Arizona Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
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Daniel F. Hoemke and Laura L. Hoemoke v. Macy's West Stores, LLC
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Phoenix, Arizona
The parties have filed a stipulation to amend the caption to reflect that "Macy's West Stores, Inc. changed its name to Macy's West Stores, LLC," such that the latter is the correct name for the Macy's entity involved in this action. (Doc. 12 at 1.) The parties also ask the Court "to dismiss Macy's West Stores, Inc." upon adding "Macy's West Stores, LLC." (Id.) Fina... More...
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(09-02-2023 - AZ)
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Daniel F. Hoemke and Laura Hoemke v. OSI/Flemings LLC
a foreign corporation doing business as Flemings Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
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Phoenix, Arizona personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on negligence theories.
This case was initially filed in the Maricopa County Superior Court, CV2023-052782, and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.
The claims made and defenses asserted are not available for this case.
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(09-08-2023 - AZ)
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United States of America v. Patrick Green
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Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.
Patrick Green, 48, of Longview, Texas, was the final co-conspirator to be sentenced in this case. Jonathan Blake, 30, of Tucson, Arizona, and Bethany Helene Green, 46, of Longview, Texas, also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in this case. In early August, Judge Hinderaker sentence... More...
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(09-07-2023 - AZ)
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Michael Angel Ulloa II v. Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.
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San Francisco, California employment law lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on wage and hour violation theory.
In this putative class action, Ulloa sues his former employer Securitas alleging numerous wage and hour violations under California law. [See Docket No. 1 (Notice of Removal, “NOR”) Ex. 1 (Compl.).] Plaintiff asserts the following claims in the FAC: 1) fail... More...
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(08-28-2023 - AZ)
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Bobby Earl Morris v. Safeco Insurance Company of America
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Phoenix, Arizona insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of contract theory.
In Arizona, an insurance company has a duty to act in good faith and fair dealing when dealing with its insureds. This means that the insurance company must investigate claims fairly and promptly, and it must not deny or delay payment of a claim without a reasonable bas... More...
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(08-18-2023 - AZ)
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United States of America v. Victor Coronado, Jr.
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Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States.
Victor Coronado, Jr., age 40, of Tucason, was the leader of a conspiracy to smuggle firearms from the United States into Mexico between October 2019 and July 2020. Coronado and his co-conspirators purchased firearms, made false statements to firearms dealers in t... More...
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(08-18-2023 - AZ)
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Rachael Gilburd v. L'Oreal USA Incorporated
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Phoenix, Arizona consumer law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Restrictions of Use of Telephone Equipment Act violation theory.
"The Restrictions of Use of Telephone Equipment act, also known as the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), is a United States federal law that restricts the use of automatic telephone dialing systems (ATDS), artificial or prerecorded voi... More...
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(08-08-2023 - AZ)
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United States of America v. Manuel De Jesus Guzman and Joshua Francisco Mendez
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Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with Smuggling goods from the United States.
Manuel D. Juesus Guzman, age 19, of Rico Rico, Arizona, and Joshua Francisco Mendez, ate 19, of Tucscon, attempted to exit the United States and enter Mexico on June 7, 2022, through the pedestrian gate at the DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona. During a search at ... More...
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(08-09-2023 - AZ)
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State of Arizona v. Rafaela Vacquez
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Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with negligent homocide.
Rafaela Vasquez, age 49, was accused for causing an accident involving a fully autonomous Uber vehicle which resulted in the death of Elaine Herzberg, age 49, a pedestrian who was killed on March 18, 2018.
Vasquez was reportedly looking at a messaging program used by Uber employees on ... More...
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(07-28-2023 - az)
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Anthony Cervi v. Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
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Phoenix, Arizona social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of his application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW benefits by HHS.
DIWC (Disabled Insured Worker’s Claim)
Disability program for adults who have worked enough to have “insured status” under the Social Security System. For disability, a worker must have worked above a minim... More...
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(07-28-2023 - AZ)
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United States of America v. Jorge Alexis Hernandea-Martinez
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Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States into Mexico.
Jorge Alexis Hernandez-Martinez, 25, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico and his co-conspirators obtained firearms and ammunition from licensed firearms dealers within Arizona with the intent to smuggle them into Mexico. In January 2020, Hernandez-Martinez and... More...
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(07-28-2023 - AZ)
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Joel M. DeSousa v. Social Security Administration
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Phoenix, Arizona social security disability lawyers represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of his application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW benefits y HHS.
An individual must be 50 years old, be found disabled, and have been married to a person who was insured when that person died. The widow/widower must also become disabled within 7 years of their spouse’s death. There ar... More...
