Fort Lauderdale, FL - Jury Convicts Woman of Murder But Fails to Agree On Death Penalty

The State of Florida charged Jacqueline Marie Luongo with capital murder for handcuffing and killing Patricia Viveiros, age 68, by rapping her head in duct tape suffocating her.

Charges:

09/27/2014 1 (F1) Criminal Attempt 1st Deg Felon
Date Filed: 05/24/2016
Current Statute: ... More...   $0 (11-04-2017 - FL)

Bernardo Mendia, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was detained in county jail when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) agents John Garcia and Ching Chang lodged an immigration detainer placing a federal hold to pick him up when state authorities were ready to release him. Mendia sued Garcia, Chang, and the Department of Homeland Security under Bivens1 and the Federal Torts Claims Act (“FTCA”), ... More...   $0 (11-03-2017 - CA)

[¶1] The mother of Anastasia M. appeals from a judgment of the
District Court (Springvale, Foster, J.) terminating her parental rights to the child
pursuant to 22 M.R.S. § 4055(1)(A)(1)(a) and (B)(2)(a), (b)(i)-(ii) (2016).1 She
challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support both the court’s finding of
parental unfitness and its determination that termination is in Anastasia... More...   $0 (11-02-2017 - ME)

The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 extends federal court
jurisdiction to class actions on behalf of 100 or more people and in request of $5 million or more
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No. 17-6122 Roberts v. Mars Petcare US, Inc. Page 2
in damages so long as “any member of a class of plaintiffs is a citizen of a State different from
any defendant.” 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332(d)(2)(A), (d)(5), (d)(6). At issue ... More...   $0 (11-02-2017 - TN)

Defendants and appellants the City of Huntington Beach and the City Council of
Huntington Beach (collectively, City) appeal the grant of a petition for writ of mandate
entered by the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in favor of plaintiffs and
respondents The Kennedy Commission, William Adams and Jason Puloe (collectively,
Kennedy) invalidating City’s amendment to the Beach Edin... More...   $0 (10-31-2017 - CA)

On October 30, 2012, Saint Francis Hospital, Inc., Neurological Surgery, Inc., and Douglas Koontz, M.D. (collectively Petitioners) performed decompressive laminectomies of Respondent's, Johnson John (Patient), spine at the C2-3, C3-4, C4-5, C5-6 and C6-7 regions. After the operation, Patient allegedly became partially paralyzed, suffered constant pain, was hospitalized for four months and submitte... More...   $0 (10-29-2017 - OK)

Gillette police officers Overton, Dillard, and Foutch responded to a reported bar fight at approximately 2:13 a.m. on January 30, 2016. Several men had allegedly left the scene, leaving one man unconscious in the establishment’s parking lot. After interviewing witnesses and obtaining descriptions of some of the participants in the fight, the officers began to check vehicles in the parking lot t... More...   $0 (10-29-2017 - WY)

¶1 The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the thrice incarnated affidavit of merit requirement found in Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 19.1 (Supp. 2013), is unconstitutional. In the wake of Zeier v. Zimmer, 2006 OK 98, 152 P.3d 861, its sequel Wall v. Marouk, 2013 OK 36, 302 P.3d 775, and upon reexamination of the Oklahoma Constitution, the inevitable conclusion is that section 19.1 is an impermissibl... More...   $0 (10-25-2017 - OK)

¶1 Plaintiffs brought an action in the District Court for Custer County and claimed a convenience store negligently and recklessly sold low-point beer to a noticeably intoxicated person who injured plaintiffs in a vehicle collision several hours later. Defendant filed a motion for summary judgment which was granted by the trial court.1 We reverse the judgment of the District Court.

¶2 Two... More...   $0 (10-24-2017 - OK)

In this case we are called upon to decide whether the Establishment Clause is violated when a local government displays and maintains on public property a 40-foot tall Latin cross, established in memory of soldiers who died in World War I. The district court determined that such government action does not run afoul of the Establishment Clause because the cross has a secular purpose, it neither adv... More...   $0 (10-24-2017 - MD)

In 2001, Michael Durkin used two limited liability companies—Dryden Oaks LLC
and Durkin-CAC Lot 24, LLC—to purchase two lots directly adjacent to the McClellan
Palomar Airport (Airport) in the City of Carlsbad, California (City). His development
plans for the two lots were initially successful despite determinations by the San Diego
County Regional Airport Authority (Authority) tha... More...   $0 (10-23-2017 - CA)

The Public Utility District No. 1 of Kittitas County
(district) fired Kim Mikkelsen after 27 years of service. Mikkelsen sued the district,
alleging that, among other things, her dismissal violated the Washington Law Against
Discrimination (WLAD), RCW 49.60.180. Specifically, Mikkelsen claims that
Charles Ward, the general manager, exhibited a bias against women and older
emplo... More...   $0 (10-19-2017 - WA)

Ithaca, MI - Jury Convicts Woman of Arson For Burning Down Her Own Home

The State of Michigan charged Sharyl Watkins, age 39, with second degree arson, arson of insured personal property and preparation to burn a dwelling for burning down her own home to prevent it from being inspected as part of an adoption.

