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Plaintiff appealed from the dismissal of his claims against defendants. Plaintiff asserted claims of unlawful foreclosure consulting and accessory liability against the defendant attorneys after plaintiff allegedly hired defendants to assist him in preventing the foreclosure of his home. On ...

Tagged with: Claim Preclusion Unlawful Business Services

Defendants appealed the entry of judgment against them as a discovery sanction. Plaintiffs filed suit against defendants for conversion, fraud, civil conspiracy, and breach of fiduciary duty. When defendants filed incomplete responses to plaintiffs’ second discovery requests, the trial court ...

Tagged with: Conversion Judgment as Discovery Sanction

Plaintiff appealed from the grant of summary judgment to defendants on plaintiff’s claim for personal injuries arising from a fall that plaintiff suffered when she stepped into and tripped on a hole on property owned by defendants and leased to ...

Tagged with: Knowledge of Dangerous Condition premises liability

Plaintiff appealed from the summary-judgment dismissal of his false arrest complaint, arising from his arrest for sexually exploiting a group-home patient under his care, for which plaintiff was ultimately acquitted by jury Where the investigating detective could have conducted further ...

Tagged with: False Arrest Inadequate Investigation Probable Cause

Where appellant and respondent both claimed injuries as the result of an auto accident between the appellant’s personal vehicle and a garbage truck driven by respondent, the trial court erred in finding that the appellant could not prove proximate causation ...

Tagged with: auto accident comparative fault Proximate Causation

Plaintiffs appealed from the district court’s adverse grant of summary judgment in their motor-vehicle negligence claim. Plaintiffs sought damages from Roy Brice, who rear-ended a vehicle; the accident caused a severe backup on the highway. Plaintiffs were caught in the ...

Tagged with: Liability for Accident in Backed-up Traffic motor vehicle accident Proximate Cause

Where property owners brought an action alleging that a fire was caused by a defective refrigerator installed in  a recreational vehicle, the defendant sold but did not manufacture, design or assemble the refrigerator, so it was immune from liability under ...

Tagged with: immunity Negligent Design product liability

Plaintiffs, all Mexican citizens, filed personal-injury and wrongful-death claims against defendants arising from an accident in which defendants’ train collided with a bus at a train crossing. The trial court dismissed plaintiffs’ complaint under the doctrine of forum non conveniens. ...

Tagged with: Forum Non Conveniens Train Accident

Defendants appealed from the judgment entered against them, awarding plaintiff actual and punitive damages for plaintiff’s use of defendants’ talc products. On appeal, defendants argued that the trial court lacked personal jurisdiction over them. The trial court exceeded its authority ...

Tagged with: Personal Jurisdiction product liability

Where a former locomotive engineer claimed that the railroad was negligent for providing loose cab seats that failed to protect him from excessive shock and jarring, which resulted in significant back injuries, the trial court’s refusal to give a proffered ...

Tagged with: FELA jury instructions Negligence Per Se

Where plaintiff brought a medical-negligence action against health care providers alleging that a failure to diagnose led to short bowel syndrome requiring extensive ongoing medical care, and both parties appealed following a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff, the ...

Tagged with: Attorney's fees Future Damages medical negligence