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WANG v. MASSEY CHEVROLET

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In action for fraud in the inducement of an automobile lease, parol evidence rule did not bar claims for violations of Civil Code section 1770 and...

SEELIG v. INFINITY BROAD. CORP.

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a defamation suit by participant in reality television contest after perceived insults by talk-radio hosts fell within purview of California...

LAMPKIN v. LITTLE

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Government Law
In action alleging excessive force by police officer, in determining officer's entitlement to qualified immunity and indemnification under Oklahoma's...

WERWINSKI v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
Because the "amount in controversy" in complaint alleging defective transmission parts could reasonably include vehicle purchase prices as well as...

RANCHO SOLANO MASTER ASS'N v. AMOS & ANDREWS, INC.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
As a result of its full satisfaction of judgment with plaintiff in action for improper remediation of landslides, appellant contractor waived its...

PEACOCK v. 21ST CENTURY WIRELESS GROUP, INC.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
Constructive fraud claims failed where evidence established that defendant's representations concerning public stock offering were made in good faith,...

JONES v. CSX TRANSP.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In suit under Federal Employers' Liability Act against employer for injury from asbestos exposure, partial summary judgment was proper on claims for...

NEWELL v. RUIZ

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Where plaintiff in a medical malpractice claim complied with New York's Certificate of Merit Statute, and substantially complied with New Jersey's...

ARNOLD v. GARLOCK, INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
On motion for a discretionary stay of proceedings in numerous claims for asbestos exposure pending defendants' appeal of denial of motions to transfer...

BOSTON OLD COLONY INS. CO. v. TINER ASSOCIATES, INC.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
"Care, custody, and control" insurance policy exclusion held not to apply to deny coverage to contractor retained to repair and maintain television...