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GREENLESS v. ALMOND

Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Due to recent amendment of Medicaid law, in claiming that federal law required State to pay class of Medicaid recipients a portion of the proceeds...

GIFFORD v. AM. CANADIAN CARIBBEAN LINE, INC.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
District court's instructions on causation element of a maritime claim for unseaworthiness, taken as a whole, did not suggest that the jury should...

US v. BP AMOCO OIL PLC

Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case to recover costs for the clean-up of hazardous substances, contribution protection provided to settleing defendants is reasonable and...

CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH v. THE PETERSEN LAW FIRM

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Government Law
Where a city and its employees are sued in tort, the city is not obligated to provide its employees with a separate defense, even if there exist...

SWOPE v. COLUMBIAN CHEMICALS CO.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Whether an employer should have known of the latent dangerous characteristics of machinery it purchased from a manufacturer to be operated by its...

TEX. DEP'T OF TRANSP. v. GARZA

Injury & Tort Law, Government Law
A street sign that accurately reflects a speed limit argued to be too high considering the sign-s proximity to a school zone is not a "condition"...

ROWE v. FORT LAUDERDALE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
If an incarcerated plaintiff cannot bring his negligent training and supervision claim against parties until he is released, the three-year period for...

MA v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

Injury & Tort Law
The qualified immunity provided by Government Code Section 820.2 does not extend to 911 dispatchers, and thus the tort duty owed by government...

SAPIA v. REGENCY MOTORS OF METAIRIE, INC.

Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law
Where an automobile dealership sought the return of a vehicle after financing approval for the vehicle could not be obtained, consistent with the...

VARGAS v. ATHENA ASSURANCE CO.

Injury & Tort Law
An employer's auto insurance policy that excludes from coverage an employee who owns the insured vehicle will protect only the employer and not the...