R.M., mother of A.M., appeals the order terminating her parental rights. She contends that the evidence is neither legally nor factually sufficient to support the two statutory grounds for termination found by the trial court. Nor does it allegedly support the finding that termination is in the best interest of A.M. We affirm.
Standard of Review – Statutory Ground
The trial court found the... More...   $0 (09-23-2017 - TX)

Plaintiffs San Bruno Committee for Economic Justice, Unite Here Local 2, Mary
Dowden, Leif Paulsen, Sheral Marshall, Beatriz Johnston, Kathleen Semenza, Lilibeth
Bonifacio, and Molly Gomez appeal from the order and judgment of the trial court
denying their petition for peremptory writ of mandate. Plaintiffs had unsuccessfully
sought to place a referendum on the ballot concerning a ... More...   $0 (09-20-2017 - CA)

This case presents the question whether a large-scale excavation project—
which involved the excavation, modification, and use of rock and soil during the
installation of wind turbines—constituted “mining” under the pertinent federal
regulations that address mineral development on Indian land. When an entity
engages in “mining” of minerals owned by the Osage Nation, a federally app... More...   $0 (09-19-2017 - OK)

Tulsa, OK - Theresa Robey v. Steve C. Anagnost, M.D., Orthopaedic Cetner and AHS Hillcrest Medical Center, LLC d/b/a Hillcrest Medical Center

Issue # 1. Issue: MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE (MEDNEG)
Filed By: ROBEY, THERESA
Filed Date: 10/30/2009
Party Name Disposition Information
Defendant: ANAGNOST, STEVEN C MD Disposed: SUMMARY JUDGEMENT ENTERED- DEFENDANT, 01/28/2014. Other... More...   $0 (09-11-2017 - )

[¶1] Bruce and Dennis Plante appeal from the entry of a summary
judgment in the Superior Court (York County, Douglas, J.) in favor of Ronald P.
Long on their defamation action. The court concluded that the Plantes failed
to make the necessary prima facie showing that Long acted with actual malice.
We affirm the judgment.
I. BACKGROUND
[¶2] The following facts are taken from... More...   $0 (09-11-2017 - ME)

Plaintiff Jane Doe and her eleven-year-old daughter flew aboard
Etihad Airways from Abu Dhabi to Chicago. For the duration of the fourteen-hour journey,
Doe’s tray table remained open in her lap because a knob that was meant to hold it in place had
fallen to the floor. During the flight, Doe’s daughter found the knob on the floor and gave it to
Doe, who placed it in a seatback pock... More...   $0 (09-06-2017 - MI)

In 2012, plaintiff, Latrice Rubenstein, filed a claim with defendant Doe
No. 1 (defendant), a public entity, alleging that from 1993 to 1994, when she was
a high school student, her cross-country and track coach, who was defendant’s
employee, sexually molested her. When the claim was denied, she commenced
the instant action against defendant and defendants Does Nos. 2-20. She alleg... More...   $0 (09-05-2017 - CA)

On August 14, 2014, a panel of this court
held that Citizens First Bank (“Citizens First” or “CFB”) failed to demonstrate that the “Dairy
Cow Leases” it had with farmer Lee Purdy (“Debtor”) were actually security agreements in
disguise. Sunshine Heifers, LLC v. Citizens First Bank (In re Purdy), 763 F.3d 513, 521 (6th Cir.
2014). The case was subsequently remanded to the United Sta... More...   $0 (08-31-2017 - KY)

T.D. sued Kelcey Patton under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violating his right to
substantive due process. He relies on a “danger-creation theory,� which provides that
“state officials can be liable for the acts of third parties where those officials created the
danger that caused the harm.� Currier v. Doran, 242 F.3d 905, 917 (10th Cir. 2001)
(quotations omitted).1
... More...   $0 (08-30-2017 - CO)

Rachel H.’s parents brought suit on her behalf against the
Hawaii Department of Education, alleging she was denied a
free appropriate public education under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This alleged denial did
not stem from any substantive failure to include any
particular special education service in her individualized
education program. Rather, ... More...   $0 (08-30-2017 - HI)

This appeal arises from a contract dispute between Lynn Becker and the Ute
Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation.1 Our concern, however, is not the
merits of the dispute but jurisdiction. Mr. Becker, who is not an Indian, pursued his
claim against the Tribe in Utah state court. The Tribe responded by filing suit in the
United States District Court for the District of Uta... More...   $0 (08-25-2017 - UT)

In 2011, a storm brought hurricane-force winds to the City
of Pasadena (City), uprooting more than 2,000 trees. One of
those trees fell on the home of Sarah and Christopher Dusseault,
causing severe property damage. Before it fell, the tree stood in a
parkway that abuts the Dusseaults’ property. Although the City
owned the tree, there is no record of who planted it.
In 2012... More...   $0 (08-25-2017 - CA)

