• Bayer v. Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-06-27
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Civil Rights | Damages | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Retail
    Date Filed: 2017-06-26
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Maria-Elena James, United States Magistrate Judge, Presiding Before: William A. Fletcher and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges, and Robert W. Pratt,* District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cliff Palesfsky (argued) and Keith Ehrman, McGuinn Hillsman & Palefsky, San Francisco, California; Michael Rubin, Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Dylan B. Carp (argued), Conor Dale, and Mitchell Boomer, Jackson Lewis, San Francisco, California; Katrin U. Schatz, Jackson Lewis, Dallas, Texas; for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 15-15287

    Courts have power to award nominal damages as equitable relief in civil rights cases (Pratt, J.)

  • CRST, Inc. v. Superior Court (Lennig)

    Publication Date: 2017-05-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Damages | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation
    Date Filed: 2017-05-26
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bassl, Edlin, Huie & Blum, Fred M. Blum, Michael E. Gallagher and Lisa M. Stevenson; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Robert A. Olson, Cynthia E. Tobisman and Alan Diamond; Yoka & Smith, Christopher E. Faenza and Benjamin A. Davis for Petitioners.
    for defendant: Parris Law Firm, R. Rex Parris, Bruce L. Schechter and Khail A. Parris; Grignon Law Firm, Margaret M. Grignon and Anne M. Grignon for Real Parties In Interest.

    Case Number: No. B280270

    Employer's admission of vicarious liability for employee negligence did not preclude award of punitive damages (Manella, J.)

  • Krechuniak v. Noorzoy

    Publication Date: 2017-05-15
    Practice Area: Damages | Contracts | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Date Filed: 2017-05-12
    Court: C.A. 6th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Cross-Complainant and Respondent, Aisha A. Krechuniak: Bruce C. Funk, Law Office of Bruce Funk, Laura S. Liccardo.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Cross-Defendant and Appellant, Zia Jamal Noorzoy: Strong Appellate Law, Jeanine G. Strong, Dougherty & Guenther, APC, Ralph P. Guenther.

    Case Number: No. H042740

    Claim relating to allegedly invalid liquidated damages penalty may not be raised for first time on appeal (Walsh, J.)

  • Cuevas v. Contra Costa County

    Publication Date: 2017-04-28
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice | Damages | Evidence
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-04-27
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Veen Firm, William L. Veen, Elinor Leary; Alan Charles Dell'Ario for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Horvitz & Levy, H. Thomas Watson, Karen M. Bray, Robert H. Wright; Craddick, Candland & Conti, W. David Walker; Mauro Lilling Naparty, Richard J. Montes for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. A143440 & A144041

    Future ACA benefits not so speculative as to preclude evidence of such benefits on the issue of future medical damages (Dondero, J.)

  • S.H. v. United States

    Publication Date: 2017-04-10
    Practice Area: Damages | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care
    Date Filed: 2017-04-10
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Morrison C. England, Jr., District Judge, Presiding Before: Carlos F. Lucero,* Susan P. Graber, and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven B. Stevens (argued), Steven B. Stevens APC, Los Angeles, California; Martin M. Berman, Law Offices of Martin M. Berman, Palm Springs, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
    for defendant: John Samuel Koppel (argued) and Mark B. Stern, Attorneys, Appellate Staff; Benjamin B. Wagner, United States Attorney; Benjamin C. Mizer, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendant-Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 15-15000

    Foreign country exception to Federal Tort Claims Act barred family's claims arising from child's premature birth at overseas military base (Lucero, J.)

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  • Scholes v. Lambirth Trucking Company

    Publication Date: 2017-04-07
    Practice Area: Damages | Civil Procedure | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation
    Date Filed: 2017-03-07
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vincent E. Scholes, in pro. per., for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Anwyl, Scoffield & Steep, James T. Anwyl and Lynn A. Garcia for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. C070770

    Lack of detail in ordinal complaint precluded application of relation-back doctrine for subsequently filed amendment (Raye, P.J.)

  • Quiles v. Parent

    Publication Date: 2017-03-28
    Practice Area: Damages | Employment Litigation | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-03-27
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Schwartz Law and Bryan Schwartz; Levene, Neale, Bender, Yoo & Brill and Daniel H. Reiss for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Law Office of Stephen A. Madoni and Stephen A. Madoni for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. G054353

    No bond required to stay enforcement of judgment for fees and costs only pending resolution of appeal (by the court)

  • Ryan v. Crown Castle NG Networks, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-12-13
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Damages | Litigation
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Date Filed: 2016-12-13
    Court: C.A. 6th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff and Appellant Patrick S. Ryan: T. Kelly Cox
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant and Respondent Crown Castle Ng Networks, Inc.: Kirkland & Ellis, Christopher W. Keegan, Austin L. Klar

    Case Number: No. H041712

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 13098 PATRICK S. RYAN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CROWN CASTLE NG N

  • Nickerson v. Stonebridge Life Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2016-11-04
    Practice Area: Damages | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Date Filed: 2016-11-03
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shernoff Bidart Echeverria Bentley, William M. Shernoff, Howard S. Shernoff, Travis M. Corby; The Ehrlich Law Firm and Jeffrey Isaac Ehrlich for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Baute Crochetiere & Wang, David P. Crochetiere, Henry C. Wang; Reed Smith and Margaret A. Grignon for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B234271

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 11760 THOMAS NICKERSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. STONEBRIDGE LIFE

  • Bigler-Engler v. Breg, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-10-28
    Practice Area: Damages | Personal Injury | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Date Filed: 2016-10-28
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Office of Marc O. Stern and Marc O. Stern; Boudreau Williams and Jon R. Williams; Williams Iagmin and Jon R. Williams, for Plaintiff and Appellant Virginia Bigler-Engler, as Administrator, etc.
    for defendant: Bowman & Brooke and Michael J. Hurvitz; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Daniel J. Thomasch, and Blaine H. Evanson, for Defendant and Appellant Breg, Inc.

    Case Number: No. D063556

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 11439 VIRGINIA BIGLER-ENGLER, as Administrator, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v.p class="