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- [07/30] Panel hits Rangel with 13 ethics charges
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- [07/30] Ariz. files appeal as sheriff launches new sweep
Construction
- [07/28] M/I Homes Reports Second Quarter Results
- [07/28] Vecor Group Green Building Materials: Asian Innovation Award Finalists
- [07/27] Mid-Atlantic Waterproofing Donates $41,000 to Doctors Without Borders
CPSC Recalls
- [06/03] One Step Ahead Recalls Children's Stacking Toys Due to Choking and Aspiration Hazard
- [06/01] BRP Recalls Snowmobiles Due to Fire Hazard
- [06/00] Dritz(tm) Electric Scissors Recalled by Prym Due to Fire and Burn Hazards
- [06/00] IKEA Recalls Roller Blinds, all Roman Blinds and all Roll-Up Blinds Due to Risk of Strangulation
Autos
- [07/29] Goodyear Reports Profit in Second Quarter 2010 on Strong Sales Growth, Continued Cost Savings
- [07/29] Govt to crash test 55 vehicles under new system
- [07/29] Toyota recalls 412,000 cars in US, mostly Avalons
Personal Injury
- [07/30] Mont. officials await test results in bear attack
- [07/30] Inmate sues man he's convicted of burglarizing
- [07/30] 1,200 homes evacuated in LA Co. as fire spreads
Consumer Products
- [07/29] Jif Calls for Entries in Ninth Annual Jif Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest
- [07/29] GNC Live Well to Carry NaturaNectar's EaseFemin Menopausal Support
- [07/29] RadioShack Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results
Medical Devices
Insurance
- [07/28] Cincinnati Financial Reports Second-Quarter 2010 Results
- [07/28] Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Announces It Will Resume Offering Child Only Coverage
- [07/28] Long Term Care Insurance Goes Online; Reducing Paper Flow, Leading Agency Offers Applications by Internet
Tort
- [07/30] Mont. officials await test results in bear attack
- [07/30] 1,200 homes evacuated in LA Co. as fire spreads
- [07/30] Inmate sues man he's convicted of burglarizing
Litigation
- [07/23] Lawsuit over rights to film 'Precious' settled
- [07/20] Calif. judge to review Toyota case discovery plan
- [07/19] RICO law made to combat Mafia used in BP lawsuits
Product Liability
Case Summaries
Elder Law
[05/06] FAL-Meridian, Inc. v. US Dep't of Health & Human Serv.
A nursing home's petition to set aside a final decision by the Department of Health and Human Services, that imposed a civil penalty of $7,100 for having violated a regulation under the Medicare and Medicaid provisions of the Social Security Act, is denied as the nursing home failed to tender evidence that would show that it had done everything possible to minimize the risk of an accident to the deceased resident.
[02/05] Villano v. Waterman Convalescent Hosp., Inc.
In plaintiff's action against a convalescent hospital claiming she was admitted without her consent, judgment of the trial court is affirmed where, although a stipulated judgment is appealable, plaintiff cannot show that allegedly erroneous rulings were prejudicial.
[12/22] Massey v. Mercy Med. Center Redding
In plaintiff's negligence action against a nurse and the hospital that employed the nurse alleging that he sustained injury after falling from a walker because the nurse placed the plaintiff on the walker and left him unattended, judgment of the trial court is reversed in part where: 1) the question of nurse's alleged negligence for the fall poses a question of common knowledge, and therefore does not require expert opinion testimony; and 2) trial court's judgment that denied plaintiff's attempt to amend his complaint to add causes of action for battery, fraud and elder abuse is affirmed.
Injury & Tort Law
[06/25] Crescent Towing & Salvage Co. v. Chios Beauty MV
In an action for damages sustained when defendant's ship collided with plaintiffs' barges and tugboats during Hurricane Katrina, partial judgment for plaintiff is affirmed in part where the district court did not clearly err in its finding of a predicted "direct hit" on New Orleans by the hurricane, its factual findings based on this finding, and the ultimate finding of negligence to the extent that it relied upon this finding. However, the matter is remanded where the district court needed to enter an order setting the total amount of recovery plaintiffs could recover in rem.
[06/25] Bagby Elevator Co. v. Schindler Elevator Corp.
In an action for tortious interference with contract, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) under the court's highly deferential standard of review, there was no reversible error in the district court's decision to use the pattern jury instruction; 2) there was sufficient evidence of both malice and gross negligence to support an award of exemplary damages; and 3) there was ample evidence of causation to support the verdict.
[06/25] Lal v. State of Cal.
In an action against the California Highway Patrol and certain officers for the shooting death of plaintiff's husband, dismissal of the action with prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) for failure to prosecute when her attorney failed to meet deadlines and attend hearings is reversed where an attorney's gross negligence constituted an extraordinary circumstance warranting relief from a judgment dismissing the case for failure to prosecute under Rule 41(b).
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