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 - )

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)

Plaintiff-appellant Centerprise International, Ltd. (“Centerprise”), a British computer manufacturer that purchased dynamic random access memory (“DRAM”) outside of the United States, appeals the district court’s dismissal of its complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvement Act of 1982 (“FTAIA”), 15 U.S.C. § 6a, amending the Sherman... More...   $0 (10-10-2008 - CA)

In this appeal and cross-appeal, we primarily consider whether actual losses resulting from the conversion of inventory include the value of a lost business. We conclude that full recovery for actual losses includes not only the converted inventory, but also resulting damages such as the value of a lost business.

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Appellant/cross-respondent Calvin Winchell, d/b/a CG... More...   $0 (10-09-2008 - NV)

This opinion addresses several issues arising in the context of Nevada’s employment law. We primarily focus, however, on three important and novel questions: (1) whether NRS 608.160, which prohibits employers from taking employee tips, implies a private cause of action to enforce its terms; (2) whether, in the event that no private cause of action exists, declaratory relief is nonetheless avail... More...   $0 (10-09-2008 - NV)

This appeal arises out of the termination of a franchise agreement. Appellants Jay Bharat Developers, Inc. (Jay Bharat), Jay Bharat Resorts, Inc., Bipin Morari (Morari), and Chandrakant Patel (Patel), the franchisees, challenge a trial court order granting the motion for a preliminary injunction of respondents Jim Minidis (Jim), Lynn Minidis (Lynn),1 Red Brick Pizza Worldwide, Inc. (Red Brick Pizz... More...   $0 (10-09-2008 - CA)

Shontral L. Farrier sued the United States Department of Veterans Affairs on a civil rights violation theory relating to her employment. The claims made and defenses asserted are not available.... More...   $0 (10-09-2008 - OK)

Gary Holmes’ s vacation home was damaged when a rubber hose that was part of an embedded heating system began to leak in 1993. After the hose continued to leak for several years, despite numerous repairs, Holmes replaced the entire heating system in 2001 and 2002. In a suit against the manufacturer of the hose, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company ("Goodyear"), Holmes sought and recovered the cost... More...   $0 (10-09-2008 - co)

Plaintiff appeals a judgment for defendants, assigning error to the grant of defendants' motions for summary judgment and to the denial of plaintiff's motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff, as personal representative for Grigory Rogozhnikov's estate, filed a declaratory judgment action seeking uninsured motorist (UM) benefits under an automobile insurance policy issued by defendant Essex Insuranc... More...   $0 (10-08-2008 - OR)

Plaintiff, personal representative of the estate of Mabel F. Hobart (decedent), appeals, challenging the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants, Jack L. Holt and J.H.S.O. Corporation, on plaintiff's wrongful death claims arising out of decedent's vaccine-related death, which occurred after she received an influenza vaccination administered by defendant Holt, an employee of ... More...   $0 (10-08-2008 - OR)

Although the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) generally requires an employer to pay its employees at a rate of one and one-half times their regular rate of pay for any time worked in excess of forty hours in a given workweek, it exempts from this requirement “executive, administrative or professional” employees. At issue here is whether full-time pharmacists working for Wal-Mart Stores, I... More...   $0 (10-08-2008 - )