Plaintiffs Pamela Gillie and Hazel Meadows appeal the district
court order entering summary judgment in favor of Defendants Eric A. Jones; the Law Office of
Eric A. Jones, LLC (“Jones Law Office”); Mark J. Sheriff; Sarah Sheriff; and Wiles, Boyle,
Burkholder & Bringardner Co., LPA (“Wiles Law Firm”). Plaintiffs brought this action under
the Fair Debt Collection Practices Ac... More...   $0 (05-08-2015 - OH)

Phil Rosemann appeals the district court’s adverse grant of summary judgment
in this diversity action alleging legal malpractice against now-disbarred attorney
Martin Sigillito. We agree with the district court that in negligence cases like this
one, Missouri law requires expert-witness testimony about the duty of care owed.
Without providing an expert, Rosemann’s claim is inva... More...   $0 (05-04-2015 - MO)

Mr. Robert McAllister was an attorney charged with conspiracy, wire
fraud, and bankruptcy fraud. He and the prosecutors entered a plea
agreement, stipulating to certain facts. In the plea agreement, the
government agreed not to take any positions inconsistent with the
stipulated facts. Based on this agreement, Mr. McAllister pleaded guilty.
At sentencing, the government recomme... More...   $0 (05-04-2015 - CO)

This breach of contract action is before
this court—pursuant to our diversity jurisdiction—a
second time. As a refresher, Lawrence J. Hess, an attorney,
had worked on a number of medical-malpractice cases before
his law firm, Kanoski & Associates, P.C. (“K&A”),1 ter-
1 Per Appellee’s Rule 26.1 Disclosure Statement of December 5, 2014, Kanoski
& Associates is now K... More...   $0 (05-04-2015 - IL)

Tulsa, OK - Keane Realtors Incorporated sued Bruce A. Wood, Les Riker, George Aveilhe, Andrew G. Bassel, Daniel L. Leader, Advent Development, LLC, Advent Development, Inc., RC Bixby Landing, LLC, Rausch Coleman Hommes, LLC, Noah Webswter & Betty Joe Easton Revocable Trust, NOah Webster, Betty Jo Easton, Travis Harper, Carrie Harper, Christopher M. Kern and Patriot Bank on breach of contract, conv... More...   $0 (04-30-2015 - OK)

This is an appeal from a district court order affirming a bankruptcy court’s disallowance of an exemption claimed by Michael and Kristie Valone in their Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition. The Chapter 13 trustee, Jon Waage, objected to their personal property exemption, arguing that, as homeowners filing under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Valones were ineligible for the exemption. The bank... More...   $0 (04-29-2015 - FL)

This appeal arises from the trial court’s judgment, following a bench trial, rescinding a 2009 amended warrant agreement involving Valerus Compression Services, L.P., Guggenheim Corporate Funding, LLC, Orpheus Holdings, LLC, Stellar Funding Ltd., and Orpheus Funding LLC (collectively, Guggenheim). Valerus filed the underlying suit seeking rescission of the amended warrant due to its factual mist... More...   $0 (04-23-2015 - TX)

Miami, FL - A Palm Beach County couple was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Kenneth L. Ryskamp in West Palm Beach for their participation in a bankruptcy fraud scheme.

Husband and wife Dr. Richard S. Krugman, 61, and Tamara B. Giordano, 54, each previously pled guilty to one count of bankruptcy fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 152. Krugman and Giordano ... More...   $0 (04-23-2015 - FL)

This appeal follows on the heels of a bank failure, the Barnes Banking Company
(the “Bank”) having been placed into Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”)
receivership in 2010. Three shareholders in Barnes Bancorporation (the “Holding
Company”), parent of the failed bank, brought suit against the Holding Company and its
officers and directors. The district court... More...   $0 (04-22-2015 - UT)

Logan County, OK - Ben Young sued Crescent Management, LLC, Mike Rogers and Justin Tarrant on fraud theories claiming:

Defendant, Crescent Management LLC is, and all times herein mentioned is a business entity of unknown form,
doing business in Logan County, Oklahoma,
2. Defendant, Mike Roger, Owner of Crescent Management LLC
3. Defendant, Justin Tarrant, managing member, of C... More...   $0 (04-20-2015 - OK)

Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee Carl Davis appeals from a decision by the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas (Bankruptcy Court), which was affirmed
by the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit (BAP). Davis sought to
avoid, as a fraudulent conveyance, debtor Tung Nguyen’s transfer to his sister of his
interest in a piece of real property. Both the Bankrup... More...   $0 (04-13-2015 - KS)

Richard Hess, Meredith Hess, and Lucre, Inc. (collectively the Hesses),
appeal the trial court's order that grants John T. Patrick's motion to quash a writ of
execution and quashes the writ with prejudice. The Hesses obtained an Arizona federal
judgment awarding them a total of $1,600,000. They registered the judgment in Florida
under sections 55.501-.509, Florida Statutes (2012), ... More...   $0 (04-01-2015 - FL)

