Brand is a small company founded in 2004 by David Brand.1 Until about 2008, Brand sold vent-free heaters— products that provide gas heat without having to vent outdoors—made by a company called ProCom. At that point, Brand began developing the Thermablaster, a vent-free heater that purportedly improved on ProCom’s design.
Through some industry contacts, Brand was introduced to a Chinese com... More...   $0 (09-13-2015 - NJ)

Litherland was the daughter of Etta J. Ideus Jurgens (Etta), who died on January 2, 2013, as a resident of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska. Jurgens and Lenners were Etta’s stepchildren. Each is a beneficiary under Etta’s will dated November 4, 2004, which was offered for probate in the county court. Under the terms of the will, Litherland was to receive certain real estate if it was owned by Etta ... More...   $0 (09-12-2015 - NE)

In this legal malpractice case, appellant Joseph Pressil sued appellees Jason
A. Gibson, Clifford D. Peel, II, Andrew C. Smith, and Jason A. Gibson, P.C. d/b/a
The Gibson Law Firm (collectively, the “Gibson Parties”) for negligence, gross
negligence, and breach of fiduciary duty arising from the Gibson Parties’
representation of Pressil in a lawsuit. The trial court granted the Gib... More...   $0 (09-10-2015 - TX)

Charles and Barbara Seber sued Union Pacific Railroad Company
contending that it wrongfully removed the Sebers’ private railroad crossing. The
Sebers claimed a right to use the crossing pursuant to an implied easement by prior
use. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the Sebers, declaring
that the Sebers have a right to use the crossing and ordering Union Pacific t... More...   $0 (09-10-2015 - TX)

Two shareholders of a corporation filed suit seeking redress related to a
series of transactions allegedly orchestrated by various parties. The shareholders
claim the transactions diluted their respective stock interests in the corporation.
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All defendants moved to dismiss the claims based on a Delaware forum-selection
clause contained in certain amended and restated versions ... More...   $0 (09-10-2015 - TX)

Plaintiffs John (“Paterek”)1 and Cynthia Paterek (“the Patereks”),
along with their company Paterek Mold & Engineering, Inc. (“PME”), (collectively “Plaintiffs”),
appeal the district court order granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants Ben Delecke,
Commissioner of the Village of Armada Planning Commission, and the Village of Armada
(collectively “Defendants”), in this § 198... More...   $0 (09-08-2015 - MI)

Jerry was an active man who enjoyed hunting, fishing, and building things. He made a living as a co-owner of a small construction business, using his years of experience in custom excavating and sewer work. In addition to spending his free time with his wife Kimberly and his grandkids, Jerry played in a men’s basketball league.
Jerry’s life changed dramatically on September 3, 2008. Whil... More...   $0 (09-08-2015 - IN)

In this three-year high-stakes litigation—a case that “[t]he [medical] industry is watching,” Ameritox assured the jury—the parties tried various state statutory and common law unfair competition claims predicated upon the alleged violation of two federal statutes that provide no private right of action. The parties, however, did not realize that it was an open question whether or not any of the n... More...   $0 (09-06-2015 - )

Chevron operates an oil refinery near Salt Lake City. The refinery contains a concrete-lined, open-air pit that is used to process various liquid and solid waste products from the refinery. One of the liquid waste products collected in the pit is mildly acidic steam

Cite as: 2015 UT 81 Opinion of the Court

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condensate from the refining process, which continuously f... More...   $0 (09-04-2015 - UT)

Tulsa, OK - Jet Trucking, LLC, Jacob E. Thurman and Sherry J. Thurman sued John H. Conway, Jr., John H. Conway, III, James D. Conway, J.H. Conway Trust on auto negligence theories.

1. Plaintiff, Jet Trucking. LLC is an Oklahoma limited liability company
with its business located in Owasso, Oklahoma.
2. Plaintiff, Jacob Thurman is an individual who resides in Rogers County,
Okl... More...   $0 (09-03-2015 - OK)

Tulsa, OK - Lawyer Marketing Services, Inc. sued Brad Post, Chad Stephens, Garron Rose and Movement, Inc. on violation of uniform trade secret act theories claiming:

1. Plaintiff Lawyer Marketing Services, Inc. is a for-profit Corporation, organized under the laws of the State of Oklahoma with its principal place of business located in Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma.
2. Upon informat... More...   $0 (09-02-2015 - OK)

Appellant Ray Basaldua appeals a summary judgment granted in favor of appellees George Farinacci, LaDona Farinacci, and Jim House. In his first issue, Basaldua contends the appellees’ motion challenged only one of his causes of action; therefore, the trial court erred in granting summary judgment on all of his claims. In his second issue, Basaldua asserts the trial court erred in granting summary ... More...   $0 (09-02-2015 - TX)

