Case Gloria Ann Shontz, as administrator of the Estate of Shirley Kay Gomez, Andrea Marie Bell, Kristina Christian Lincoln, and
First District affirms summary judgment for City of San Rafael in dangerous condition case where teenage driver hydroplaned on wet curve, holding the conditions were open and obvious as a matter of law and that plaintiff could not defeat summary judgment by raising new pavement-defect theories outsi
Sixth District affirms nonsuit for Tesla in case where toddler started Model X and ran over his pregnant mother, holding that the consumer expectations test does not apply to complex modern vehicle safety systems and the plaintiff failed to identify any specific design feature that violated ordinary
First District reverses JNOV and reinstates a $1 million negligence verdict against Kentfield Hospital for failing to offer a paralyzed stroke patient the choice of a female nursing assistant for intimate care.
Case Mayor & City Council of Baltimore v. B.P. P.L.C., et al.; Anne Arundel County, Maryland v. B.P. P.L.C., et
Case Express Scripts, Inc., et al. v. Anne Arundel County, Maryland Court Supreme Court of Maryland Judge Booth (Larry Hogan,
Second District holds that evidence of prior branch failures from same-species street trees in the same neighborhood is admissible to prove a city’s notice of a dangerous condition under Government Code section 835.
Second District affirms a $51 million asbestos-talc verdict against Avon Products and holds that Avon’s appellate brief forfeited its sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge by failing to fairly summarize the trial evidence.
Case Larry Alber v. Lyle Rodin and Darin Rodin, d/b/a D&L Farms Court Supreme Court of North Dakota Judge Fair
Fourth District affirms a $9.4 million wrongful-death judgment against two brothers who falsely reported their deceased mother missing to police, triggering a phone call to a recovering-alcoholic brother whose resulting relapse caused his death.
Third District affirms dismissal of malpractice and elder-abuse claims against a pain-management doctor added years after the patient’s overdose death, holding the negligence claims were time-barred and the complaint did not allege elder-abuse-level conduct.
Case Anonymous Claimants v. Anonymous Insurer, Driver, and Vehicle Operator Court İzmir Regional Court of Appeal, 11th Civil Chamber (Turkey)
Third District affirms summary judgment for Zipcar in a serious personal-injury case, holding that a remote, app-based rental car company has no duty to inquire whether a member appears impaired at the time of rental.
In a Section 1983 wrongful-death action brought by the parents of a man fatally shot by San Diego police officers — including allegations that officers continued to fire shots into the decedent’s body after he was already incapacitated — the court granted in part and denied in part the city
In a personal-injury suit by a consumer who lacerated her hand when a Mumm Napa Valley sparkling wine bottle exploded after she used a corkscrew to remove a stuck cork, the court granted summary judgment on the design-defect and negligent-storage claims but allowed the failure-to-warn claims to proc
Second District holds a personal-injury plaintiff’s pretrial settlement offer conditioned on the defendant’s insurer’s consent was a valid Code of Civil Procedure section 998 offer, because insurer consent is a necessary condition of any insured-defendant settlement whether stated
First District grants writ relief in part, holding the school district is immune under Education Code section 44808 for the death damages tied to a student’s off-campus suicide during winter break, but allowing the parents’ survival claim for on-campus harm to proceed.
Second District affirms summary judgment for freight broker XPO Logistics in a personal-injury suit by an injured trucker employed by the carrier XPO had hired, holding the broker did not actually exercise control over the transportation and thus owed no duty of care to the carrier’s employee.
Eastern District of California allows the plaintiff in a civil sexual assault case against a Sacramento commercial real estate developer to proceed under a pseudonym, dismisses her assault claim with leave to amend, and sustains battery, sexual battery, IIED, and most other claims based on allegatio
In a personal-injury case alleging that a recalled bone allograft caused the plaintiff to test positive for tuberculosis, the court denied remand to state court, ruling that the LLC defendant the plaintiff identified as a California citizen was actually a wholly owned subsidiary of a Japanese corpor
Case İstanbul Bölge Adliye Mahkemesi 9. Hukuk Dairesi, 2022/2296 E., 2025/1551 K. Court İstanbul Regional Court of Appeal, 9th Civil