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Personal Injury & Torts

Oct. 17, 2009

Appeals Panel Takes Swipe at Defense, Judge and Summary Judgment

In one fell reversing swoop, a state appellate panel managed to criticize simultaneously a mainstay of civil procedure - the summary judgment motion - a San Mateo County Superior Court judge and an attorney from a prominent employment defense law firm.

By Rebecca Beyer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

In one fell swoop, a state appellate panel managed to simultaneously criticize a mainstay of civil procedure - the summary judgment motion - as well as a San Mateo County Superior Court judge and an attorney from a prominent employment defense law firm.

In doing so, the 1st District Court of Appeal revived the discrimination claims of Iftikhar Nazir, a man of Pakistani descent, agains...

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