3 Defendant Jesus Castro was charged with two counts of criminal sexual
4 penetration. Defendant had two trials; the first resulted in a mistrial, and thirty-two
5 months later, after the second trial, a jury convicted him of one count of forced penile
6 penetration. The delay was due to multiple continuances, attorney motions to
7 withdraw from the case, the mistrial, ... More...   $0 (08-24-2017 - NM)

¶1 In 2003, L + C Unlimited Corporation (L + C) was assigned
the lease that permitted the Golden Isle Restaurant to operate in a
strip mall in Murray, Utah. Xiao-Yan Cao, L + C’s president,
personally guaranteed L + C’s performance. In 2006, the lease was
again assigned, this time to Hong G. Lin. As part of that assignment,
the lease term was extended until September 30, 2013, ... More...   $0 (08-24-2017 - UT)

Hammond, IN - Indiana Animal Control Officer Pleads Guilty to Interstate Diversion of Veterinary Drugs

Investigation Snares Martin Jakubowski for Providing Assistance to Suspected Dog Fighter

The Acting Superintendent of Animal Control and Parks for the city of Whiting, Indiana, pleaded guilty on August 24, 2017 to diverting prescription veterinary antibiotics that were the prope... More...   $0 (08-24-2017 - IN)

Plaintiff Richard Watkins has
sued Trans Union for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
The merits of his claims are not the subject of this appeal. The
issue here is whether attorney John Cento should be disqualified
from representing Watkins. That is because over ten
years ago Cento earned a living defending Trans Union in
hundreds of lawsuits alleging Fair Credit Rep... More...   $0 (08-22-2017 - IN)

Union Pacific Railroad challenges
the legal authority of the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission to continue an enforcement action after issuing
a right to sue letter and subsequent resolution of the underlying
charges of discrimination in a private lawsuit. The EEOC
petitioned the district court to enforce its subpoena for Union
Pacific’s employment records related to ... More...   $0 (08-17-2017 - WI)

This case involves an area of law – regarding how advances in reproductive
technology impact the definition of the modern family – which is struggling to
catch up with and reflect the rapid changes taking place in society. In this case, a
same-sex couple arranged to have a child together. When the couple separated, the
birth mother blocked all contact between the child and the form... More...   $0 (08-16-2017 - FL)

Nestled in a cove, sheltered on the north and south by high cliffs, Martins Beach
lacks lateral land access.
1
The only practical route to Martins Beach is down a road,
known as Martins Beach Road, that leads from Highway 1 in San Mateo County to the
beach.
Appellants are two LLCs, Martins Beach 1, LLC and Martins Beach 2, LLC, that
purchased Martins Beach and adjacent ... More...   $0 (08-14-2017 - CA)

¶1 Hadley Christensen claims reimbursement pursuant to Utah
Code section 52-6-201, from his former employer, Juab School
District, for attorney fees and costs incurred in a successful defense
against charges of aggravated sexual abuse of a child. The two issues
before us are (1) whether the right to reimbursement attaches based
on the allegations within the information, or unde... More...   $0 (08-11-2017 - UT)

Appellant L.S. (Mother) appeals the trial court’s termination of her parentchild
relationship with her son M.R. In two issues, she contends that (1) the trial
court committed fundamental error by not providing statutorily-required warnings
(“statutory warnings”) at the status and permanency hearings and (2) the
evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support the trial cou... More...   $0 (08-10-2017 - TX)

In its lawsuit against Hulven International, Inc. (Hulven) and various other
defendants, PGA West Residential Association, Inc. (PGA West) alleged defendant
Dempsey Mork1 tried to fraudulently insulate the equity in his condominium from
creditors by naming Hulven, a sham corporation entirely owned and controlled by Mork,
as the beneficiary of a deed of trust and note, and by later ... More...   $0 (08-10-2017 - CA)

Since 1975, the United States Forest Service has protected and managed wild horses in the Devil’s Garden section of the Modoc National Forest in Northern California. That wild horse territory originally consisted of two separate tracts of land of roughly 236,000 acres. But at some point in the 1980s, a Forest Service map added in an approximately 23,000 acre tract of land known as the Middle Secti... More...   $0 (08-05-2017 - DC)

Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty
and Dustin Heard (“defendants”) were contractors with
Blackwater Worldwide Security (ABlackwater@), which in 2007
was providing security services to the United States State
Department in Iraq. As a result of Baghdad shootings that
injured or killed at least 31 Iraqi civilians, Slough, Liberty and
Heard were convicted by a jury of ... More...   $0 (08-05-2017 - DC)

A jury convicted appellant Justin Riordan of the offense of aggravated sexual assault
of a child and assessed his punishment at confinement for ten years in the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice. See Tex. Penal Code §§ 22.021(a)(1)(B)(i), (2)(B), 12.32. On appeal, appellant
challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction and complains about improper
jury arg... More...   $0 (08-04-2017 - TX)