Torres v. Walmart
Mar 2, 2009
Plaintiff allegedly slipped on a wet floor in a Walmart store aisle and fell backwards, hitting his head on a pallet, resulting in herniated discs in his neck and back. The plaintiff alleged that there were no warning cones blocking his access to...
Feb 24, 2009
Underlying case involved alleged toxic tort based on alleged pesticide use at banana plantations in Costa Rica.This hearing was for a forum non conveniens motion, from which defendant Dole had withdrawn at the last minute. Dow, Shell, Chiquita, D...
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Feb 23, 2009
The Ferlanti case was a 10-day jury trial for a plaintiff who died at age 81 of lung cancer after suffering chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as a result of cigarette smoking for over 55 years. The jury awarded the plaintiff $700,000 a...
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Feb 19, 2009
Order to Show Cause re: dismissal hearing in Vioxx litigation.
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ILCSC v. Shewry
Feb 18, 2009
Oral arguments on district court decision to grant injunction blocking 10% across the board cuts to Medi-Cal state health care system. Being heard with:08-56551, 08-57016
Feb 18, 2009
Motions for stay and dismissal in case involving basis-shifting (BOSS) revenue transactions that the defendant used as tax shelter to protect capital gains revenue from taxation after the sale of the defendant's medical supplies businesses. The t...
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Feb 17, 2009
Post-trial oral arguments after Vice Chancellor Lamb ruled the statute of frauds applied to an LLC agreement. Brian Olson was one of three co-founders of long/short equity hedge fund Viking Global Management, along with David Ott and Andreas Halve...
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Feb 11, 2009
Dow Chemical's refused to a complete a $14.5 billion takeover of Rohm and Haas Company, a specialty chemicals manufacturer. Click here to read Chancellor Chandler's Decision in the Hearing to Exclude.Click here to view Rohm and Haas' Complaint.Cli...
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Walker v. GEICO
Feb 11, 2009
Appeal of California district court's granting of defendant's motion to dismiss. Plaintiffs (body shop owners) dispute the methods used to determine the "prevailing auto body rate" - a metric required by the state legislature to give uniformity to...
Feb 11, 2009
Appeal of injunction granted by AZ district court in case brought by flight attendant union to halt changes to working conditions made by employer under the Railway Labor Act.
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Feb 9, 2009
Ernest Harrel filed suit for wrongful imprisonment and infliction of emotional distress after he was arrested for grand larceny at a Jorge & Gerry's in 2004. All criminal charges were later dropped.
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Feb 9, 2009
Plaintiff, Kuhn Construction, was awarded a $10 million+ contract for wharf construction from DSPC, a mixed private/gov't entity. Kuhn Construction claims that, due to faulty architectural plan data, they had to incur additional construction costs...
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