This action arises from the tragic shooting by police officers of a fifteen-year old boy, Brandon McCloud, in his own bedroom. While conducting a protective sweep of a home in the early-morning darkness prior to executing a search warrant, the officers encountered a male suspect hiding in a bedroom closet. When they ordered him to come out and show his hands, the suspect came toward the officers w... More...   $0 (11-06-2009 - OH)

Matthew Miller appeals from the district court’s order denying him qualified immunity against Samuel Rhoads’ 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim that Deputy Miller subjected him to excessive force while booking him into the Big Horn County Jail. We affirm.

Background

On December 1, 2005, Deputy Ben Mayland responded to a complaint that a drunken man in a wheelchair – Mr. Rhoads – was thr... More...   $0 (11-05-2009 - Wy)

Plaintiff-Appellant Lisa Nicole Bridges appeals from summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee Deputy Brandon Yeager on her civil rights claims. 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Ms. Bridges sued the deputy solely in his individual capacity for compensatory and punitive damages claiming that (1) he used excessive force while arresting her, and (2) he falsely arrested her for assault and battery on a police... More...   $0 (11-03-2009 - OK)

Donna Scroggin was diagnosed with breast cancer eleven years after she began taking estrogen and progestin drugs manufactured by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Wyeth) and Pharmacia & Upjohn Co. (Upjohn).1 She sued the companies in 2004 for failure to warn of the risk of breast cancer from combination hormone therapy.

The trial was bifurcated, with liability determined first and punitive damage... More...   $0 (11-03-2009 - AR)

This is an insurance case raising some questions of Georgia law.

Without issuing a written reservation of rights, an insurer assumed the defense of a lawsuit for almost eleven months but stopped defending near the end of the discovery period because it decided that there was no coverage. At that point the policy holder hired its own attorneys to defend the lawsuit. About one month after the... More...   $0 (10-30-2009 - GA)

Plaintiffs-Appellants Amy Thomson, individually and as guardian ad litem for her two children, and the estate of Chad Thomson, through Ms. Thomson as its personal representative, challenge the district court’s grant of summary judgment for Defendants-Appellees Salt Lake County and Deputy Alan Morrical. First, Plaintiffs argue that it was error to grant summary judgment to Deputy Morrical on the ... More...   $0 (10-27-2009 - UT)

In this civil rights case, Orlando police officers Lori Fiorino and David Burk appeal from the district court’s denial of their motion for summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity. Appellee Amy Shirley Oliver, as personal representative of the estate of Anthony Carl Oliver, Sr., alleges that the officers used excessive and unreasonable force in violation of Anthony Oliver’s Fourth A... More...   $0 (10-26-2009 - FL)

In this interlocutory appeal, Joe Rector challenges the district court’s denial of his motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. Danny Bowling sued Rector and eight other defendants under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that they violated his constitutional right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure when Rector applied for and received a warrant to search Bowling’s house ... More...   $0 (10-26-2009 - OK)

The plaintiff, a bariatric surgeon who lives and practices in New Jersey, brought this diversity suit in the federal district court in Chicago. He claims to have been defamed by the defendant, another bariatric surgeon, who practices in New York. The district judge dismissed the suit without prejudice, on the ground that venue in Chicago was improper, and the plaintiff appeals. The defendant cross... More...   $0 (10-23-2009 - )

This matter comes on before this Court on an appeal by
appellant Century Indemnity Company (“Century”) from two
orders of the District Court, one entered May 18, 2006,
granting a motion of appellee Certain Underwriters at
Lloyd’s, London (“Lloyd’s”) to compel arbitration of a
disputed claim based on a set of reinsurance-of-reinsurance
agreements, and one entered... More...   $0 (10-23-2009 - )

Plaintiffs-Appellants Delia Berglund and her daughter Darlene Vasquez (“Plaintiffs”) appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment for Defendants-Appellees Board of County Commissioners of Pottawatomie County, Pottawatomie County Sheriff Kurt Shirey, Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Deputy David Swearingen, and Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Deputy Anthony Rodriguez (“Defendants”... More...   $0 (10-22-2009 - OK)

After Robert Fisher mistakenly shot himself twice, his wife called 911. Two officers responded to the call. Fisher alleges, despite the seriousness of the gunshot wounds to his bicep and stomach, the officers handcuffed him in a painful manner that exacerbated his injuries. Fisher filed suit, claiming the officers violated 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by employing excessive force in violation of his Fourth A... More...   $0 (10-19-2009 - NM)

A. Curtis Wright appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for summary judgment on the ground of qualified immunity in this § 1983 action. After this qualified immunity appeal was filed, the case went to trial, and a jury found Wright liable to appellee Joseph Padgett for deprivation of his First Amendment rights. We dismiss this appeal as moot.

