Should a manufacturer be required to pay damages because a product performs its intended function too well? High school pitcher Dillon Yeaman was seriously injured when he was struck in the face by a baseball hit from a bat designed, manufactured, and

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sold by Hillerich & Bradsby (H&B), d/b/a Louisville Slugger. Claiming the bat was defective because it propelled the ball to... More...   $0 (06-30-2014 - OK)

[¶1] On June 7, 2010, Appellee, the Teton County Board of County Commissioners
and Teton County Planning Director (“Teton County” or “County” or “Planning
Director”),1 issued a Notice to Abate to Appellant Roger Seherr-Thoss (“RST”). The
County found that RST’s gravel business violated the County’s Land and Development
Regulations (“LDRs”) because the busin... More...   $0 (06-29-2014 - )

Appellant Ted Maslo was the insured on an automobile insurance policy issued by respondent Ameriprise Auto and Home Insurance (insurer).1 After sustaining bodily injuries as a result of an accident caused by an uninsured motorist, Maslo filed a claim seeking the $250,000 limit on the policy’s uninsured motorist coverage. In response, the insurer demanded arbitration. After being awarded $164,120... More...   $0 (06-27-2014 - CA)

[¶1] Robert Aland requested documents related to the status of grizzly bears under the
Endangered Species Act from the Office of the Governor and the Wyoming Game & Fish
Department (collectively the State) pursuant to the Wyoming Public Records Act
(WPRA). The State provided some documents and denied access to others on grounds
that the documents were privileged under the delibera... More...   $0 (06-26-2014 - WY)

Roy1 filed suit to terminate the parent-child relationship between him and J.K.B. and J.D.B., pursuant to Texas Family Code section 161.005. See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 161.005 (Vernon 2014). The statute permits a man to terminate the parent-child relationship with a child if he satisfies certain statutory criteria

1 We refer to the parties involved by either first names only or initials to ... More...   $0 (06-26-2014 - TX)

Massachusetts amended its Reproductive Health Care Facilities Act, which had been enacted in 2000 to address clashes between abortion opponents and advocates of abortion rights outside clinicswhere abortions were performed. The amended version of the Act makes it a crime to knowingly stand on a “public way or sidewalk” within 35 feet of an entrance or driveway to any “reproductive health car... More...   $0 (06-26-2014 - MA)

Our commitment as Americans to the principles of liberty, due process of law, and equal protection of the laws is made live by our adherence to the Constitution of the United States of America. Historical challenges to these principles ultimately culminated in the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment nearly one-and-a-half centuries ago. This Amendment extends the guarantees of due process and equa... More...   $0 (06-26-2014 - )

This is an expedited appeal by John Doe (“Father”) from an order terminating Father’s parental rights over his minor child (“Child”) and granting Child’s stepfather’s (John Doe II) (“Stepfather”) Petition to Adopt Child. The magistrate court found that Father had abandoned Child and failed to maintain regular contact with and support the minor child without just cause. Father sto... More...   $0 (06-24-2014 - ID)

Luis M. challenges an order that he pay the City of Lancaster (the City) over $3,800 in restitution for felony vandalism based on nine acts of defacement by graffiti. The Court of Appeal granted this minor‟s writ of mandate.

When a minor‟s actions involve graffiti, the Legislature has expanded the juvenile court‟s general authority to grant restitution. It has enacted a tailored schem... More...   $0 (06-19-2014 - CA)

¶ 1 The issues in this case are (1) whether section 505 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act (750 ILCS 5/505 (West 2012)) permits a trial court to award child support to a noncustodial parent and (2) if so, whether the circuit court abused its discretion when it awarded $600 per month in child support to the noncustodial parent here in addition to requiring the custodial paren... More...   $0 (06-19-2014 - IL)

¶ 1 This appeal arises out of a forcible entry and detainer action filed by a condominium association against one of its unit owners based on unpaid assessments. At issue is whether an association’s purported failure to repair or maintain the common elements is germane to the proceeding, and thus may be raised by the unit owner in defense of the forcible action. We hold that it is not germane t... More...   $0 (06-19-2014 - IL)

An attorney, who represented a client in two divorce cases and a related Marvin1 action without a statutorily required written hourly or contingency fee agreement, sued his client for the reasonable value of the services he rendered in the three cases. The jury, using a multiplier of five to increase the attorney’s hourly rate to $5,000 per hour, awarded the attorney $7.8 million in attorney fee... More...   $0 (06-18-2014 - CA)

On October 10, 2010, Levina Rice suffered significant injuries as a passenger in a one-vehicle automobile accident in Bates County, Missouri. Rice’s son-in-law, Howard Wiebe, drove the vehicle, which was owned by Rice’s daughter and son-inlaw, Sherry and Timothy Underwood. Both Wiebe and the Underwoods were covered by auto liability policies in effect at the time of the accident. The insurers ... More...   $0 (06-18-2014 - MO)

