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UTTS v. SHORT

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a wrongful death case, the record triggered a rebuttable presumption that a non-settling defendant is entitled to settlement credits against the...

AM. TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION, INC. v. COLEMAN

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
A District of Columbia corporation, with its principal place of business in Maryland, did not have sufficient minimum contacts with Texas to justify...

SOUTHWEST KEY PROGRAM, INC. v. GIL-PEREZ

Injury & Tort Law, Sports Law
Where a boys' home operator's failure to provide protective equipment, for use during a football game, is the only alleged causal nexus underlying...

STECYK v. BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation, Product Liability
In wrongful death actions arising out of a helicopter crash, a jury finding for designers, manufacturers, and testers, is affirmed where 1) component...

ROYAL INS. CO. OF AM. v. WHITAKER CONTRACTING CORP.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Because under Alabama law a sub-contractor's indemnity agreement with a contractor included the contractor's non-delegable duty to maintain the safety...

YOUNG v. EQUIFAX CREDIT INFO. SERV., INC.

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a claim for publication of defamatory credit information, res judicata is not a per se bar to a suit based on publications occurring after final...

JEFFERSON v. CALIFORNIA DEP'T OF YOUTH AUTH.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
The terms of a compromise and release executed in a worker's compensation proceeding, releasing "all claims and causes of action" relating to the...

DAZO v. GLOBE AIRPORT SEC. SERV.

Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
The Warsaw Convention does not apply to an airport security company rendering services to both domestic and international air passengers, nor does it...

MATTEL, INC. v. LUCE, FORWARD, HAMILTON & SCRIPPS

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
An action for malicious prosecution, after a trademark infringement action, qualifies for a special motion to strike under Code of Civil Procedure...

ROMO v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Product Liability
In suit against a vehicle manufacturer for product liability and negligence, a new trial for punitive damages based on juror misconduct was not...