A published California Court of Appeal opinion holds that a trial court abuses its discretion when it denies misdemeanor diversion based solely on facts inherent in the charged offense without tying those facts to the statutory purposes...
Bobo v. Appellate Division of Super. Ct.
A published Sixth Circuit ruling holds that an Oklahoma debt-collection law firm purposefully availed itself of Michigan by garnishing the wages of a Michigan employee, reversing a dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction.
Alexander Ross v. Robinson, Hoover & Fudge, PLLC
A New Mexico rollover crash triggered by an elderly pedestrian who wandered onto the interstate against his driver's explicit instructions falls outside uninsured motorist coverage because the passenger's independent actions severed any...
Mazur v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Judge Amos L. Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas denied Toyota’s motions to dismiss and strike class allegations in a putative nationwide class action regarding defective door lock actuators, resolving key procedural hurdles for Ru...
Mixon v. Toyota Motor Corporation