In a prior decision issued May 29, 2013, Israel Discount Bank of New York v. First
State Depository Co., LLC,1 I determined the liability of First State Depository Co., LLC
(“FSD”), and Certified Assets Management, Inc. (“CAMI”), to Israel Discount Bank
(“IDB”). That case, which the parties have referred to as the “Related Action,” involved
the mishandling of collateral—rare c... More...   $0 (08-31-2015 - DE)

In a prior decision issued May 29, 2013, Israel Discount Bank of New York v. First
State Depository Co., LLC,1 I determined the liability of First State Depository Co., LLC
(“FSD”), and Certified Assets Management, Inc. (“CAMI”), to Israel Discount Bank
(“IDB”). That case, which the parties have referred to as the “Related Action,” involved
the mishandling of collateral—rare c... More...   $0 (08-31-2015 - DE)

The PUC is an agency created by the California Constitution to regulate privately owned public utilities such as PG&E. (Cal. Const., art. XII.)
PegaStaff is a division of PegaSoft Corporation, a California corporation, that provides temporary staffing in the fields of information technology and engineering. Mark Arshinkoff, a white male, owns 100 percent of PegaSoft stock.
For nine... More...   $0 (08-29-2015 - CA)

Houston, TX - Jury Convicts 2 Men in Multiple Violent Robberies in and Around Houston

Two men have been convicted on all federal counts as charged, to include the violent robberies of mobile phone stores and related firearms charges, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The federal jury convicted Clarence Buck, 33, of Humble, and Kendall Allen, 24, of New Orleans, on all 14 and 11 co... More...   $0 (08-29-2015 - TX)

¶1 The issue in this appeal is whether the Drug Dealer Liability Act, 63 O.S. 2011 §2-421 et seq., is unconstitutional. The Act permits a plaintiff who is harmed by the use of an illegal drug to recover civil damages against a defendant who has participated in the illegal drug market. The Drug Dealer Liability Act is a new and non-traditional basis for civil liability because it allows damages wit... More...   $0 (08-27-2015 - OK)

On July 27, 2009, Plaintiff, John Strohecker, who is a non-Indian resident of Riverton, Wyoming, was traveling southbound on Wyoming Highway 789 from his home in Riverton to Lander, Wyoming. As Plaintiff passed the parking lot of the Northern Arapaho 789 Smokeshop/Casino, Defendant Gary C’Hair pulled out of the parking lot and struck the vehicle Mr. Strohecker was driving. Mr. C’Hair is an enro... More...   $0 (08-26-2015 - WY)

Xcentric Ventures appeals the district court’s grant of
summary judgment and judgment on the pleadings in favor of
defendants Mobrez and Llaneras and Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal
of defendant Borodkin in Xcentric’s malicious prosecution
action. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291

XCENTRIC VENTURES 4 V. BORODKIN

and review de novo. We agree with the distri... More...   $0 (08-25-2015 - AZ)

} After undergoing bariatric surgery, New Mexico residents Nellie Gonzales and
15 Fernando Gallegos (collectively, Plaintiffs) sued Dr. Eldo Frezza for medical
16 malpractice and Presbyterian Health Plan (Presbyterian) for breach of contract and
17 negligent referral. Both surgeries took place in Lubbock, Texas at the Texas Tech
18 University Health Sciences Center (the Center). ... More...   $0 (08-25-2015 - NM)

Plaintiffs are a group of cities in their municipal capacities and the successor agencies to several redevelopment agencies that have since been dissolved, multiple community development commissions, a private nonprofit housing corporation, and an individual taxpayer. Specifically, plaintiffs are the City of Cerritos, City of Carson, City of Cypress, City of Lakewood, City of Paramount, City of P... More...   $0 (08-25-2015 - CA)

Plaintiff Duarte Nursery, Inc., sells grape rootstock, the part of grapevines that becomes the root system. (Food & Agr. Code, §§ 74718, 74725; undesignated statutory references are to this Code.) Plaintiff challenges mandatory assessments it must pay to the California Grape Rootstock Improvement Commission to help fund research for pest-resistant and drought-resistant rootstock. (§§ 74701-7479... More...   $0 (08-25-2015 - CA)

Plaintiffs Alamo Recycling, LLC (Alamo) and Chino Valley Recycling, LLC (Chino) operate “recycling center[s]” where beverage containers sold in California may be redeemed for their “California Redemption Value.” In this action, plaintiffs sued defendant Anheuser Busch Inbev Worldwide, Inc. and other companies that sell or distribute beverages containers in California (the Beverage Companies or de... More...   $0 (08-25-2015 - CA)

This appeal arises out of a shareholder derivative action governed by Maryland law. A derivative action is “an extraordinary equitable device to enable shareholders to enforce a corporate right that the corporation failed to assert on its own behalf.” Werbowsky v. Collomb, 766 A.2d 123, 133 (Md. 2001). Because the business affairs of a corporation are managed by the board of directors, “any exer... More...   $0 (08-23-2015 - MO)