This case is unusual, in part, because of the incentives established under the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (“NICAâ€�) statute, sections 766.301-316, Florida Statutes, which sets forth an administrative process for infants who sustain severe birth-related neurological injuries to establish their eligibility for NICA plan benefits. Emma Johnston suffered perm... More...   $0 (05-17-2013 - FL)

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)

This is an appeal from an order terminating the parental rights of B.C.T.’s parents. B.C.T.’s father appeals. We affirm.

Issues

B.C.T.’s father, Appellant, has filed a pro se brief in which he presents three issues for review. In the first issue, Appellant contends that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to appoint an attorney ad litem to represent Appellant, ther... More...   $0 (05-09-2013 - TX)

A jury found Freddie Wallace guilty of one count of production of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) and one count of possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B). The district court1 sentenced Wallace to 265 months’ imprisonment on the production of child pornography count and a concurrent 120 months’ imprisonment on the possession of child po... More...   $0 (04-25-2013 - AR)

WALTERS, J.
In this domestic relations case, we decide that, pursuant to ORS 107.1041 2
and ORS 107.135(15),2 3 a court may enforce an agreement between parents not to seek
4 modification of the child support terms of a stipulated judgment of dissolution unless to
5 do so would violate the law or contravene public policy. We also decide that, in this
6 case, father did not demo... More...   $0 (04-18-2013 - OR)

Brian Annoreno appeals his aggregate 480-month sentence after pleading guilty to charges of conspiring to receive, transport, and distribute

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child pornography, receipt of child pornography, and possession of materials containing child pornography. He contends the sentencing judge committed a variety of errors: failing to calculate the guideline range properly, faili... More...   $0 (04-12-2013 - IL)

Defendant Mildred Delgado was convicted of robbery (Pen. Code, § 211)1 and kidnapping for purposes of robbery (§ 209, subd. (b)(1)), on evidence from which a jury could have determined an accomplice, rather than defendant, personally performed the act of asportation necessary to the offense of kidnapping. He contends the trial court erred in failing to instruct, sua sponte, on the law of accompl... More...   $0 (04-04-2013 - CA)

In August 2000, an Oklahoma state court jury convicted Clayton Lockett of 19 counts, including burglary, assault, rape, and first degree murder. He was sentenced to 2,285 years and 90 days of imprisonment for his non-capital crimes and sentenced to death for his murder conviction. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (“OCCAâ€�) affirmed Mr. Lockett’s convictions and sentence and later denied... More...   $0 (04-01-2013 - OK)

American Atheists, Inc. sued the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and World Trade Center Memorial Foundation/National September 11 Memorial And Museum claiming that the display of a cross-shaped steel beam found in the World Trade Center's rubble constituted an endorsement of Christianity, diminishing the contributions of non-Christian rescuers in violation of the Constitution.
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This certiorari proceeding requires us to address the agricultural exemption from county zoning. See Iowa Code § 335.2 (2011). The property owners who brought this action had a lengthy dispute with Linn County over whether houses they had built were subject to the county’s zoning and subdivision ordinances. We are asked to review two separate decisions by the Linn County Board of Adjustment—i... More...   $0 (03-29-2013 - IA)

Nathaniel Benjamin raises four issues on appeal from the District Court‘s judgment of conviction and sentence. First, Benjamin argues that there was insufficient evidence supporting one of his felon-in-possession convictions and his conviction for possession with intent to distribute marijuana and cocaine base. Second, Benjamin contends that if the evidence was sufficient to convict him of gun p... More...   $0 (03-26-2013 - PA)

Defendant - Appellant Erik D. Jenkins (“Jenkins�) appeals his conviction
and sentence for various offenses concerning child pornography. Jenkins argues
that the district court erred in applying a two-level sentence enhancement
pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 3A1.1(b)(1). Jenkins also argues that his sentence of
twenty years imprisonment is substantively unreasonable. For the following<... More...   $0 (03-20-2013 - TX)

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Paul Barber and his law firm, Barber & Borg, L.L.C. (Barber), were the attorneys for Ellen Sam. Barber filed a lawsuit against numerous defendants for injuries Sam sustained when her car was struck from behind on Interstate 40 (I-40). Barber also represented Sam in her capacity as the personal representative of the estates of her daughter and granddaughter, both of whom died from inju... More...   $0 (03-11-2013 - NM)

On the second day after the birth of their third child, appellants Angelica Mitchell Moore and husband Kevin Alexander Moore executed affidavits relinquishing their parental rights to the infant and designating as managing conservators appellees Donna M. Brown and husband Alvin Benard Brown.1 Relying on these affidavits, the Browns obtained an order from the district court terminating the Mooresâ€... More...   $0 (02-21-2013 - TX)

