Joanne Saduk sued State Farm Insurance for the injuries and damages that she claimed that she sustained as a result of an accident on April 20, 2004, on Route 47 in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey when her car was struck from behind by the driver of a pickup that hit her car while she was waiting to make a turn. Saduk suffered from back and leg pain, and was finally diagnosed with sympathetically medi... More...   $486000 (10-15-2008 - NJ)

Discovery Financial Services sued Visa, Inc. and MasterCard, Inc. on an antitrust theory claiming that defendants blocked banks from issues its cards.

The defenses asserted by the defendants are not available.... More...   $2800000000 (10-15-2008 - NY)

Maryam Seyedan alleged that her former employer and partner in the real estate joint venture had breached their contract and his fiduciary duties. In the late 1980s, Ms. Seyedan and the defendant had agreed (without a formal, written agreement) to invest together in real estate, mostly in undeveloped land in Nevada. From 1987-90, they purchased 20 properties with the understanding that they would ... More...   $8200000 (10-15-2008 - )

Candida Diego sued New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens on a medical negligence theory claiming that a two hour delay in performing a brain scan on her after a fall in September 2004 resulted in her being paralyzed on her left side and being confined to a wheelchair.

Defendant denied that the outcome of Plaintiff's care was caused by the delay in diagnosing the intracranial bleed th... More...   $11000000 (10-15-2008 - NY)

Sharon Knight sued the Town of Blacksburg on a governmental tort claim negligence theory claiming the town and the director of the Third Annual Greater Blacksburg Triathlon, held in 2000, claiming they were negligent in failing to warn passing motorists of the race course. Triathlon participant Gary Wayne Taylor, a 30-year-old sports promoter from Lynchburg, died midway through the competition aft... More...   $50000 (10-15-2008 - VA)

Fidelity National Title Insurance and Chicago Title Insurance sued Hayley Wolff Kissel on an unjust enrichment theory claiming that she knew that her deceased husband Andrew Kissel aware of her husband's crimes and helped him by not telling anyone. The companies issued title insurance to several banks that gave Andrew Kissel mortgages based on documents that authorities said he had falsified. Defe... More...   $0 (10-15-2008 - CT)

In this collection action by the plaintiff, Connecticut Light &Power Company, against the defendants, Bess P. Gilmore, Douglas G. Gilmore, Keith P. Gilmore and Community Club Awards, Inc., for unpaid electric bills, the defendant Bess Gilmore1 appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered in favor of the plaintiff. On appeal, the defendant claims that the judgment should be reversed and a ... More...   $45072 (10-14-2008 - CT)

Janine Smith and Nicole Starks sued Frank Pepe and the Town of Hempstead on a civil rights violation theory claiming that Pepe, their supervisor at their jobs in sanitation department, sexually harassed them and discriminated against them because of their race. Nichole Starks, age 24, and Janine Smith, age 26, are African-American and Pepe, age 44, is Northern European. Plaintiffs claimed the town... More...   $0 (10-12-2008 - NY)

Nicole L'Etoile, age 58, sued New England Finish Systems on a hostile work environment theory claiming that the company let male supervisors make crude and offensive comments about women. Plaintiff also claimed that she had been laid off because of her sex or retaliated against for complaining about discrimination.

The defenses asserted by Defendant are not available.... More...   $400000 (10-11-2008 - NH)

A 39-year-old business owner was struck from behind by a vehicle while on his way to a service call.

As a result of the accident, our client suffered multiple disc herniations to his neck and back. As a result, he underwent numerous injections and received hundreds of chiropractic and massage therapy treatments.

Despite his disability, our client did not miss any time from work. ... More...   $1310000 (10-11-2008 - )

Charla Tavares, individually and as the parent of Miriam Tavares, age 5, sued Evergreen Hospital, et al. on a medical negligence theory claiming that the nursing staff at Evergreen failed to exercise due care the their examination and treatment of Charla and, as a direct result, ignored signs of severe fetal distress and failed to notify a doctor in time, causing Miriam Tavares to asphyxiate for 2... More...   $4250000 (10-11-2008 - WA)

Verizon Communications sued Cox Communications on a patent infringement theory claiming that Cox used VIOP technology covered by a patent issued to Verizon.

Cox denied Verizon's claims.... More...   $0 (10-11-2008 - VA)

Candela Corporation sued Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc. on a patent infringement theory claiming that Palomar infringed on Candela's 5,810,801 patent and that claims 11, 12, 13 and 14 of the 5,810,801 patent.

