In this inverse condemnation action involving a property in a redevelopment zone, plaintiff appeals from a judgment in favor of defendant following a bench trial.1 Judge Michael Winkelstein found plaintiff's failure to file a redevelopment application for its property precluded its inverse condemnation claims and purported comments by individual municipal officials that no building permits would b... More...   $0 (05-18-2012 - NJ)

{¶1} Appellant, Heron Point Condominium Unit Owner’s Association, appeals from the judgment of the Summit County Court of Common Pleas. This Court affirms. I. {¶2} Appellant is the Heron Point Condominium Unit Owner’s Association (“Heron Pointâ€�). Appellees E.R. Miller, Ltd. and Elton Miller were involved in the development of Heron Point Condominiums in the Village of Lakemore, Ohio. Mr.... More...   $0 (05-16-2012 - OH)

Matthew G. (Father) appeals the order of the South Carolina family court terminating his parental rights (TPR) to his minor child (Child) and granting Anthony H.'s (Stepfather) petition to adopt Child. Father argues the family court lacked jurisdiction to hear the child custody dispute because Georgia still had exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA)... More...   $0 (05-16-2012 - SC)

¶1 In 2010, the Oklahoma Legislature amended the Oklahoma Tax Code, 68 O.S. Supp. 2010 §2702(A)1 to require municipalities to contract with the State of Oklahoma through the Oklahoma Tax Commission (the Commission) to assess, collect and enforce municipal taxes. On June 1, 2010, prior to the amendment becoming effective on July 1, 2010, the plaintiff/appellee, City of Tulsa (City/Tulsa) contract... More...   $0 (05-15-2012 - OK)

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Debbie C. Herbert (Mother), appeals from a decision of the Butler County Court of Common Pleas Division of Domestic Relations ordering her to reimburse plaintiff-appellee, Daniel F. Herbert (Father), for a portion of their son's college tuition, room, board, and books. For the reasons outlined below, we affirm the trial court's decision.

{¶ 2} The parties were m... More...   $0 (05-14-2012 - OH)

The plaintiffs are severely disabled California residents. They alleged that “[c]onventional medical services, drugs and medications” have not alleviated the pain caused by their

impairments. Each of them has therefore “obtained a recom- mendation from a medical doctor” to use marijuana to treat her pain. This medical marijuana use is permissible under California law, see Cal. He... More...   $0 (05-11-2012 - CA)

Florence Norene Craig appeals a take-nothing judgment rendered in favor of appellees, Beeville Family Practice, L.L.P. and Agarita Medical Clinic,1 in a premises liability case. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On February 6, 2006, Craig gave her friend, Garnett Sellers, a ride to the Beeville Family Practice’s medical clinic (“Clinicâ€�) in Beeville, Texas. Craig had taken Sellers t... More...   $0 (05-10-2012 - TX)

These cross appeals arise out of a broken engagement between Matthew Campbell and Ashley Robinson. Campbell appeals the trial court's (1) denial of his motions for directed verdict and judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) and (2) overruling of his objections to the jury charge and verdict form. Robinson appeals the trial court's denial of her post-trial motions. We affirm in part, reverse i... More...   $0 (05-09-2012 - SC)

Plaintiff, Cindy Spohn, appeals as of right the trial court’s grant of summary disposition based on judicial estoppel in favor of defendants, Van Dyke Public Schools (VDPS), Edie T. Burks, Mark Skrzynski, Donald Colpaert, and Kathleen Spaulding, on Spohn’s claim of workplace sexual harassment. We affirm.

I. FACTS

At the time of the events leading to her workplace sexual harassmen... More...   $0 (05-08-2012 - MI)

Plaintiff, Cindy Spohn, appeals as of right the trial court’s grant of summary disposition
based on judicial estoppel in favor of defendants, Van Dyke Public Schools (VDPS), Edie T.
Burks, Mark Skrzynski, Donald Colpaert, and Kathleen Spaulding, on Spohn’s claim of
workplace sexual harassment. We affirm.
I. FACTS
At the time of the events leading to her workplace sexual har... More...   $0 (05-08-2012 - MI)

Haunted houses may be full of ghosts, goblins, and guillotines, but it’s their more prosaic features that pose the real danger. Tyler Hodges found that out when an evening shift working the ticket booth ended with him plummeting down an elevator shaft. But as these things go, this case no longer involves Mr. Hodges. Years ago he recovered from his injuries, received a settlement, and moved on. T... More...   $0 (05-08-2012 - OK)

After a decade of war, many of our veterans are returning home with physical and psychological wounds that require competent care. Faced with the daunting task of providing that care, as well as adjudicating the claims of hundreds of thousands of veterans seeking disability benefits, the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VAâ€�)1 is struggling to provide the care and compensation that our veterans... More...   $0 (05-07-2012 - ca)

Plaintiff-appellants (“Plaintiffs�), a group of foster children in Clark County, Nevada, appeal the dismissal of their complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6).1 For the reasons that follow, we reverse the dismissal of Counts One, Two, Three, Eight, and Eleven; affirm the dismissal of counts Nine and Ten; and remand for further proceedings.

