Randal McCullough, a participant in a defined-benefit pension plan sponsored and administered by AEGON USA, Inc. (“AEGON”), brought suit under section 502(a)(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(2). He alleged that various plan fiduciaries breached their fiduciary duties to the plan and engaged in prohibited transactions in violation of ... More...   $0 (11-03-2009 - IA)

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)

Jebaco Inc. appeals the dismissal of its federal antitrust claims against Pinnacle Entertainment and Harrah’s Operating Company, Inc., along with five Harrah’s subsidiaries (“Harrah’s”). The district court dismissed the claims 1 under Fed. Rule Civ. Proc. 12(c) as barred by the state action doctrine and Noerr- Pennington petitioning immunity. We affirm on the alternate ground, fully brie... More...   $0 (10-31-2009 - LA)

Larry Groover and the guardians of decedent Chad Groover’s minor children (collectively the “Groovers”) appeal the district court’s summary judgment order dismissing their tort claims against Omni Pinnacle, LLC (Omni) and Cahaba Disaster Recovery, LLC (Cahaba). Because we hold that the Louisiana workers’ compensation scheme shielded Omni and Cahaba from tort liability, we affirm.

... More...   $0 (10-31-2009 - LA)

This action involves a dispute over the parties‟ respective rights upon termination of a joint venture. Appellants Jan Vreeken (Vreeken); Gergbroeders Meijer Belegging, B.V., a Netherlands corporation (Gergbroeders); Lockwood Engineering, B.V., a Netherlands corporation (Lockwood); and Third-Party Appellants Lockwood Packaging Corporation (LP) and Lockwood Packaging Corporation Idaho (LPI) file ... More...   $0 (10-21-2009 - ID)

James W. Powell, Jr. (“plaintiff”) appeals the 27 May 2008 order requiring him to execute a settlement agreement and quitclaim deed. Defendant City of Newton (“the city”), third-party defendant Shaver Wood Products, Inc. (“Shaver”), and third-party defendant W.K. Dickson Engineering, Inc. (“Dickson”) (collectively “defendants”) appeal the 19 August 2008 order denying their moti... More...   $0 (10-20-2009 - NC)

Ted and Mary Bissette (the “Bissettes”) appeal from orders: (1) granting plaintiffs’ and third-party defendants’ summary judgment motion, (2) dismissing their claim for breach of fiduciary duty, and (3) awarding attorneys’ fees for contempt and enforcement of subdivision restrictions. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

FACTS

Moss Creek is a single-family residential... More...   $0 (10-20-2009 - NC)

Jessica Hardy (“plaintiff”) was a tenth grade student at Southside High School in Beaufort County during the 2007-2008 school year. On 18 January 2008, a fight involving numerous students occurred, and plaintiff was one of the students involved.

As a result, plaintiff was subsequently suspended for ten days, beginning 24 January 2008. Additionally, the principal of Southside High School... More...   $0 (10-20-2009 - NC)

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant Michael Hummons appeals from a summary judgment rendered against him on his claim for personal injuries arising from a motor vehicle accident. He contends that the trial court erred in rendering summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee Dayton Power & Light (DP&L), because it erred in concluding that his action against the company was time-barred. He further conten... More...   $0 (10-16-2009 - OH)

Kathleen Sharp appeals the district court’s dismissal of one federal claim (Title VII) and three related state-law claims against the Worthington City School District Board of Education. We affirm.

I.

Sharp taught in the Worthington school district from 1992 until the school board fired her in 2008. At some point near the end of her tenure, she filed discrimination charges against ... More...   $0 (10-16-2009 - OH)

Plaintiff walked into a bar. He was injured when the stool he sat on collapsed beneath him and he sued defendant, the bar owner and operator, for the injuries that he incurred. A jury awarded plaintiff $37,600 in economic damages, approximately the amount that plaintiff's medical providers had billed him for their services. Plaintiff was over 65 years old and, pursuant to the federal Social Sec... More...   $0 (10-15-2009 - OR)

In this diversity action, John Gates alleges that the presence of Sprint Spectrum’s telecommunications equipment on his property constitutes a trespass. The district court granted summary judgment to Sprint on the basis that the alleged injury took place prior to Mr. Gates’s acquisition of the property and that, absent an assignment, a cause of action for trespass belongs only to the property ... More...   $0 (10-14-2009 - ks)

Respondent City of Salem (the city) seeks review of an opinion and order of the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) that reversed the city's denial of petitioner's application for approval of a tentative partition plan. The city contends that LUBA erred in concluding that petitioner adequately preserved his objections to the denial of the partition request. The city also asserts that LUBA erred in ... More...   $0 (10-14-2009 - OR)