Candela Corporation manufactures, and distributes innovative clinical solutions that enable physicians, surgeons, and personal care practitioners to treat elected cosmetic and m... More...   $1 (10-11-2008 - TX)

Jane Daniel sued Misha Defonseca on breach of contract and fraud theories claiming that Defonseca's 1997 book, "Misa: A Memoire of the Holocaust Years" was not true that that Defonseca's representation that it was true was a hoax. Daniel alleged that an earlier case filed by Vera Lee and Defonseca was a fraud of the court because Lee and Defonseca claimed that the story was true and that they were... More...   $0 (10-11-2008 - MA)

Former Police Chief Charles Gu8arnieri sued The Borough of Duryea, Pennsylvania alleging that council members had retaliated against him for successfully challenging a 2003 decision to fire him. ... More...   $97358 (10-11-2008 - PA)

Richard Seun sued Las Vegas Sands Corp. claiming that the Las Vegas Casino corporation claiming that he should be compensated by the defendant for
helping Las Vegas Sands win a lucrative Macau gaming license in 2002.

Defendant denied Plaintiff's claims.... More...   $43800000 (10-11-2008 - )

Alex Kane, Chad Allison, Capt. Jason Hewitt and Capt. John Ghiotto sued City of San Diego seeking damages and injunctive relief after being ordered to participate in a gay pride parade in 2007. The claimed that their participation in the parade was a form of "compelled speech" under the California constitution because it could be construed as an endorsement of certain political messages. The plai... More...   $0 (10-11-2008 - CA)

Cast Art sued KPMG in 2003 for professional malpractice and negligence for failing to detect a massive financial fraud at Papel Giftware, Inc. prior to Cast Art acquiring Papel in December 2000. For three years prior to its acquisition of Papel, KPMG repeatedly affirmed that Papel's financial statements were accurate when in reality KPMG knew the company's management had engaged in a number of fra... More...   $31800000 (10-11-2008 - )

¶ 1 Appellant Calvin Easley appeals the grant of summary judgment to Appellee Nationwide Assurance Company on the basis that the trial court erred in construing exclusion clauses within an automobile insurance policy issued by Appellee to deny Appellant’s claim for injuries sustained while operating a taxi. We affirm.

¶ 2 The pertinent facts are not in dispute. On the 19th day of August... More...   $0 (10-10-2008 - PA)

Vineland Fireworks Co., Inc. (“Vineland”) appeals the decision of the Acting Director (“Director”) of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (“ATF”) to revoke its license to manufacture fireworks and to deny its application for the renewal of its license to import fireworks. The Director found that Vineland’s failure to keep records of its daily summary of magazine tra... More...   $0 (10-10-2008 - PA)

Section 220 of the California Education Code1 prohibits discrimination based on a number of protected characteristics, including sexual orientation, in any program or activity conducted by an educational institution "that receives, or benefits from, state financial assistance or enrolls pupils who receive state student financial aid." In this case, we are called on to determine: (1) the elements o... More...   $0 (10-10-2008 - CA)

In this appeal, clothing retailer Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. (PacSun) appeals a trial court order granting summary judgment in favor of Olaes Enterprises, Inc. (Olaes) in PacSun's breach of warranty lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that Olaes breached the warranty contained in section 2312, subdivision (3) of the California Uniform Commercial Code (hereafter section 2312(3)), which requires c... More...   $0 (10-10-2008 - CA)

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD or District) pays adult education teachers a regular periodic amount, identified as a “salary” in the applicable collective bargaining agreement, figured by multiplying a flat hourly rate for each hour of classroom teaching. LAUSD does not pay for additional time spent outside of classroom instruction for preparation, grading or other tasks in con... More...   $0 (10-10-2008 - CA)

Stonehouse Homes LLC (Stonehouse) appeals an order (judgment) of dismissal entered after the trial court sustained a demurrer to Stonehouse’s complaint for declaratory relief with leave to amend, and Stonehouse declined to amend. Stonehouse seeks a declaration that resolution No. 06-024 (moratorium resolution) was enacted by respondents the City of Sierra Madre (City) and the Sierra Madre City C... More...   $0 (10-10-2008 - CA)

We hold an agreement by which a lender agreed to forbear from exercising the right of foreclosure under a deed of trust securing an interest in real property comes within the statute of frauds. We also conclude the borrowers in this case failed as a matter of law to establish estoppel to assert the statute of frauds. As a result, we affirm a judgment declaring valid a notice of default and electio... More...   $0 (10-10-2008 - CA)