Defendant's home caught on fire and burned on November 1, 2016. A spac... More...   $0 (10-15-2017 - MI)

Wiseman Park, LLC (appellant) appeals from the judgment entered
following the trial court sustaining the demurrer of Southern Glazer’s Wine
and Spirits, LLC (respondent)1 to appellant’s complaint without leave to
amend. Appellant, the holder of a license to sell alcoholic beverages in its
restaurant, purchased alcoholic beverages from respondent, a licensed
wholesale distributo... More...   $0 (10-15-2017 - CA)

These asbestos cases involve the availability of the
“bare-metal defense” under maritime law. The defense’s basic
idea is that a manufacturer who delivers a product “bare
metal”—that is without the insulation or other material that
must be added for the product’s proper operation—is not
generally liable for injuries caused by asbestos in later-added
materials. A classic sce... More...   $0 (10-13-2017 - PA)

Appellant Christine D. appeals the trial court’s final order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. We affirm.
In October 2015, the Department of Family and Protective Services (“the Department”) filed a petition seeking termination of Christine D.’s parental rights to her children, A.N.S. and J.J.S. After a bench trial, the trial court found that the evidence overcame the parental... More...   $0 (10-11-2017 - TX)

¶1 This appeal determines the constitutionality of section 57 of the Administrative Worker's Compensation Act (AWCA), found at title 85A of the Oklahoma Statutes. Following a review of the record on appeal, the transcripts of the proceedings below, and the briefs of the parties and amici, this Court holds the forfeiture provision found at section 57 of title 85A violates the adequate remedy provis... More...   $0 (10-08-2017 - OK)

This appeal presents a narrow question about what counts as family income when
determining a family’s eligibility for cash aid under the California Work Opportunity and
Responsibility to Kids Act (CalWORKs) program. (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 11200 et
seq.)1

Here, a CalWORKs applicant, Angie Christensen, lives with her husband and her
children. Her husband is the noncustodial... More...   $0 (10-07-2017 - CA)

Appellants P.M. and I.F. appeal from the district court’s order terminating their
parental rights.1 We affirm the district court’s order.
Procedural Background
P.M. is the mother of “Jenny,” born in November 2010, “Jack,” born in March 2012,
and “Jill,” born in March 2014. I.F. is the father of Jenny and Jack. Jill’s father, “Victor,” is not a
party to this appeal. In September... More...   $0 (10-05-2017 - TX)

The City of Cooper City appeals the court’s final judgment in favor of the Plaintiffs, a class of citizens challenging the city’s special assessment. The court found the special assessment void and, therefore, found its twenty-day deadline to challenge it inapplicable. We disagree. The Plaintiffs limited their challenge to Cooper City’s apportionment of the special assessment and the improper appo... More...   $0 (10-02-2017 - FL)

Appellant Living Rivers Council (Living Rivers) appeals from a judgment denying
its petition for writ of mandate to compel respondent the State Water Resources Control
Board (Board) to rescind its approval of a policy designed to maintain instream flows in
coastal streams north of San Francisco. Living Rivers alleges several violations of the
California Environmental Quality Act (C... More...   $0 (09-29-2017 - CA)

This case challenges Chicago’s “puppy mill” ordinance, which limits the sources from which pet stores may obtain dogs, cats, and rabbits for resale. The ordinance provides that pet retailers in the city “may offer for sale only those dogs, cats, or rabbits” ob-tained from an animal control or care center, pound, or kennel operated by local, state, or federal government or “a
2 No. 15-3711
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Interstate 90 runs through
the Town of Campbell, Wisconsin. The speed limit on I-90 in
the Town is 65 miles per hour. Two streets and one pedestrian
overpass cross the highway within the Town. A traffic
survey in 2008 found that between 23,000 and 29,000 trucks
and cars pass through the Town on I-90 every day.
2 No. 15-2627
Gregory Luce and Nicholas Newman, two members ... More...   $0 (09-27-2017 - WI)

This employee-overtime appeal raises questions as to
the nature of the evidence that is sufficient to create a jury
question on the purported “willfulness” of an employer’s nonpayment
of overtime. The question matters because a finding
of willfulness expands the limitations period for claims under
the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), in effect permitting a
plaintiff to re... More...   $0 (09-25-2017 - PA)

The Vallejo Police Officers Association (VPOA) petitioned the superior court for
a writ of mandate alleging that the City of Vallejo (City) engaged in bad-faith bargaining
in violation of state law and then unilaterally imposed contract terms that impaired
VPOA members’ vested rights to retiree medical benefits that covered insurance
premiums up to the full cost of a Kaiser health ... More...   $0 (09-24-2017 - CA)