A construction crew encountered evidence of rodents the

day they began moving into leased housing. They left without waiting for the

problem to be resolved, and the construction company sued the landlord to

recover prepaid rents. A rodent infestation evident at move-in represents an

actionable breach of the implied warranty of habitability, justifying res... More...   $0 (10-08-2012 - WA)

Defendants, Rysher Entertainment, LLC, 2929 Entertainment, LP, and Qualia Capital, LLC, appeal from a judgment entered in favor of plaintiff, Don Johnson Productions, Inc. On December 7, 1994, plaintiff and Rysher Entertainment, LLC entered into a contract for the services of an actor, Don Johnson. Entitled the ―Term Agreement‖ (the contract), it provided for production of the ―Nash Bridgesâ... More...   $0 (10-01-2012 - CA)

Seeking contribution for costs expended in the investigation and remediation of contaminated groundwater that tainted private wells in Bound Brook, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Administrator of the New Jersey Spill Compensation Fund (hereinafter collectively the DEP), filed this action under the Spill Compensation and Control Act (Spill Act or Act). Although the DE... More...   $0 (09-26-2012 - NJ)

Michael L. Hall was injured when he fell from a ladder while working on a roof for Knoll Building Maintenance, Inc. (Knoll Corporation). The Knoll Corporation is a Kansas for profit corporation, and all of the corporation's shareholders are related to one another. Following his work-related injury, Hall made a claim for workers compensation benefits. His claim was preliminarily denied by an admini... More...   $0 (09-26-2012 - KS)

20 This appeal concerns a longstanding land-use dispute between
21 plaintiff-appellee Fortress Bible Church (“the Church�) and
22 defendant-appellant Town of Greenburgh, New York (“the Town�)
23 over the Church’s plan to build a worship facility and school on
24 land that it owned within the Town. After a series of
25 contentious administrative proceedings effectively... More...   $0 (09-25-2012 - )

¶1 Appellant Ladine Jeremiah (Mother) appeals an order terminating her parental rights to her minor children, T.J., R.D., R.D., and T.D., based upon unanimous jury verdicts each of which found Mother "failed to correct the conditions that led to the finding that a child is deprived pursuant to 10A O.S. § 1-4-904(B)(5)." We REVERSE and REMAND the order.

FACTS

¶2 In 1997, Mother qui... More...   $0 (09-21-2012 - OK)

¶1 Appellant Ladine Jeremiah (Mother) appeals an order terminating her parental rights to her minor children, T.J., R.D., R.D., and T.D., based upon unanimous jury verdicts each of which found Mother "failed to correct the conditions that led to the finding that a child is deprived pursuant to 10A O.S. § 1-4-904(B)(5)." We REVERSE and REMAND the order.

FACTS

¶2 In 1997, Mother qui... More...   $0 (09-21-2012 - OK)

The parties appeal from four post-judgment orders in this highly contentious and litigious matrimonial matter. Plaintiff Katherine Milne challenges provisions set forth in Family Part orders dated March 10, 2011, March 23, 2011, and September 30, 2011, the latest of which was entered following our limited remand. Defendant Robert Goldenberg appeals from an April 29, 2011 order, which reallocated ... More...   $0 (09-21-2012 - NJ)

This case involves two consolidated actions in eminent domain brought by the Council of San Benito County Governments (COG), a joint powers authority created under a joint powers agreement between the County of San Benito, the City of Hollister, and the City of San Juan Bautista, to acquire property for the Highway 25 Bypass Project. In the eminent domain proceedings, COG sought to condemn real pr... More...   $0 (09-19-2012 - CA)

27 The defendants, the United States Department of Justice
28 ("DOJ"), the United States Department of Health and Human
29 Services ("HHS"), and the United States Agency for International
30 Development ("USAID"), appeal from a judgment of the United
31 States District Court for the Southern District of New York
2
1 (Victor Marrero, Judge) granting a motion for summary judg... More...   $0 (09-19-2012 - NY)

Mark Hagans appeals the cessation of his Social Security disability insurance benefits following a determination by the Social Security Administration (“SSAâ€�) that he was no longer disabled. Hagans argues the District Court erred by reviewing his disability status as of September 1, 2004 — the day on which, according to the SSA, Hagans’s disability ceased. This contention requires us to de... More...   $0 (09-17-2012 - nj)

The plaintiffs, Pemiola Demiraj, individually and doing business as Eagle Agency, and Halim Demiraj, appeal from the judgment of the trial court, following a jury trial, in favor of the defendants, Tom Uljaj, Eli Gjezo and Adriatic Eagle Air Corporation (Adriatic). On appeal, the plaintiffs claim that the court improperly directed a verdict in favor of the defendants on two counts alleging violati... More...   $0 (09-16-2012 - CT)

