John Tuppela joined the gold seekers' rush to Alaska, and, after remaining there a number of years prospecting, was adjudged insane and committed to an asylum in Portland, Oregon. Upon his release, after a confinement of about four years, he found...

While browsing at Wal-Mart, Lucia Resendez began to eat from a bag of peanuts marked with a Wal-Mart price sticker. Raul Salinas, Wal-Mart’s security guard, followed Resendez into the parking lot where he accused her of theft. Resendez denied the...

DoubleClick is engaged in advertising on the internet. It has agreements with popular websites to sell advertising space. The spaces are sold to advertisers who enter into a single contract with DoubleClick to have ads shown on all of the websites networked...

In late 1974, Dr. Ward Keesecker and his wife Emily Keesecker were involved in a car accident which claimed the life of Dr. Keesecker. In his will, Dr. Keesecker gave certain real and personal property to Emily for her life, and upon her death, the remainder...

Plaintiffs W. R. Grant, R. M. Manchester, and D. O. Jensen, passengers and driver, were injured in an Arizona automobile accident in Arizona with the automobile driven by deceased-tortfeasor W. W. Pullen. All parties were domiciled in California. Plaintiffs...

Richard J. Bolles was fraudulently induced to buy mining stock from Lewis W. Smith, who had represented various facts as existing with respect to the mine that made it of great value. Smith also made similar and fraudulent representations to others, who...

Plaintiff husband filed an action against defendant wife for intentionally inflicted injuries arising out of her role in an aborted murder-for-hire scheme. The trial court ruled in favor of the wife and sustained the plea of interspousal immunity. The...

Respondent and a friend were riding horses on the right-of-way in front of the tortfeasor's property when the tortfeasor began shouting at them and punched respondent's horse with his fist causing the horse to go out of control. Respondent admitted...

Plaintiff employee filed a wrongful discharge action alleging that her dismissal by defendant violated public policy. She had worked for defendant employer for nearly 15 years, and when defendant instituted a new drug policy requiring its employees to...

Patient was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and defendant doctors performed surgery and recommended chemotherapy and radiation. However, patient died one year after the surgery. Plaintiff patient's family filed a case against defendant doctors alleging...