Albert DiFederico, a former naval commander, was serving as a civilian contractor for the State Department in Pakistan when he was killed in a terrorist attack on the Marriott Islamabad Hotel. His widow, Mary DiFederico, and their three sons, brought this wrongful death action and survivorship claim alleging that Marriott International ("Marriott") was liable for its failure to adequately secure i... More...   $0 (05-01-2013 - MD)

Anthony Spinner brings this “idea submissionâ€� lawsuit against American Broadcasting Company, Inc. (ABC) for ABC‟s alleged use of his ideas in creating and developing the hit television series LOST. Spinner submitted a script entitled “L.O.S.T.â€� to ABC in 1977, while ABC‟s LOST was created and developed in 2003 and 2004. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of ABC. We affir... More...   $0 (04-05-2013 - CA)

This equitable contribution action involves three insurers, GuideOne Mutual Insurance Company (GuideOne), whose insurance policy covered an employee who negligently caused injuries to another person while driving his car in connection with business for his employer, and Utica National Insurance Group and Graphics Art Mutual Insurance Company (collectively Utica), whose policies only covered the dr... More...   $0 (02-28-2013 - CA)

Plaintiffs, retired General Charles E. “Chuckâ€� Yeager and his foundation, appeal the district court’s order granting summary judgment to Defendants Ed and Connie Bowlin. Yeager contends that the district court should not have struck his declaration, which contains comprehensive details he did not remember at his deposition. He also contends that, under California’s single-publication rule,... More...   $0 (09-11-2012 - CA)

Jeffrey Allen and Tammy Elaine Johnson appeal the circuit court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Medtronic, Inc.,1 in regard to the Johnsons' product liability claims for failure to warn and product defect. The Johnsons claimed that a defibrillator used on Jeffrey Johnson was unreasonably dangerous and in a defective condition because it automatically reverted to an asynchronous mode after ... More...   $0 (03-06-2012 - MO)

Dr. Robert Marsico, Jr., age 47, and Healther Moran, age 39, sued Winner Aviation on negligence theories claiming to have been seriously injured in a plane crash outside Atlanta, Georgia, in 2007. Plaintiffs claimed that Winner Aviation failed to property maintain the aircraft that was being flown by Moran at the time of the crash. Moran was flying the twin-engine Cessna Skymaster airplane, which ... More...   $0 (12-17-2011 - )

Having had his negligence complaint dismissed on two grounds, the plaintiff appeals both an adverse summary judgment and the dismissal order. He argues the trial court erred in applying the applicable statutes of repose and in dismissing the action as a sanction for violation of multiple court orders. We find no error and affirm.

While the plaintiff was dusting crops, the right wing of his ... More...   $0 (10-26-2011 - FL)

Matthew Sullivan appeals the dismissal of Aircraft Belt, Inc. (ABI), Mena Aircraft Interiors, and Pacific Scientific (collectively Respondents) from his civil case for damages arising from an airplane crash. Sullivan argues the trial court erred in dismissing Respondents for lack of personal jurisdiction. Sullivan also contends the trial court erred in failing to allow him to conduct jurisdictio... More...   $0 (09-21-2011 - SC)

A jury returned a verdict for Appellant Curtis Chesser, individually, and through his spouse and power of attorney, Ava Chesser, in his health care liability suit against Appellees LifeCare Management Services, L.L.C. (LMS) and LifeCare Hospitals of North Texas, L.P. d/b/a LifeCare Hospital of Fort Worth (Hospital). After applying the statutory caps to the noneconomic damages awarded by the jury,... More...   $0 (08-31-2011 - TX)

Larry Crouch and Teddy Hudson sued Teledyne Continental Motors on products liability theories claiming that they were injured in a plane crash that they claimed was caused by a defective single-shaft dual magneto manufactured and sold by Defendant and, as a direct result, it failed to provide electrical current to the engine of the plane in which they were flying. Both of the plaintiffs suffered ... More...   $0 (08-13-2011 - AL)

This case involves a challenge to appellee Catherine deBlueux’s appointment as the Successor Independent Administrator of her father’s probate estate. We reverse the trial court’s judgment and remand for further proceedings.

BACKGROUND

Robert Pine died intestate on March 15, 2008. He had four children: Jennifer Pine, Robin Pine-Sims, Mark Pine, and deBlieux. All three siste... More...   $0 (07-14-2011 - TX)

Appellants Denise Schippers and Sharon Cox-Estep filed a wrongful death suit in Duval County. Appellees Reba Mazak (“Reba�) and Mazak Properties, Inc. (“Mazak Inc.�) filed special appearances. Appellees subsequently filed a joint motion to dismiss based on forum non conveniens. The trial court granted Reba’s special appearance and granted the joint motion to dismiss.

