State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Garrett v. Howmedica Osteonics Corp.

Decided March 6, 2013. H Walter Croskey wrote the opinion for the court.

214 Cal. App. 4th 173 · Cited 144 times

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Sargon Enterprises, Inc. v. University of Southern California · 55 Cal. 4th 747
Brown v. Superior Court · 751 P.2d 470
Hufft v. Horowitz · 4 Cal. App. 4th 8
Artiglio v. Superior Court · 22 Cal. App. 4th 1388
Miller v. Department of Corrections · 115 P.3d 77
Barker v. Lull Engineering Co. · 573 P.2d 443
Jimenez v. Superior Court · 58 P.3d 450
Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc. · 59 Cal. 2d 57
Soule v. General Motors Corp. · 882 P.2d 298
Vandermark v. Ford Motor Co. · 61 Cal. 2d 256
O'NEIL v. Crane Co. · 266 P.3d 987
Powell v. Kleinman · 59 Cal. Rptr. 3d 618
Plenger v. Alza Corp. · 11 Cal. App. 4th 349
Conte v. Wyeth, Inc. · 168 Cal. App. 4th 89
Western Mutual Ins. Co. v. Yamamoto · 29 Cal. App. 4th 1474
Lilienthal & Fowler v. Superior Court · 12 Cal. App. 4th 1848
Johnson v. United Cerebral Palsy/Spastic Children's Foundation · 173 Cal. App. 4th 740
Lockheed Litigation Cases · 10 Cal. Rptr. 3d 34
JENNIFER C. v. Los Angeles Unified School District · 168 Cal. App. 4th 1320
Mathieu v. Norrell Corp. · 10 Cal. Rptr. 3d 52
In Re Coordinated Latex Glove Litigation · 121 Cal. Rptr. 2d 301
Angelotti v. Walt Disney Co. · 192 Cal. App. 4th 1394
Fort Bragg Unified School District v. Colonial American Casualty & Surety Co. · 194 Cal. App. 4th 891

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