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Tort Litigation Cases by Robert A. Olson
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Corenbaum v. Lampkin (2013) 2013 Cal.App. LEXIS 342 (amicus)
Court of Appeal holds unpaid amount of medical bills inadmissible to show future medical or noneconomic damages
Robert A. Olson
Coffee House v. Superior Court (2012) 2012 Cal.App. Unpub LEXIS 263
Shooting victims failed to show that any breach of duty by café proprietor caused their injuries
Robert A. Olson
, Alana H. Rotter
Howell v. Hamilton Meats & Provisions Co. (2011) 52 Cal.4th 541 (amicus)
Recovery for economic medical damages
Robert A. Olson
Price v. Stossel (9th Cir. 2010) 620 F.3d 992
Ninth Circuit holds that district court erred in dismissing GMSR’s client’s express defamation claim against ABC on anti-SLAPP grounds.
Robert A. Olson
Fuller-Austin Insulation Co. v. Highlands Ins. Company (2006) 135 Cal.App.4th 958
Reversal of $100-plus million, involving extent to which stipulated bankruptcy settlement of asbestos claims could be enforced against bankrupt defendant’s excess insurers
Irving H. Greines
, Robert A. Olson
, Peter O. Israel
Velarde v. Cooper Tire (2001, D033801)
Consumer expectations test in product defect action; exclusion of expert testimony
Robin Meadow
, Edward L. Xanders
, Robert A. Olson
Sharon P. v. Arman, Ltd. (1999) 21 Cal.4th 1181
Commercial landowner’s duty of care to tenants to provide security guards for prevention of sexual assaults
Marc J. Poster
, Robert A. Olson
Franks v. Southland Corp. (1999) 1999 Cal. LEXIS 6281
Whether a 7-11 store proximately caused injuries in parking lot confrontation
Robert A. Olson
Lombardo v. Gibbons (1999, B120873)
Personal injuries from automobile accident
Robert A. Olson
, Edward L. Xanders
Charleston v. Hamilton Gardens Homeowners Association (1999) 1999 Cal. LEXIS 5688
Torts claims against condominium owner for injuries sustained in elevator
Robert A. Olson
, Edward L. Xanders
Kern Investments, Inc. v. Cube Co. (1998) 63 Cal.App.4th 1412
Contractor owed no duty of care re negligent construction to trust deed holder
Robert A. Olson
Pattiz v. Minye (1998) 61 Cal.App.4th 822
Dismissal as discovery sanction is not a favorable termination on the merits required for malicious prosecution purposes
Robert A. Olson
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