[¶1] James Creel and Brenda Creel (collectively the Creels) attended the 2006 Wyoming Open Golf Tournament (Wyoming Open) as spectators. During the tournament, James Creel (Mr. Creel) was struck by a golf ball and suffered a head injury. The Creels thereafter filed an action for damages against several parties, including the golfer who hit the ball, a tournament official, and the operators of the... More...   $0 (09-14-2012 - WY)

The City of Boca Raton (“the Cityâ€�) appeals from a final order granting a writ of mandamus compelling the City to process a citizen initiative petition that would enact an ordinance to amend the city code. In addition, the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District (“the Districtâ€�) appeals the trial court’s denial of its motion to intervene. We affirm the trial court’s order of mandamu... More...   $0 (09-14-2012 - FL)

Following the jury trial of a trespass case, the trial court rendered judgment on the jury’s verdict for the defendant, Environmental Processing Systems, L.C., (EPS). The plaintiff, FPL Farming Ltd. (FPL) claimed that EPS trespassed onto its property by causing subsurface wastewater to migrate into the subterranean level of FPL’s tracts, which are located next to a tract on which EPS operates ... More...   $0 (09-14-2012 - TX)

Regina McCormick was pursuing a graduate degree in psychology at Miami University in Ohio when she was diagnosed with several illnesses that slowed her progress in her graduate studies. After the faculty voted against promoting McCormick to doctoral status, she filed suit against the university and its officials, alleging discrimination on the basis of race and disability in violation of state and... More...   $0 (09-11-2012 - OH)

Plaintiff Denise Schmidt alleges that she broke an unwritten rule and suffered the consequences when she challenged a sitting superior court judge for his seat in a local election while she was serving as a temporary superior court commissioner.

Schmidt lost her March 2004 election bid against an incumbent judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Contra Costa (“Superior Courtâ... More...   $0 (09-11-2012 - CA)

The question presented is whether a single color may serve as a legally protected trademark in the fashion industry and, in particular, as the mark for a particular style of high fashion women’s footwear. Christian Louboutin, a designer of high-fashion women’s footwear and accessories, has since 1992 painted the “outsolesâ€� of his women’s high-heeled shoes with a high-gloss red lacquer. I... More...   $0 (09-05-2012 - NY)

This case is about the procedures two individuals must follow to become domestic partners under California law.

James Burnham (Burnham) and real party in interest Kathleen Honeyman (Honeyman) wanted to become domestic partners. On a Saturday morning, they completed a notarized declaration of domestic partnership. Later that afternoon, Burnham died. The following Monday, Honeyman presented t... More...   $0 (08-31-2012 - CA)

All persons and entities owning real property in and around the City of Neodesha, Kansas, brought a class action against the owners of a former oil refinery, alleging groundwater and subsurface soil contamination caused by the now dismantled facility. A jury found in the defendants' favor after a 17-week trial. But in posttrial proceedings, the district court decided it had made a mistake in submi... More...   $0 (08-30-2012 - KS)

¶1 WRT Realty, Inc. filed suit to determine the ownership of property between land it owned and land owned by Boston Investment Group II, LLC. Both parties sought summary adjudication of the issue. The district court found that WRT was the owner of the Disputed Property. Boston appeals the district court's order granting WRT's motion for summary judgment and denying Boston's cross-motion for summ... More...   $0 (08-30-2012 - OK)

2 Plaintiffs Spitz and the Jeffrey Todd Whyle-Spitz Irrevocable Trust (the
3 trust) appeal a general judgment in a declaratory judgment action that concluded that
4 their ownership interest in residential real property had been terminated by a trust deed
5 foreclosure sale. Plaintiffs contend that the trial court erred in denying them their
6 requested declaration that the foreclos... More...   $0 (08-29-2012 - OR)

This is an appeal from a post-trial decision and final judgment of the Court of Chancery awarding more than $2 billion in damages and more than $304 million in attorneys’ fees. The Court of Chancery held that the defendants-appellants, Americas Mining Corporation (“AMCâ€�), the subsidiary of Southern Copper Corporation’s (“Southern Peruâ€�) controlling shareholder, and affiliate directors ... More...   $0 (08-29-2012 - DE)

The defendant, Orlito A. Trias,1 an obstetrician and gynecologist, appeals2 from the judgment of the trial court, after a jury trial, in favor of the plaintiff, Allison Downs,3 with respect to the allegations that the defendant’s negligence resulted in the plaintiff developing ovarian cancer. The defendant contends that, because the plaintiff’s complaint turned on the defendant’s failure to ... More...   $0 (08-27-2012 - CT)

Six days after his birth, plaintiff suffered irreversible brain damage. Through his mother as guardian ad litem, he sued his pediatrician and the hospital in which he was born. Before trial, plaintiff and the pediatrician agreed to a settlement of $1 million, the limit of the pediatrician‟s malpractice insurance policy. At a jury trial, plaintiff was awarded both economic and noneconomic damages... More...   $0 (08-26-2012 - CA)