I. BACKGROUND

Pla... More...   $0 (05-04-2012 - NV)

Presented here are claims asserted under the Wrongful Death Statute, Maryland Code (1974, 2006 Repl. Vol.), §§ 3-901 through 3-904 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article (CJ). The plaintiffs are the widow of the decedent and the adult children of her marriage with the decedent. They did not identify in their complaint, or notify, a stepson whom the decedent had adopted during a prior mar... More...   $0 (05-03-2012 - MD)

Justin Shekleton brought an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Ryan Eichenberger, individually and in his capacity as a Chickasaw County, Iowa Sheriff’s Department Deputy alleging Deputy Eichenberger violated Shekleton’s Fourth Amendment right to be free from excessive force by unnecessarily tasering Shekleton. Deputy Eichenberger appeals the district court’s1 denial of his motion ... More...   $0 (05-03-2012 - IA)

For over two decades, homeowners at Sumner Hill, an isolated subdivision on bluffs overlooking the San Joaquin River, experienced the privacy of living in a remote, rural location within the confines of a security gate. They also enjoyed unrestricted access to the San Joaquin River on a dirt road within the subdivision known as Killkelly Road. Because Killkelly Road was inside the gated residentia... More...   $0 (05-02-2012 - CA)

This products liability case arises out of severe and permanent injuries sustained by plaintiff Karen Bartlett after taking sulindac, a generic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug ("NSAID") manufactured by (among others) defendant Mutual Pharmaceutical Company ("Mutual"). Sulindac is known to cause, in rare instances, a hypersensitivity reaction called Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and its more gener... More...   $0 (05-02-2012 - MA)

This case involves a long-standing dispute between the Tomes Landing Condominium Association, Inc. (Association), located in Port Deposit, Maryland, and MRA Property Management, Inc., Appellants, and twenty-five condominium unit purchasers, Appellees.1

The unit purchasers were granted partial summary judgment in the amount of one million dollars against the Association and MRA in the Circui... More...   $0 (04-30-2012 - MD)

In general, a prevailing party may recover attorney‟s fees only when a statute or an agreement of the parties provides for fee shifting. (Santisas v. Goodin (1998) 17 Cal.4th 599, 606.) Labor Code section 218.5 requires the awarding of attorney‟s fees to the prevailing party “[i]n any action brought for the nonpayment of wages, fringe benefits, or health and welfare or pension fund contribut... More...   $0 (04-30-2012 - cA)

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act was passed to protect consumers against both abusive and mistaken collection activity. This case reveals why. It began with seemingly innocuous accounting errors on the part of a bank that were corrected. Despite repeated proof of that correction, unremitting collection activity was undertaken, foreclosure proceedings were instituted, and the credit of two co... More...   $0 (04-30-2012 - OH)

In Maryland the vicious mauling of young children by pit bulls occurred as early as 1916.1 Bachman vs. Clark, 128 Md. 245; 97 A. 440 (1916). In that case, a ten-year-old boy, John L. Clark, was playing on the north side of a street when a pit bull (“bull terrierâ€�) came across the street from its owner’s property and attacked him, inflicting serious injuries. The pit bull refused to release t... More...   $0 (04-26-2012 - MD)

This dispute centers on the ownership of an undivided one-fourth mineral interest associated with a tract of land located in Robertson County, Texas, which is now included in a prolific gas unit. The trial court granted summary judgment in this case in favor of appellees/cross-appellants, Brett G. Taylor, The Bill W. Clements and Velma F. Clements Revocable Living Trust, Billy R. Clements, and Lar... More...   $0 (04-25-2012 - TX)

In 2001, Betty Saint Rogers’ son died in a motorcycle accident and was buried in a grave plot in the Fort Hill Cemetery (“the cemeteryâ€�) in Cleveland, Tennessee.1 Following her son’s death, Ms. Rogers purchased easements from Louisville Land Company to two adjacent burial plots in the cemetery. When she purchased the easements, she had some concerns about the maintenance of the cemetery. S... More...   $0 (04-19-2012 - TN)

¶1 Plaintiffs appeal the superior court’s order granting judgment on the pleadings for Defendants. Concluding that the owner/operator of a motor vehicle has no duty to protect the public from the negligent driving of a car thief, we affirm the superior court’s judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶2 On July 15, 2006, Robert M. Delci, IV, and his son, Robert M. Delci,... More...   $0 (04-19-2012 - AZ)

Christina Owens appeals from the trial court’s order granting a no-evidence motion for summary judgment filed by John Hawkins,1 Janel Sue Skrabanek, Jack Paul Moore, William Richard Moore, and Bruce A. Skrabanek.2 Because the trial court did not err in granting the motion for summary judgment, we affirm the trial court’s order.

BACKGROUND

The parties to this proceeding are all re... More...   $0 (04-19-2012 - TX)