¶1 Jason and Melissa Miller, individually and as guardians ad litem for their minor child, appeal from a judgment entered after a jury verdict. The Millers argue that the district court erred in ruling certain evidence inadmissible under federal law, and in denying their requests for an instruction against drawing adverse inferences (adverse inference instruction) regarding the excluded evidence ... More...   $0 (08-31-2012 - UT)

Tricam Industries, Inc. (“Tricam�) and Home Depot, etc., (collectively, “the defendants�) appeal from a final judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict in favor of Diana Coba (“the plaintiff�), as personal representative of the estate of Roberto Coba (“the decedent�), and denial of their motion to set aside the verdict.

The plaintiff cross-appeals from a denial of her moti... More...   $0 (08-29-2012 - FL)

Trinity Memorial Cemetery disinterred the body of Adam Kellerman-Pate at the request of his mother, Joni Pate, and sent it for reburial in Texas, where Ms. Pate resided. The removal of Adam's body was done without the knowledge or permission of his widow, Priscilla Mellette. She sued Trinity for damages based on theories of tortious interference with a dead body and reckless infliction of emotiona... More...   $0 (08-29-2012 - FL)

An Oklahoma jury convicted Defendant Brian Darrell Davis of the firstdegree murder and rape of Josephine “Jodyâ€� Sanford, the mother of his girlfriend Stacey Sanford. On the recommendation of the jury, Defendant received a 100- year prison sentence for the rape and a death sentence for the murder. After unsuccessfully appealing to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (OCCA), see Davis v. Stat... More...   $0 (08-28-2012 - OK)

Touchstone Television Productions (Touchstone) hired actress Nicollette Sheridan (Sheridan) to appear in the first season of the television series Desperate Housewives. The agreement gave Touchstone the exclusive option to renew Sheridan‟s services on an annual basis for an additional six seasons. Touchstone renewed Sheridan‟s services up to and including Season 5. During Season 5, Touchstone ... More...   $0 (08-20-2012 - CA)

This lawsuit against the City arises out of a car accident involving a police patrol car that was en route in response to an officer’s call for assistance. Hatton sued under the Texas Tort Claims Act, claiming that the Act’s waiver of immunity applied and that the City was liable for damages. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 101.055(1) (West 2011). The City filed a plea to the jurisdict... More...   $0 (08-16-2012 - TX)

COME NOW the Plaintiffs and for their causes of action against the Defendant allege and state as follows:

1. That on or about May 9, 2004, on State Highway 51 near Meridian Road, Stiliwater, Payne County, Oklahoma, the Defendants negligently operated their vehicle, colliding with Plaintiff, Kenneth Karner’s vehicle. Plaintiffs Logan Karner and Eric Nelson were passengers in Kenneth Karner... More...   $0 (08-06-2012 - OK)

In this insurance dispute, Defendant-Appellant James Sweeney (“Mr. Sweeneyâ€�) appeals from the Order of the District Court granting summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (“Liberty Mutualâ€�). Liberty Mutual cross-appeals from the portion of the District Court‟s Order rejecting two alternative and independent bases for denying Mr. Sw... More...   $0 (08-03-2012 - PA)

In this employment discrimination suit, Ousman Cham alleges that the defendant, Station Operators, discriminated against him on the basis of race and national origin, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and retaliated against him for taking medical leave, in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.

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The Plaintiffs-Appellants challenge the Federal Highway Administration’s selection of a route for the South Lawrence Trafficway, a proposed highway project in the city of Lawrence, Kansas. Appellants claim two aspects of the Highway Administration’s decision render it arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act. First, Appellants claim the environmental impact statement sup... More...   $0 (07-11-2012 - KS)

This appeal hinges on whether Jaysen McCleary, as the administrator of his mother’s estate, or ReliaStar Life Insurance Company (ReliaStar), owns claims that McCleary alleged against ReliaStar. The district court2 granted summary judgment in favor of ReliaStar. We affirm.

I.

Sandra Emas owned a $100,000.00 life insurance policy issued by ReliaStar. The policy named her estate a... More...   $0 (06-29-2012 - IA)

Our law recognizes that when a spouse suffers a personal injury, the marital partner may likewise suffer injury as a consequence. In this case, appellant Sandra Leonard‘s husband, John Leonard, was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a progressive and fatal disease related to asbestos exposure. Sandra and John1 were married at the time of his diagnosis, but not at the time of his exposure to asbestos-c... More...   $0 (06-13-2012 - CA)

