Ronnie and Tammy Lanier were injured in an on-the-job accident when a dump truck hit their tractor-trailer. The Laniers sued the driver, David Allen Beavers; Beavers’s employer, Choice Drivers; and the company Beavers was driving for, Eastern Foundations, Inc. A jury returned a verdict in the Laniers’ favor, awarding $131,000 in past damages to Ronnie and $38,550 in past damages to Tammy. The ... More...   $0 (05-24-2013 - TX)

Jasmine Montgomery appeals from a final summary judgment for Wanda Mattucci. In six issues, Montgomery contends that the trial court imposed death penalty sanctions against her, that those sanctions were excessive, that the trial court did not first test lesser sanctions, that the trial court’s imposition of such sanctions violated her due process rights, that she was not the offending party, an... More...   $0 (05-23-2013 - TX)

United States citizen Fauzia Din filed a visa petition on behalf of her husband Kanishka Berashk, a citizen and resident of Afghanistan. Nine months later, the visa was denied. Consular officials informed Din and Berashk only

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that the visa had been denied under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(3)(B), a broad provision that excludes aliens on a variety of terrorism-related grounds. ... More...   $0 (05-23-2013 - CA)

The State of Oklahoma charged Jedediah Stephen Perkey with leaving the scene of a fatality accident in violation of 47 O.S. 10-102.1 which provides: "A. The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in the death of any person shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident or as close thereto as possible but shall then forthwith return to and in every event shall re... More...   $0 (05-22-2013 - OK)

Our question is whether the Constitution permits the Arizona legislature to prohibit abortion beginning at twenty weeks gestation, before the fetus is viable. We hold that it does not.

Arizona House Bill 2036 (“H.B. 2036â€� or “the Actâ€�), enacted in April 2012, forbids, except in a medical emergency, abortion of a fetus determined to be of a gestational age of at least twenty weeks.... More...   $0 (05-22-2013 - AZ)

In 2009, Appellant Ryan Hart (“Appellantâ€� or “Hartâ€�)1 brought suit against Appellee Electronic Arts, Inc. (“Appelleeâ€� or “EAâ€�) for allegedly violating his right of publicity as recognized under New Jersey law. Specifically, Appellant‟s claims stemmed from Appellee‟s alleged use of his likeness and biographical information in its NCAA Football series of videogames. The District ... More...   $0 (05-21-2013 - nj)

Janet Winslow Peterson ("Janet")1 and Linda Winslow Lambright ("Linda") (collectively "Appellants") appeal from the entry of judgment following a jury trial in favor of Progressive Contractors, Inc. ("PCI") and Highway Technologies, Inc. ("HTI") (collectively "Respondents") on their claims for personal injuries and for wrongful death. Appellants claim the trial court erroneously overruled an objec... More...   $0 (05-21-2013 - MO)

Janet Winslow Peterson ("Janet")1 and Linda Winslow Lambright ("Linda") (collectively "Appellants") appeal from the entry of judgment following a jury trial in favor of Progressive Contractors, Inc. ("PCI") and Highway Technologies, Inc. ("HTI") (collectively "Respondents") on their claims for personal injuries and for wrongful death. Appellants claim the trial court erroneously overruled an objec... More...   $0 (05-21-2013 - MO)

Paula K. Gregory, individually and on behalf of the estates of Darryl Gregory, Jr. and Monique L. Carpenter sued Old Republic Home Protection on negligence wrongful death, breach of implied warranty and unfair and deceptive trans practices theories claiming that both died on November 14, 2008 as a direct result of carbon monoxide poisoning as a result of faulty repair of a heating system where ... More...   $0 (05-21-2013 - NC)

The State of Oklahoma charged Matthew Charles Oeth, age 27, with four counts child abuse by injury in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 in conjunction with alleged abuse of two boys and a girl who were ages 6,4 and 3 when the abuse occurred in August, 2012. Investigators found bruises, bit marks and belt marks on the children.

The mother of the children was charged with permitting the abuse. More...   $0 (05-21-2013 - OK)

Terri Greig brought this medical malpractice action against Dr. Maged Botros in the District of Kansas based on diversity jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a). The decedent Michael Greig, Terri Greig’s husband, died from a ruptured aortic dissecting aneurysm, which occurs when the aorta tears. We exercise our jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm. ___________________... More...   $0 (05-21-2013 - KS)

The State of Oklahoma charged Terry Finch aka "T.J.", age 19, with three counts of assault and batter with a deadly weapon in violation of 21 O.S. 652; possession of firearm after juvenile adjudication in violation of 21 O.S. 1283; and kidnapping in violation of 21 O.S. 741 in conjunction with the robbery of Marcus Goodou, Jr. of money, a ring and a car in July of 2012.