On appeal,... More...   $0 (07-13-2011 - TX)

Petitioner John K. Vreeland seeks review of the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal in Vreeland v. Ferrer, 28 So. 3d 906 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010), on the basis of express and direct conflict with the decision of this Court in Orefice v. Albert, 237 So. 2d 142 (Fla. 1970). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Danny Ferrer entered... More...   $0 (07-08-2011 - FL)

April Gallop (“Gallopâ€�) appeals from a March 18, 2010 judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Denny Chin, Judge) dismissing her complaint asserting violations of her constitutional rights pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Federal Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), a common law tort of conspiracy to cause death and great bodily harm, and a violati... More...   $0 (04-27-2011 - NY)

No one’s memory is perfect. People forget things or get confused, and anyone can make an innocent misstatement or two. Or maybe even three or four. But not 868 of them. In this case, the plaintiff’s attorneys, William and Karen Amlong, filed a sixty-three page errata sheet containing 868 attempted changes to their client’s deposition testimony, which was the sole source of evidentiary suppor... More...   $0 (12-28-2010 - FL)

This case requires us to address the difficult balance the state secrets doctrine strikes between fundamental principles of our liberty, including justice, transparency, accountability and national security. Although as judges we strive to honor all of these principles, there are times when exceptional circumstances create an irreconcilable conflict between them.

On those rare occasions, we... More...   $0 (09-09-2010 - CA)

[¶1] The City of Lewiston appeals from an order of the Superior Court (Androscoggin County, Delahanty, J.) denying its motion for summary judgment in a wrongful death suit brought by the estates of three Lewiston High School students who died in a 2006 plane crash while attending an Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) summer program sponsored by the school. The City’s inte... More...   $0 (06-03-2010 - ME)

Mountain Bird, Inc. and Spirit Air, Inc. appeal the district court’s dismissal of their tort claims under Idaho’s economic loss rule. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.

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In June 1999, Spirit Air ordered a Cessna Model 208B aircraft from the Cessna Aircraft Company (“Cessnaâ€�). The plane featured an optional de-icing system “Certified for Flight in I... More...   $0 (03-23-2010 - KS)

¶1 We retained this cause to answer two questions: 1) whether the various defendants/appellees are entitled to the protection of the exclusive remedy provision1 of the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Act; and 2) if so, whether the actions of the respective parties were sufficient to take them outside that protection under this Court's opinion in Parret v. UNICCO Serv. Co., 2005 OK 54, 127 P.3d 572... More...   $0 (03-16-2010 - OK)

Jose Martinez was a passenger aboard a private airplane that crashed shortly after takeoff. Martinez and the pilot were killed. The administrator ad litem for and personal representative of Martinez's estate, John K. Vreeland, filed a wrongful death action against the owner of the plane, the company to which the owner had leased the plane, and the pilot's estate. This appeal involves only the clai... More...   $0 (01-06-2010 - FL)

On January 18, 2003, at 6:38 a.m., a Cirrus SR-22 aircraft with identification number N9523P crashed near Hill City, Minnesota. The pilot and owner of the aircraft, Gary Prokop, and his passenger, James Kosak, were both killed in the crash. Their trustees, Thomas Gartland and Rick Glorvigen, appointed under the Minnesota wrongful-death statute, brought claims against Cirrus, the airplane manufactu... More...   $0 (09-16-2009 - MN)

On June 22, 2006, Connor Freed (“Connor�), who was five, was taken by Paul Carroll, an adult family friend, to the swimming pool at the Crofton Country Club, in Crofton, Maryland. At approximately 4:30 that afternoon, Connor drowned in the Country Club’s swimming pool. The pool was managed at the time of the drowning by D.R.D. Pool Service, Inc. (“the pool company�), appellee.

Les... More...   $0 (07-06-2009 - MD)

We must decide whether admiralty jurisdiction exists over tort claims by two women who were seriously injured when thrown off a jet-propelled Sea-Doo personal watercraft, allegedly operated negligently, on navigable waters in an area of San Diego’s Mission Bay that is reserved for the use of such vessels. The district court thought not, but we believe both the location of the accident and its co... More...   $0 (06-24-2009 - CA)

After an airplane flight crashed near Pucalpa, Peru on August 23, 2005, plaintiffs brought claims of product liability and of negligent design, manufacture and warning against defendant The Boeing Company (Boeing), which designed and manufactured the airplane, and defendant United Technologies Corporation (UTC), which manufactured the airplane’s engines. Plaintiffs were the survivors of the cra... More...   $0 (06-18-2009 - IL)

The Estate of Kim Kosak sued Cirrus Design Corp., University of North Dakota Aerospace Foundation and Estate of Gary Prokop on a negligence theory for the wrongful death of Kosak, age 51, as a result of a plane crash on January 18, 2003. The National Transportation Safety Board investigation concluded the the cause of the crash was pilot error. Plaintiffs claimed that Krokop had not been properly ... More...   $16400000 (06-06-2009 - )