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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

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NHTSA Recalls

[06/01] BMW ( 10V254000 )
[06/01] VOLKSWAGEN ( 10V252000 )
[06/01] FLEETWOOD ( 10V251000 )

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Personal Injury

[07/28] DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic
[07/28] Ohio woman dies after being hit by police cruiser
[07/28] Calif. wildfires burn 30-plus homes, threaten 150

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Tort

[07/28] Calif. wildfires burn 30-plus homes, threaten 150
[07/28] NYC settles 50-bullet cop lawsuit for $7 million
[07/28] DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic

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Case Summaries

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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