Title 21 O.S. 801 pr... More...   $0 (05-20-2013 - OK)

Robert Jeffrey Chaskes, D.O., Sandra Saint-Eloi, A.R.N.P., and their employer Vohra Health Services, P.A., appeal from a final judgment in this medical malpractice action for the negligent treatment of a sacral decubitus ulcer (a bedsore). The defendant doctor and nurse treated then eighty-eight-year-old Dilia Jaquez over a period of two weeks while she was at Miami Gardens Nursing Center followin... More...   $0 (05-20-2013 - FL)

The State of Ohio charged Ricardo Woods, age 35, with murder with specification in violation of 2903-02A and B, felonious assault with specification in violation of 2903-11A1 of the Ohio statutes; having weapons while under disability in violation of 2923-13A2 of the Ohio statutes and having weapons while under disability in violation of 2923-13A3 of the Ohio statutes in conjunction with the shooi... More...   $0 (05-18-2013 - OH)

1. On January 6, 2012 the Carter L. Cook was operating a motor vehicle in Washita County, Oklahoma. A vehicle owned and operated by the State of Oklahoma, by and through its employee then acting within the scope of his employment negligently pulled into the path of the vehicle operated by Carter L. Cook. As a result of the defendant’s negligence a collision occurred and Carter L. Cook died from ... More...   $175000 (05-17-2013 - OK)

The State of Alabama charged Carlos Edward Kennedy, age 27, with first-degree capital murder in conjunction with the death of Zoa White, who was beaten to death in her home in June of 2010. Police identified Kennedy from palm and fingerprints at the scene of the crime in addition to his DNA in blood samples.

Section 13A-6-2 of the Code of Alabama provides: Section 13A-6-2 - Murder.

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The State of Oklahoma charged Desjuante Deceres Boyd, age 19, with first-degree murder in violation of 21 O.S. 701.1 and two counts robbery with a firearm in violation of 21 O.S. 801 in conjunction with the shooting death of Shawn Hunt on August 16, 2011 in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart Store in Tulsa, Oklahoma. ... More...   $0 (05-17-2013 - OK)

The parties dispute the nature of this lawsuit. Appellant Robert F. Meekins, Jr. characterizes it as a trespass to try title suit, while appellees Roy and Mari Kay Wisnoski contend it is “an impermissible collateral attack on a probate court’s final appealable order related to the partition of . . . real property.â€� In three issues, Meekins challenges the trial court’s entry of summary judg... More...   $0 (05-16-2013 - TX)

In this case, we consider a certified question concerning the award of compensation under the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan (the Plan). We have for review the decision of the Fifth District Court of Appeal in Samples v. Florida Birth-Related Neurological, 40 So. 3d 18 (Fla. 5th DCA 2010). The Fifth District upheld the constitutionality of section 766.31(1)(b)1, Florid... More...   $100000 (05-16-2013 - FL)

Michael Joseph Griffin appeals an order of the circuit court denying his motion to vacate his conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of death filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. Griffin also petitions this Court

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for a writ of habeas corpus. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), (9), Fla. Const. For the reasons explained below, we affirm the tr... More...   $0 (05-16-2013 - FL)

This case involves the City of Waterloo’s efforts to be reimbursed under Iowa Code section 411.22 (2011) for its payment of medical expenses and temporary disability benefits on behalf of an injured police officer. The district court rejected the city’s indemnification claim to proceeds of the officer’s settlement of his tort claim against third parties. Because section 411.22 only contempla... More...   $0 (05-16-2013 - IA)

After John Herman’s death, the Estate of John Herman was substituted as the appellant in the instant action. The Estate appeals a district court decision upholding the workers’ compensation commissioner’s denial of benefits for Herman’s right foot injury. Because we find the commissioner’s outright rejection of uncontroverted medical opinions is not supported by substantial evidence when... More...   $0 (05-16-2013 - IA)

Appellant Brian Alexander Clifton was convicted in September 2003 of premeditated first-degree murder for the shooting death of Steven Nix. We affirmed Clifton’s conviction on direct appeal. State v. Clifton, 701 N.W.2d 793, 801 (Minn. 2005). In this case, Clifton appeals the denial of his petition for postconviction relief. Because we conclude that the postconviction court properly denied Clift... More...   $0 (05-15-2013 - MN)

The State of Oklahoma charged Robbin Evan Elsman, age 60, threatening an act of violence in violation of 21 O.S. 1378 as a result of walking into the Tulsa Police Department Riverside Division office in October of 2011 and telling the officers that he had an explosive device in a parked vehicle outside the building and saying that he wanted to burn down the building. A search of his car revealed ... More...   $0 (05-15-2013 - OK)

On June 26, 2012, this panel issued a summary order (1) affirming the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Hellerstein, J.) denying Appellant’s renewed motion to intervene, and (2) ordering Appellant and her attorney to show cause why they should not be sanctioned for their conduct before this Court. See Ransmeier v. Mariani, 486 F. App’x 890, 893... More...   $0 (05-15-2013 - ny)