Defendant insurer appeals from a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant's insureds, in this case involving the provisions of a homeowners insurance policy. On appeal, defendant asserts that the policy does not provide any coverage for plaintiffs' claim. Plaintiffs cross-appeal, assigning error to the trial court's limitation of their recovery to $5,000. We reverse on appeal and dismiss plaintiffs' ... More...   $0 (10-14-2009 - OR)

This appeal is from a judgment entered by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County against Ahmed M. Ali, appellant, and in favor of CIT Technology Financing Services, Inc., appellee, in the amount of $190,725.85 in damages and $21,977.95 in prejudgment interest. Appellant contends that the trial court should have dismissed the suit because it was barred by the applicable statute of limitatio... More...   $0 (10-05-2009 - MD)

16 Plaintiff-Appellant Sandra McBride appeals from a decision of the United States District
17 Court for the District of Connecticut (Underhill, J.) granting the motion of Defendant-Appellee BIC
18 Consumer Products Manufacturing Company, Inc. (“BIC”) for summary judgment. McBride’s
19 complaint alleged that BIC violated the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), 42... More...   $0 (10-05-2009 - CT)

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (“Stanford”) appeals a final judgment that the asserted claims of U.S. Patents No. 5,968,730 (“’730 patent”), No. 6,503,705 (“’705 patent”), and No. 7,129,041 (“’041 patent”) are invalid for obviousness. Bd. of Trs. v. Roche Molecular Sys., Inc., 563 F. Supp. 2d 1016 (N.D. Cal. 2008) (“Invalidity Opinion”). Ro... More...   $0 (10-05-2009 - CA)

Plaintiff, Shelby County Health Care Corporation (“the Med”), filed this action pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. (“ERISA”), challenging the decision of Majestic Star Casino, LLC (“Majestic”), the plan administrator of The Majestic Star Casino, LLC Group Health Benefit Plan (the “Plan”), to deny the Med’s claim for benefits. The M... More...   $0 (10-03-2009 - TN)

This interlocutory appeal[1] arises from the trial court=s denial of a plea to the jurisdiction filed by appellant, the City of Pasadena. Appellant asserts governmental immunity from a personal-injury lawsuit involving a Pasadena police officer who was involved in an automobile collision while responding to an emergency dispatch. The driver of the other vehicle, appellee James West, contends tha... More...   $0 (10-01-2009 - TX)

In this defamation suit, appellants, Patricia Vice and Kathie Slotter, bring an interlocutory appeal challenging the trial court's order that denied their summary judgment motion in favor of the appellees, Daniel J. Kasprzak, Patricia C. Kasprzak, and Katherine D. Kasprzak. In nine issues, Vice and Slotter argue that the trial court erred in denying summary judgment on three publications because (... More...   $0 (10-01-2009 - TX)

[¶1] David K. Stone and Nicholas B. Loundagin assigned their operating rights under a state oil and gas lease to Devon Energy Production Company, L.P. (Devon) and Carpenter & Sons, Inc. (Carpenter). When Devon and Carpenter did not offer to reassign the operating rights to them six months before the lease expiration date, Mr. Stone and Mr. Loundagin filed an action against them for breach of cont... More...   $0 (10-01-2009 - WY)

Defendant, the City of Bend, appeals a general judgment in which the trial court declared that an ordinance and resolution that created an economic improvement district (EID) within the city and imposed assessments against affected property owners, including plaintiffs, were "null, void and unenforceable." On appeal, defendant contends that (1) the trial court lacked jurisdiction to issue a decla... More...   $0 (09-30-2009 - OR)

The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) filed this action against the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Salem (Urban Renewal) and others, alleging that workers who performed construction on a hotel were not paid prevailing wages under Oregon's Prevailing Wage Rate Law, former ORS 279.348 to 279.380.(1) After the parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment, the trial c... More...   $0 (09-30-2009 - OR)

This is an appeal from summary judgment in an interpleader action in which the district court determined that respondent partnership was entitled to the proceeds from the settlement of a lawsuit against the federal government, and dismissed appellants’ damages claims against respondent law firms, who were litigation counsel in the federal lawsuit and commenced this interpleader action to resolve... More...   $0 (09-29-2009 - MN)

Lisa Adams (Adams), William O. Weindell and Pauline Weindell (collectively referred to as Weindells; Adams and Weindells collectively referred to as Plaintiffs) appeal from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Stefano Cossa and Susan Cossa (Cossas or Defendants) on Plaintiffs’ First Amended Petition alleging misrepresentation.1 We reverse the trial court’s grant of summary... More...   $0 (09-29-2009 - MO)