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(07-18-2023 - AZ)
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Suzanne Yu, M.D. v. Steven Fydeski
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Phoenix, Arizona civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a breach of contract theory.... More...
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(07-18-2023 - AZ)
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Kristen Kurtzman v. Zaner-Bloser Incorporated
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Phoenix, Arizona civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a breach of contract theory.
Zaner-Bloser works with teachers so that every student has the skills to make the grade.
Plaintiff claimed $235,000 in damages.
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(07-18-2023 - AZ)
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Barbara L. Quaife v. Social Security Administration
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Phoenix, Arizona social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW benefits by HHS.... More...
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(07-18-2023 - AZ)
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United States of America v. Eric Lee Kinney
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Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Second-Degree murder.
On or about November 5, 2022, Kinney, a member of the Navajo Nation, stabbed the victim to death and later fled from law enforcement. Upon his arrest, Eric Lee Kinney, age 37, of Inscription House, Arizona, directed law enforcement agents to where he had hidden the murder weapon.
Th... More...
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(07-14-2023 - AZ)
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United States of America v. Glen Adam Romero, Jr.
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Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
On October 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation initiated an investigation into the Southside Murder Gang Killaz (SMGK) criminal street gang in Tucson, Arizona. The investigation revealed individuals associated with SMGK were involved in the smuggling of aliens, narcotics, a... More...
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(06-30-2023 - AZ)
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United States of America v. Cesar Ignacio Perez-Barrios
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Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with smuggling goods from the United States.
On April 28, 2019, Cesar Ignacio Perez-Barrios, 48, of Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico, knowingly attempted to smuggle from the United States into Mexico: five AR-style upper receivers; five AR-style lower receivers; five AR-style barrels; five AR-style buffer tubes; five trigger ... More...
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(06-28-2023 - AZ)
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United States of America v. Hugo Alexander Garcia-Sales
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Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with assault on a Federal Officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon and improper entry by an alien.
On October 13, 2022, Hugo Alexander Garcia-Sales, 22, of Guatemala, threw five softball-sized rocks at a United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations helicopter Air Interdiction Agent while ... More...
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(06-28-2023 - AZ)
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United States of America v. Jose Manuel Najera-Fuentes
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Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with failure to register as a sex offender in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2250(a).
In accordance with the Bail Reform Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3142(f), a detention hearing has been submitted to the Court. I have considered all the factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3142(g). I conclude that the following facts are established:... More...
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(06-08-2023 - AZ)
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United States of America v. Willie Mitchell, aka Blu Mitchell, Sean Swaringer, Kimberly Coleman, and Jason Coleman
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Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with engaging in a scheme to fraudulently obtain millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, a federal loan initiative designed to help businesses pay their employees and meet expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Willie Mitchell, Sean Swaringer, Kimberly Coleman, and Jason Coleman pleaded guilty ... More...
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(06-08-2023 - AZ)
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United States of America v. Steve Lugo Leon
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Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distrubute 40 Grams or More of a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Fentanyl.
Leon’s co-defendant, Rafael Ivan Valenzuela Chairez, 20, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced on the same day by Judge Snow to 18 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised rel... More...
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(06-01-2023 - AZ)
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United States of America v. Damian Andrew Wathogama
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Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually abusing a minor in Indian Country.
Damian Andrew Wathogoma, age 22, of Clarksdale, Arizona, sexually abused a seven-year-old girl on the Yavapai-Apache Indian Reservation, on or about December 11, 2021. Wathogoma is an enrolled member of the Yavapai-Apache Nation.
The Yavapai-Apache Police Depar... More...
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(05-30-2023 - AZ)
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United States of America v. Michael Lopez-Loreto
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Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to transport illegal aliens for profit placing people in jeopardy of injury and/or death.
On January 17, 2023, Lopez-Loreto was encountered by United States Border Patrol agents after a property owner reported a vehicle on their property. Agents subsequently observed individuals run from the desert and e... More...
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(05-16-2023 - AZ)
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State of Arizona v. Brandon Stephen Lopez
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Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder and two counts of burglary when he was 16-years-old.... More...
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(04-27-2023 - AZ)
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In re the Matter of: BERTHA ALICIA GUTIERREZ, Petitioner/Appellant, RAMOS EUFEMIO LOPEZ MARTINEZ, Respondent/Appellee.
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Phoenix, Arizona family law lawyers represented the parties in a dispute over ownership for a house.
¶2 Husband and Wife met in 2011 and began living together sometime between late 2011 and early 2012. In 2013, three years before they married, Husband and Wife signed a contract to purchase a house on 5th Street in Phoenix ("the House"). The deed conveying the House listed only Husba... More...
