Cases of Interest

Under California’s Motor Carriers of Property Permit Act (Veh. Code, § 34600 et seq.), a commercial automobile insurance policy does not continue in full force and effect until the insurer cancels the corresponding Certificate of Insurance on file with the Department of Motor Vehicles, regardless of the insurance policy’s stated expiration date.

PAGA plaintiffs do not lose standing to litigate non-individual claims in court when the plaintiff’s individual claims are subject to arbitration.

The primary assumption of the risk doctrine does not apply when a student-plaintiff injures themselves during a PE touch football game because participation was mandatory.

Idaho District Court lacked personal jurisdiction over an English aerospace company in an action brought by plaintiffs from Louisiana and Indiana that stemmed from a plane crash in Indiana.

Pursuant to Pennsylvania Fire Ins. Co. of Philadelphia v. Gold Issue Mining & Milling Co., 243 U.S. 93 (1917), Pennsylvania courts can exercise personal jurisdiction over any cause of action brought against out-of-state entities that register to do business in Pennsylvania without offending the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.