[1] Generally, denials of summary ... More...   $0 (10-17-2009 - CA)

This case presents the question of whether a tenant‟s leasehold interest in property survives a land contract vendee‟s forfeiture when the tenant is not made a party to the forfeiture action and the vendor has actual knowledge that the tenant is in possession of the property. We conclude that in this case the tenant‟s leasehold interest survives.

Facts and Procedural History

On... More...   $0 (10-15-2009 - IN)

¶1 Certiorari was granted to settle the first-impression question whether a creditor who does not impose liability on a mortgage debtor for the deficiency that remains after a foreclosure sale may maintain a suit against the debtor and other parties for fraud in the inducement of the loan that is secured by mortgage. In short, we are asked to decide whether the mortgage debt's satisfaction under ... More...   $0 (10-13-2009 - OK)

This is an appeal from the district court‘s entry of judgment notwithstanding the verdict (j.n.o.v.) in favor of respondents in a medical malpractice case after the district court found that the appellants‘ expert testimony regarding causation was scientifically unreliable. Because we find that the district judge impermissibly weighed the evidence in considering respondents‘ motion and that ... More...   $0 (10-13-2009 - ID)

Detective Michael Pieroni appeals the district court’s denial of summary judgment on his claim for qualified immunity. Pieroni interviewed plaintiff Terri Conner after she and her husband were arrested for carrying a concealed weapon. Mrs. Conner alleges that Pieroni kept her incarcerated even though he admitted knowing that Mrs. Conner was factually innocent of any crime. Mrs. Conner filed a 42... More...   $0 (10-11-2009 - MI)

Kelly Parsons, Kirk Price and Shannon Davis sued Michael A. Trojanowski, Ricky L. Meyers, Eurodent-Hagelmanagement on a breach of contract theory.... More...   $135000 (10-08-2009 - OK)

Pretrial-detainee Charles Leon Weatherford suffered a fatal heart attack while incarcerated in the Muskogee County Detention Center (MCDC). Defendant-Appellant Debbie Taylor was the supervisor on duty at the time. Weatherford’s estate filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Taylor and other defendants.

In this interlocutory appeal from an order denying summary judgment, we must decide ... More...   $0 (10-07-2009 - OK)

Carolynne Kieffer (Plaintiff) appeals pro se from the judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis in favor of Jennifer Icaza, Ramiro Icaza and, Dianne Icaza (Defendants). Plaintiff claims that the trial court erred in: (1) denying her motion for jury trial, and (2) entering its judgment more than thirty days after the case was taken under submission rendering the judgment void. Finding ... More...   $0 (10-06-2009 - MO)

Bobby Joe Rylee died after an altercation with police officers in Russellville, Arkansas, and a period of detention in the Pope County Detention Center. Sandy Krout, individually and as administratrix of Rylee’s estate, brought an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against five Russellville police officers and four Pope County correctional officers in their individual capacities. She alleged that th... More...   $0 (10-06-2009 - AR)

Carolynne Kieffer (Plaintiff) appeals pro se from the judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis in favor of Jennifer Icaza, Ramiro Icaza and, Dianne Icaza (Defendants). Plaintiff claims that the trial court erred in: (1) denying her motion for jury trial, and (2) entering its judgment more than thirty days after the case was taken under submission rendering the judgment void. Finding ... More...   $0 (10-06-2009 - MO)

Giant of Maryland, LLC (“Giant”) appeals a judgment entered on a jury verdict in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County in favor of Julia M. Taylor, a former Giant employee, in an employment discrimination and retaliation case. After a seven-day trial, the jury found by special verdict that, during a particular time period ending on February 3, 2003, Giant discriminated against Taylor ... More...   $0 (10-05-2009 - )

Diane Cook (Diane) and Michael Cook (Michael) (collectively, Cooks), filed suit against Chief of Police Edward Locke Jr. (Chief Locke) and the City of Bella Villa (City) (collectively, Appellees) for alleged federal civil rights violations. The Cooks included supplemental state law claims against Chief Locke for malicious prosecution and indecent assault and battery, and against the City on a theo... More...   $0 (10-02-2009 - MO)

Fabian Santiago, then 17 years old, and his two adult step-uncles Manuel and Daniel Garibay, were asked to leave a hotel property after an evening of drinking and disorderly behavior. Manuel drove the three from the hotel parking lot. Mistaking a frontage road for the freeway, Manuel rolled the vehicle while driving at approximately 80 miles per hour. Fabian suffered severe spinal injuries in ... More...   $0 (10-01-2009 - NV)