¶1 Eighteen-month-old Wonzie Barrientos’s mother, Jessica Nelson, was killed in a car accident, the tragic result of a high-speed chase in which an Ogden City police officer pursued a speeding car that ultimately crashed into Nelson’s car. Plaintiff sued the police officer and Ogden City for negligence. Ogden City defended the case on the ground that it had governmental immunity and, if it di... More...   $0 (06-08-2012 - UT)

Over the course of six months, Appellant Kenneth Kidwell, a sixteen-year veteran of the Danville, Illinois police department, publicly criticized several departmental officials at two police officers’ union meetings. Roughly during that same time period, Kidwell also committed several violations of departmental policy and was punished accordingly with, among other things, a written reprimand and... More...   $0 (05-23-2012 - IL)

Travelers Commercial Insurance appeals a summary final judgment entered for the appellee Crystal Harrington on her claim for uninsured motorist benefits. The summary judgment is affirmed as to the determination of coverage and stacking of the benefits under the Travelers policy of insurance. The judgment is reversed as to the award of such benefits because there are outstanding issues which might ... More...   $0 (05-10-2012 - FL)

This is a personal-injury suit stemming from a one-car accident that occurred when plaintiff-appellant Orlando Salinas was a passenger in his supervisor’s vehicle travelling home to Texas from a worksite in Louisiana. Salinas challenges the trial court’s granting summary judgment in his employer’s favor. We affirm.

Background

Salinas and his supervisor, defendant Octave ... More...   $0 (05-03-2012 - TX)

¶ 1 Plaintiffs, Tracey Powell, individually and as special administrator of the estate of Adam McDonald, deceased, George Kakidas, individually and as special administrator of the estate of Diana Kakidas, deceased, and Alexander Chakonas, individually and as special administrator of the estate of Christina Chakonas, deceased, filed wrongful-death actions arising from a car accident where plaintif... More...   $0 (05-01-2012 - IL)

¶1 We review the court of appeals’ unpublished decision in Sunahara v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.,No. 09CA0599, slip op. (Colo. App. May 6, 2010) (not selected for official publication), to determine: (1) whether the court of appeals erred under Colorado’s collateral source doctrine when it admitted evidence of the amounts paid by Respondent State Farm Mutual Automobile Insu... More...   $0 (04-30-2012 - CO)

Joan J. Stickley, appellant, appeals from the grant of a motion for summary judgment in favor of State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, appellee, in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. At issue is the applicability of Maryland Code (2005 Supp.), § 19-504.1 of the Insurance Article (“Ins.â€�), which requires an insurer to offer “under a policy . . . of private passenger motor vehicle liabili... More...   $0 (04-27-2012 - )

Jose and Nayeli Carrillo, father and daughter, sued Boise Tire Co. (Boise Tire), alleging that Boise Tire improperly performed a tire rotation on their vehicle and that as a result, the Carrillos and Marisela Lycan, Jose’s partner and Nayeli’s mother, were in a motor vehicle accident. Marisela was killed, Jose was injured, and eighteen-month old Nayeli underwent testing that revealed no physic... More...   $0 (04-13-2012 - ID)

Amy Warmbrod filed suit against United Services Automobile Association (USAA) alleging various causes of action and seeking damages arising out of USAA’s handling of her underinsured motorist claim. Warmbrod appeals the summary judgment granted in favor of USAA. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Warmbrod sustained severe injuries in a car accident on July 28, 2006. She was treated free of c... More...   $0 (04-11-2012 - TX)

This appeal involves litigation arising from the death of Dondi Johnson, Sr., after he was arrested for public urination. Appellees, and cross-appellants, Mr. Johnson’s estate and his two sons,1 filed a wrongful death and survivorship action in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City against appellants, Officers Sendy Ferdinand, Michael Riser, and Nicole Leake. A jury found in favor of appellees, a... More...   $0 (04-05-2012 - MD)

Marjorie Gayle Hendrix, the appellant, was injured in an automobile accident caused by Charles Robert Burns, one of the appellees. In the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Mrs. Hendrix sued Mr. Burns and Candice Marie Burns, his wife, the other appellee, alleging battery and negligence against Mr. Burns and negligent entrustment against Mrs. Burns.

Mrs. Hendrix prayed a jury trial. Before... More...   $0 (03-29-2012 - MD)

Peggy Younger sued BNSF Railway Company a train/ car accident at a railroad crossing
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Gail and Darrell Mansfield (“the Mansfieldsâ€�) and Caleb Horner appeal the trial court‟s grant of summary judgment in favor of Fire Insurance Exchange (“FIEâ€�) on its petition for declaratory judgment. On appeal, Horner and the Mansfields contend that the trial court erred in granting FIE‟s motion for summary judgment because a household resident exclusion clause in Horner‟s homeowners... More...   $0 (03-13-2012 - MO)