Sofia Aguayo appeals a judgment against her and in favor of Michelle Amaro, the special administrator of the Estate of Isabel Infante. Sofia1 and Amaro both sought to quiet title to real property located at 3665 Gillig Avenue in Los Angeles (the property). After a bench trial, the court determined that the property belonged to the estate on the ground that Sofia was barred from asserting adverse p... More...   $0 (02-14-2013 - CA)

After a joint trial in Superior Court, a jury convicted the defendant of reckless endangerment of a child in violation of G.L. c. 265, § 13L, and sentenced her to a two-year term of probation. [FN1] On appeal, the defendant argues that (1) the evidence was insufficient to sustain her conviction; (2) the jury instructions were flawed; (3) medical records admitted at trial improperly included prior... More...   $0 (02-06-2013 - MA)

Michael Argenyi, a young man with a serious hearing impairment, moved from Seattle to Omaha, Nebraska to attend medical school at Creighton University. Before enrolling Argenyi requested specific accommodations from Creighton for his hearing impairment. They were denied, but Argenyi repeatedly renewed them during his first two years at Creighton Medical School. He explained that without these acco... More...   $0 (01-16-2013 - NE)

Appellees, Ada Shorts and Sterling Drisdale, Individually and as Representatives of the Estate of Ja’Marean J. Shorts Drisdale, Deceased, sued appellant, Adaiah Ezekiel, M.D., for medical malpractice. Dr. Ezekiel filed a motion to dismiss appellees’ suit for failure to file an expert report within the 120th day of filing suit. The trial court denied Dr. Ezekiel’s motion to dismiss. We revers... More...   $0 (01-13-2013 - TX)

[¶1] Appellant, Jeffrey Arnott (Father), challenges the district court’s order denying his petition for modification of the parties’ divorce decree, which granted primary physical custody of the parties’ two daughters to Appellee, Paula (“Polly�) Arnott (Mother).

Father sought modification of custody after Mother gave notice of her intention to relocate to Virginia with the child... More...   $0 (12-28-2012 - WY)

WHEREAS, on November 5, 2009, Seong Bae Choi filed a class action complaint in Seong Bae Choi, et al. v. Toyota Motor Corp., et al., No. 2:09-8143 (C.D. Cal.), alleging, among other things, that Toyota (as defined below) designed, manufactured, distributed, advertised and sold certain automobiles containing an alleged defect that allegedly would allow sudden unintended acceleration of the vehicle ... More...   $1000000000 (12-27-2012 - CA)

Appellant Sharon Ann Gribble, individually and in her capacity as guardian of the person and estate of Michael Ray Gribble, her disabled adult son, sued Michael’s alleged biological father, appellee Brent Allen Layton, for a determination of parentage and child support. Layton moved to dismiss the suit on statute-of-limitations grounds and, alternatively, on the grounds that Sharon lacked standi... More...   $0 (12-07-2012 - TX)

Appellant, Jessica Bhan, challenges the trial court’s August 4, 2010 order, entered after a jury trial, appointing Danet and Kranz as the sole managing conservators of Bhan’s minor child.1 In her first two issues, Bhan contends that the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support the jury’s finding that her appointment as sole managing conservator would significantly impair the... More...   $0 (11-30-2012 - TX)

This case grows out of an avoidable tragedy. Ann and Greg Elwell were in the process of adopting T.S., a young boy who had been in their care almost his entire life.

But approximately one month after a complaint of emotional abuse of another child in the Elwells’ care—which all parties agree did not raise concerns for T.S.’s safety or welfare and was subsequently deemed unsubstantia... More...   $0 (11-15-2012 - KS)

1. Plaintiff Regina Galvan Zapata is an individual and citizen of the State of Texas and is the parent, legal guardian and next friend of Jacob Perez, Jr., a minor child, who was born on June 26, 2008. Regina Galvan Zapata is entitled to bring an action on behalf of Jacob Perez, Jr. as a result of the severe neurologic injuries the minor plaintiff suffered due to the negligence of the defendants. ... More...   $1 (11-02-2012 - OK)

This appeal concerns the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(b)(1) and (c)(1), and attendant regulations, which prohibit federally licensed firearms dealers from selling handguns to persons under the age of 21. Appellants—the National Rifle Association and individuals who at the time of filing were over the age of 18 but under the age of 21—brought suit in district court against several fe... More...   $0 (10-26-2012 - TX)