In this case, defendant-appellant Stavros M. Ganias appeals from a judgment convicting him, following a jury trial, of tax evasion. He challenges the conviction on the grounds that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated when the Government copied three of his computer hard drives pursuant to a search warrant and then retained files beyond the scope of the warrant for more than two-and-a-half ye... More...   $0 (06-17-2014 - CT)

¶1 Summit County (the County) appeals the entry of judgment in favor of Jim Nebeker on Nebeker’s negligence claim. Nebeker cross-appeals, contending that the court improperly imposed a statutory cap to reduce the judgment from $594,400.21 to $221,400. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
¶2 John Rhineer was Nebeker’s accountant prior to Rhineer’s death on November 14, 2003. Later that year, Wells... More...   $0 (06-12-2014 - UT)

Appellant A.D. appealed the trial court’s decree terminating her parental rights to her daughter, K.N.D. In three issues, A.D. argued that the evidence was insufficient to support the termination of her parental rights and the appointment of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services as sole managing conservator.

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Following prior precedents of this court, we previously... More...   $0 (06-12-2014 - TX)

¶1 Charlie Wilcox, Appellant/Father, seeks review of the trial court's order sustaining, upon the jury's verdict, the State's petition to terminate his parental rights to B.W. (born March 25, 2009) and H.W. (born June 15, 2007). Father argues the court improperly denied his due process right to testify at the trial seeking termination of his parental rights. Father argues his constitutionally pro... More...   $0 (06-11-2014 - OK)

¶1 Respondents/Appellants Melissa Ray and David Ray (collectively, Natural Parents) appeal from the Final Decree of Adoption. Natural Parents argue the trial court erred by refusing to allow evidence that Natural Mother made in-kind payments of support during the fourteen (14) months immediately preceding the filing of the Petition for Adoption and by failing to appoint a guardian ad litem. We ho... More...   $0 (06-11-2014 - OK)

In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010, Appellant Packgen, a manufacturer of packaging products, sought to sell oil containment boom to Appellees BP Exploration & Production, Inc. and BP America Production Company (collectively, "BP"). Despite months of negotiations, BP ultimately decided not to purchase any boom from Packgen. Packgen subsequently filed a five-count complaint ... More...   $0 (06-11-2014 - ME)

Vista Quality Markets (“Vista”) appeals the trial court’s order denying its motion to compel arbitration. We reverse and remand to the trial court with instructions to enter an order compelling arbitration.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Vista is engaged in the business of operating grocery stores in El Paso, Texas, and is a non-subscriber to workers’ compensation. In Febr... More...   $0 (06-08-2014 - )

Neal W. Dias, a former employee of Verizon New England Inc., appeals the district court's denial of his motion for a new trial, filed in the wake of a defendant's jury verdict on Dias's claim that Verizon discharged him and subjected him to a hostile work environment in retaliation for engaging in activity protected by Massachusetts antidiscrimination law. Dias says that the jury instructions and ... More...   $0 (06-05-2014 - MA)

After the infant child, OLRM, was adopted, appellant, Brandon O., filed a petition to adjudicate parentage. Appellee, Adoption Advocates, Inc., filed a plea to the jurisdiction and request for the trial court to dismiss Brandon’s suit on the grounds that he lacked standing. The trial court granted appellee’s motion and dismissed the case with prejudice. This appeal by Brandon ensued. We affirm... More...   $0 (06-04-2014 - TX)

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) challenges the trial court’s denial of its immunity-based plea to the jurisdiction and summary judgment motions. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTUAL SUMMARY

This case concerns a traffic accident that occurred in El Paso on February 19, 2010, when Trooper Cesar Cruz ran a red light while pursuing a speeder and struck a vehicle ... More...   $0 (05-30-2014 - TX)

In three issues, Appellant Uneeda Reed challenges the trial court’s summary judgment rendered in favor of Appellee Cook Children’s Medical Center, Inc. (CCMC) on her claims for racial discrimination and retaliation. We will affirm.

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II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Reed, an African-American female, began working at CCMC in May 2006. ... More...   $0 (05-29-2014 - TX)

We are presented with claims under the Rehabilitation Act against health care providers for failure to communicate effectively with a person who is deaf.

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Charlene Ervine, who was deaf, died of cancer in November 2009. In the years before her death, she sought

ERVINE V. DESERT VIEW REG’L 4 MED. CTR. HOLDINGS

treatment at Desert View Regional Medical Center, a hospita... More...   $0 (05-29-2014 - NV)