. AIRLINES, INC.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
An air passenger had no private cause of action for the loss of a camera under the Air Deregulation Act (ADA), and the ADA preempts related state law...