Our Published Cases

• U.S.A. vs. Moore
  427 F.2d 1020 (10th Cir.--1970)
  [Administrative Law; equitable relief, injunctions]
• People vs. Powell
  14 C.A.3d 693, 92 C.R. 501 (1971)
  [Felony murder rule]
• Cacciaguidi v. Elliott
  39 Cal.App.3d 261, 114 Cal.Rptr. 93, 39 Cal. Comp. Cases 963, Cal.App. 2 Dist. (1974)
• Drenzek vs. Inmont Corp.
  57 C.A.3d 878, 129 C.R. 429 (1976)
  [Assumption of Risk]
• Dassin vs. Darlene Knitwear
  387 F.Supp. 958 (USDC, D.Puerto Rico--1974)
  [In personam jurisdiction]
• Curry v. Continental Airlines
  513 F. 2d 691 (9th Cir. 1975)
• Baxter vs. Superior Court
  19 C.3d 461, 138 C.R. 315 (1977)
  [Loss of consortium]
• Benjamins vs. British European Airways
  572 F.2d 913 (2nd Cir. 1978)
  [Warsaw Convention]
• Cable vs. Sahara Tahoe Corp.
  93 C.A.3d 1025, 155 C.R. 770 (1979)
  [Conflict of laws]
• La Pietra vs. Freed
  87 C.A.3d 384, 151 C.R. 554 (1979)
  [Arbitration]

• Flashman v. Superior Court (Pacific Southwest Airlines)
  107 Cal.App.3d 117, 165 Cal.Rptr. 680, Cal.App. 4 Dist. (1980)
  [Coordination and venue]
• Sevilla vs. Stearns-Roger, Inc.
  101 C.A.3d 608, 161 C.R. 700 (1980)
  [Product Liability]
• State v. Paquette
  423 So. 2d 797 (La. App. 4th Cir., 1982)
• Harris Corp. vs. Comair
  712 F.2d 1069 (6th Cir. 1983)
  [Right of employer to collect for death of employee; Avi. Accid. Law; Conflict of laws, Negligence]
• Gradus vs. Hanson Aviation
  158 C.A.3d 1038, 205 C.R. 211 (1984)
  [Duty of common carrier (see BAJI 6.51); Fed. Avi. Regs., Part 135, Res Ipsa Loquitur, Negligence]
  [Closing argument published by Million Dollar Verdicts by Western Masters]
• Penner v. Falk
  153 Cal. App. 3d 858, 200 Cal. Rptr. 661 (1984)
• State v. Marquer
  446 So. 2d 1258 (La. App. 4th Cir., 1984)
• Geffen v. County of Los Angeles
  197 Cal. App. 3d 188, 242 Cal. Rptr. 492 (1987)

• In Re Aircrash Disaster Near Cerritos,
  DiCosta vs. Aeronaves de Mexico, SA
  973 F.2d 1490 (9th Cir. 1992)
  [Emotional Distress]
• Sigala (Rachelle) v. Anaheim City School District
  Court of Appeal, Fourth District, 19 Cal.Rptr.2d 38, 15 Cal.App.4th 661, 82 Ed. Law Rep. 143 (1993)
• Cheng v. United Airlines, Inc.
  1995 WL 42157 (N.D. Ill. 1995) reconsideration denied by Cheng v. United Airlines, Inc. 1995 WL 314575 (N.D. Ill. 1995)
• Lewis v. Sacramento
  United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 98 F.3d 434, 65 USLW 2319, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7501, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 12353 (1996)
• Feazell v. Mesa Airlines, Inc., 917 S.W. 2d 895 (Tex. App. 1996)
• County of Sacramento v. Lewis,
  523, U.S. 833, 140 L. Ed. 2d 1043, 118 S. Ct. 1708 (1998)
• Prudential Home Mort. Co. v. Superior Court
  66 Cal.App.4th 1236 (1998)
• Doe v. Parauka
  714 So. 2d 701 (La., 1998)

• Motus v. Pfizer, Inc.
  127 F.Supp.2d 1085 (C.D. Cal. 2000)
• Smith v. Cutter Biological
  770 So. 2d 392 (La. App. 4th Cir., 2000)
• In re Air Crash Off Point Mugu, California, on January 30, 2000
  145 F.Supp.2d 1156 (N.D.Cal., 2001)
• In re Air Crash Off Point Mugu, California, on January 30, 2000 145 F.Supp.2d 1156 (N.D.Cal., 2001)
• McCoy v. Southwest Airlines Co., Inc.
  211 F.R.D. 381 (C.D.Cal., 2002)
• McCoy v. Southwest Airlines Co., Inc.
  208 F.R.D. 617 (C.D.Cal. 2002)
• Butler v. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
  109 Cal.App.4th; 135 Cal. Rptr. 2d 762 (2003)
  
• Berg & Berg Enterprises, LLC v. Sherwood Partners, Inc. (2005) 131 Cal.App.4th 802
• Cartwright v. Pfizer, Inc.
  369 F.Supp.2d 876 (E.D. Tex. 2005)
• Zikis v. Pfizer, Inc.
  Case No. 04 C 8104, 2005 WL 1126909 (N.D. Ill. 2005)
• Witczak v. Pfizer, Inc.
  377 F.Supp.2d 726 (D. Minn. 2005)
• Grisham v. Philip Morris USA
  403 F. 3d 631 (9th Cir., 2005)
• Tucker v. GlaxoSmithKline
  2006 WL 753128 (S.D. Ind., 2006)
• Grisham v. Philip Morris USA
  40 Cal.4th 623, 151 P.3d 1151, 54 Cal.Rptr.3d 735 (2007)
• Grisham v. Philip Morris USA
  482 F. 3d 1131 (9th Cir., 2007)
• Tucker v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.
  2008 WL 2788505 (S.D.Ind., July 18, 2008)
• Knipe v.SmithKline Beecham, 583 F.Supp.2d 553 (E.D.Pa 2008) (Denying Defendant's motion for summary judgment and holding that plaintiffs' failure to warn claims are not preempted by the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act)
• Knipe v. SmithKline Beecham, 583 F.Supp.2d 602 (E.D.Pa. 2008) (Denying defendant's motion for summary judgment and holding that defendant had a duty to issue warnings regarding off-label uses and also allowing plaintiff's claims for punitive damages to proceed to the jury)
• Cunningham v. SmithKline Beecham,  __ F.R.D. __, 2009 WL 250401 (N.D.Ind. 2009)