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(05-04-2023 - AZ)
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Devin Andrich v. James Matthew Allen
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Phoenix, Arizona personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff and Defendant conversation theory.
¶2 In October 2014, Allen hired Andrich as a paralegal. At the time, Andrich was homeless and facing criminal charges arising from misconduct related to his own legal practice.
¶3 In December of that year, Allen helped Andrich to secure a place to live from a mutual f... More...
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(05-04-2023 - AZ)
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In re the Matter of: Allan J. Moore, Jr. v. Cynthia Renee Dasilva
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Phoenix, Arizona family law lawyer represented Petition and Respondent in divorce action.
¶2 This dispute arises out of a divorce, which was first filed in 2004. As part of the asset distribution of Moore's retirement account, DaSilva received an overpayment of $7,819.53. Moore filed three motions in 2008 requesting relief. The superior court granted judgment in favor of Moore for t... More...
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(05-04-2023 - AZ)
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United States of America v. Angelico Roa-Joachin
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Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to transport and harbor illegal aliens for profit and reentry of a removed alien.
Angelico Roa-Joachin, age 43, of Mexico, was sentenced on April 21, 2023, by United States District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 78 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Roa-Joachin was con... More...
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(05-08-2023 - AZ)
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United States of America v. Esteban Gonzalez-Melendez
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Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of firearms and ammunition knowing that he was an undocumented non-citizen illegally and unlawfully in the United States.
On September 9, 2022, Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in which Esteban Gonzalez-Melendez, 26, of Mexico, was a passenger. One... More...
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(04-27-2023 - AZ)
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United States of America v. Luis Ernesto Morales-Reyes
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Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
In September of 2022, Luis Ernesto Morales-Reyes, age 38, of Phoenix, Arizona, agreed to deliver approximately 99,500 fentanyl pills to an individual in Tucson who, unbeknownst to Morales-Reyes, was an undercover agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). On September 1... More...
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(04-21-2023 - AZ)
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United States of America v. Derek Ira Pablo, Jr.
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Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fleeing from an immigration checkpoint at high speed.
On November 3, 2022, Derek Ira Pablo, Jr., ate 18, of Tucson, drove his vehicle through a United States Border Patrol checkpoint on Arizona State Route 86 near Robles Junction, Arizona. He did not slow down or stop as directed by the speed bumps and signage. P... More...
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(04-07-2023 - AZ)
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Maria Del Rosario Vargas Garcia v. Super Mana, LLC, et al.
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Phoenix, Arizona employment law lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on Fair Labor Standards Act violation theories.
(a) The Congress finds that the existence, in industries engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, of labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard of living necessary for health, efficiency, and general well-be... More...
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(04-04-2023 - AZ)
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BB v. Social Security Administration
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Phoenix, Arizona social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for DIWW/DIWC benefits by HHS.... More...
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(04-04-2023 - AZ)
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United States of America v. Ryan C. Patterson
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Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with tax evasion.
Ryan C. Patterson, 34, of Scottsdale, Arizona, a contractor specializing in remodels, directed customers to make out checks to him personally and deposited the checks into his personal checking accounts. He failed to report $1.9 million in income and avoided nearly $550,000 in taxes. He also reported ... More...
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(04-04-2023 - AZ)
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Stephanie Ayson v. Garrison Property and Casualty Insurance Company
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Phoenix, Arizona insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract.
This case was initially filed in the Superior Court, Maricopa County, Arizona, case number CV2022-015852, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.
In Arizona, all insurance contracts have an “implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.” In... More...
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(03-28-2023 - AZ)
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Cynthia Ann Allen v. Social Security Administration
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Phoenix, Arizona social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for SSID benefits by HHS.... More...
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(03-28-2023 - AZ)
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Ruth Foster v. Social Security Administration
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Phoenix, Arizona social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for DIWC/DIWW benefits by HHS.... More...
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(03-28-2023 - AZ)
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United States of America v. David Wayne Raddle
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Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and felon in possession of a firearm.
On November 10, 2020, Pima County Sheriff’s deputies stopped a vehicle driven by David Wayne Radde, age 60, of Tucson, for multiple traffic violations. A drug detection canine was called to the scene and alerted to the pres... More...
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(03-28-2023 - AZ)
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Denise Trlica, et al. v. Entertainment Tonite, L.C.
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Davenport, Iowa Lanham Act lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on Trademark Infringement Act violation theories claiming $940,000 in damages.
The Lanham Act also provides federal causes of action for trademark dilution, cybersquatting, and several unfair competition claims, such as unregistered trademark infringement (including claims for infringement of unregistered trade d... More...
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(03-28-2023 - AZ)
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