Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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G019872
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Lawson v. Management Activities Inc.
Airlines have no duty to bystanders who experience emotional distress after witnessing plane crash. |
Torts |
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Feb. 26, 1999 | |
A082058
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Nguyen v. Proton Technology Corporation
Extraneous pre-litigation statements aren't protected by 'judicial proceedings' privilege. |
Torts |
|
Feb. 26, 1999 | |
97-55232
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Kaelin v. Globe Communications Corp.
Defamatory insinuation on cover headline isn't cured by milder subheadline or non-defamatory story. |
Torts |
|
Feb. 26, 1999 | |
98-6198
|
Brewer v. Harley-Davidson Inc.
Order |
Torts |
|
Feb. 25, 1999 | |
98-2085
|
Schwartz v. Coastal Physician Group Inc.
Order |
Torts |
|
Feb. 24, 1999 | |
C028293
|
Westphal v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Filing frivolous appeal, 'which indisputably has no merit,' is subject to sanctions in tort action. |
Torts |
|
Feb. 24, 1999 | |
S075509
|
Lo v. Superior Court (County of Los Angeles)
Government may be liable for judge's abuse of power, regardless of location conduct's occurrence. |
Torts |
|
Feb. 22, 1999 | |
S075080
|
Travelers Indenmity Co. of Illinois v. City of Redlands Redevelopment Agency
Evidence of unlawful entries by transients is sufficient to require res ipsa loquitur instruction. |
Torts |
|
Feb. 19, 1999 | |
A075385
|
Valentine v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.
Trial courts can order partial mistrial, reserve judgment on select causes of action, and order limited retrial. |
Torts |
|
Feb. 19, 1999 | |
H016845
|
Becerra v. County of Santa Cruz
County social workers are immune from tort liability for discretionary placement decisions. |
Torts |
|
Feb. 19, 1999 | |
G017944
|
Akers v. Miller
Excluding 'gruesome' photographs isn't abuse of discretion when expert testimony is given to describe injuries. |
Torts |
|
Feb. 18, 1999 | |
D026878
|
Galanek v. Wismar
In negligence trial, burden to show lack of causation shifts to defendant after plaintiff's opening statement. |
Torts |
|
Feb. 16, 1999 | |
A076930
|
Scheiding v. Dinwiddie Construction Co.
Mere arguments by opponent are insufficient basis to infer a party's inability to produce supporting evidence. |
Torts |
|
Feb. 16, 1999 | |
S050162
|
Hoff v. Vacaville Unified School District
School owes no duty to nonstudent injured off school property by a student. |
Torts |
|
Feb. 10, 1999 | |
S074904
|
Carter v. Holiday Ice Skating Center
Defendant's duty to provide appropriate rental equipment renders primary assumption of risk doctrine inapplicable. |
Torts |
|
Feb. 10, 1999 | |
S074849
|
Tidmore v. Automobile Club of California
Rescue doctrine applies in case involving just two parties rather than usual three. |
Torts |
|
Feb. 10, 1999 | |
97-475
|
El Al Israel Airlines, Ltd. v. Tseng
Warsaw Convention precludes tort action under local laws when cause of action isn't included in Convention. |
Torts |
|
Feb. 10, 1999 | |
97-8121
|
Lane v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Order |
Torts |
|
Feb. 8, 1999 | |
98-6104
|
U.S. v. Orr
Order |
Torts |
|
Feb. 8, 1999 | |
98-1152
|
Pickens v. Mike Naughton Ford Inc.
Order |
Torts |
|
Jan. 28, 1999 | |
97-4136
|
Fullmer v. United States of America
Order |
Torts |
|
Jan. 26, 1999 | |
98-7032
|
Salinas v. Jamar Inc.
Order |
Torts |
|
Jan. 19, 1999 | |
97CA1123
|
Campbell v. Toyota-Diahatsu Inc.
Automobile repair shop has no duty to warn customer of possible dangers resulting from broken seatbelt. |
Torts |
|
Dec. 28, 1998 | |
97CA1266
|
Cordova v. Pueblo West Metropolitan
Overgrown bushes do not constitute a physical interference with a roadway such that sovereign immunity is waived. |
Torts |
|
Dec. 28, 1998 | |
97CA1052
|
Arrington v. Palmer
Statements made in context of political campaign do not constitute defamation. |
Torts |
|
Dec. 24, 1998 | |
97SC81
|
Martinez v. Lewis
Accident victim can't sue doctor, who examined her in independent medical examination, for Medical Malpractice. |
Torts |
|
Dec. 13, 1998 | |
97-0526
|
Kuhn v. St. Joseph's Hospital
No error in allowing defendant in medical malpractice suit to elicit causation opinions from more than one witness. |
Torts |
|
Dec. 11, 1998 | |
97-5152
|
Farley v. United States of America
Secretary must determine that Compensation Act doesn't apply for Tort Claims Act case to proceed. |
Torts |
|
Dec. 10, 1998 | |
97SC480
|
Huntoon v. TCI Cablevision of Colorado Inc.
Absent evidence of unwarranted stop, Plaintiff's suit in sudden stop collision fails on comparative negligence theory. |
Torts |
|
Nov. 29, 1998 | |
98-8012
|
Elespuru v. Dick Simon Trucking Inc.
Order |
Torts |
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Nov. 24, 1998 |