Tami Winternitz (Mother) appeals the denial of her move away request involving her daughter Jamison (born 2001) with ex-husband Dr. William Winternitz (Father). She asserts the custody evaluator failed to comply with
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California Rules of Court, rule 5.220 and it was legal error for the family court to deny her motion to strike the evaluator's defective report. (All rule references are to ... More...   $0 (03-27-2015 - CA)

Sometimes it's not over when it's over. A bankruptcy extinguished defendant debtor's liability on a judgment in favor of plaintiff. But here it did not extinguish plaintiff's lien on the bankrupt's business from which plaintiff was entitled to the assets and profits of the business.
Shortly before his death, plaintiff's husband sold a business to defendant. Defendant defaulted on the purchase ... More...   $0 (03-24-2015 - CA)

"There are no free houses." These are the words of the bankruptcy judge who allowed the instant home foreclosure to go forward. It rejected appellant's theory of "wrongful foreclosure." Thereafter, the same theory was rejected in an unlawful detainer proceeding. Undeterred, appellant F. Wood Boyce sued his lender for "wrongful foreclosure" because the $1.155 million deed of trust was placed in a m... More...   $0 (03-23-2015 - CA)

¶1 Tiffany Begum (Wife) appeals from the district court’s final judgment in the divorce action between herself and Anthony Begum (Husband). We affirm.
¶2 Husband and Wife married in 1989. Wife petitioned for a divorce in August 2008. A domestic relations commissioner issued temporary orders granting physical custody of the parties’ minor children to Wife. The commissioner ordered Husband... More...   $0 (03-19-2015 - UT)

CHICAGO - The former owner and chief executive officer, the chief operating officer, and the chief financial officer of the now-closed Sacred Heart Hospital were convicted by a jury after a nearly two-month trial of collectively paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal kickbacks in exchange for the referral of hospital patients who were insured by Medicare and Medicaid. The jury found th... More...   $0 (03-19-2015 - IL)

¶1 Tiffany Begum (Wife) appeals from the district court’s final judgment in the divorce action between herself and Anthony Begum (Husband). We affirm.
¶2 Husband and Wife married in 1989. Wife petitioned for a divorce in August 2008. A domestic relations commissioner issued temporary orders granting physical custody of the parties’ minor children to Wife. The commissioner ordered Husband... More...   $0 (03-19-2015 - UT)

In this appeal from the judgment of a Harris County civil court at law, no
one challenges the trial court’s judgment regarding the original plaintiff’s claim
against the original defendant. Instead, the defendant argues that the trial court
lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over the intervenor’s claims. We agree. We
additionally conclude that the trial court lacked subject-m... More...   $0 (03-12-2015 - TX)

Scott P. Russell, as Property Appraiser of Monroe County, Florida, appeals a
judgment holding that certain properties were not subject to ad valorem taxes for
the years 2008 through 2013. The properties are five military housing complexes
serving the Naval Air Station at Key West. The housing complexes are being
improved and operated pursuant to a public-private partnership between... More...   $0 (03-11-2015 - FL)

This is an insurance coverage case. Appellees Calitex Corporation; Elshir Enterprises, L.P.; and Thomas, L.P. (collectively, “Calitex”) filed this lawsuit against appellant Dallas National Insurance Company (“DNIC”) seeking, in part, a declaration that DNIC owes a duty to indemnify Calitex respecting a judgment Calitex obtained (the “underlying judgment”) in a separate underlying lawsu... More...   $0 (03-03-2015 - TX)

Appellant B.W.D. appeals from a summary judgment granted in favor of appellees James W. Turnage and Forensic DNA and Drug Testing Services, Inc. In four issues, appellant argues (1) that appellees were not entitled to derived judicial immunity as a matter of law; (2) they went beyond the scope of the agreed order that modified the divorce decree; (3) they did not prove their entitlement to summary... More...   $0 (03-02-2015 - TX)

New York, NY - The trustees of Magnesium Corp. of America sued Ira Rennert and Renco Group, Inc. on breach of fiduciary duties which resulted in the plundering of the now-bankrupt mining company to pay for personal luxuries including a 100,000 square foot private beachfront home in the Hamptons.

Court docket entries for this case starting January 1, 2015:

Date Filed # Docket Te... More...   $0 (02-27-2015 - NY)

LOS ANGELES, LA – A Corona woman who was the chief executive officer of a high-end jean company that outfitted Hollywood celebrities pleaded guilty to bank fraud and bankruptcy fraud offenses.

Carolyn Marie Jones, 51, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of bank fraud and one count of concealing assets in a bankruptcy proceeding.

Jones pleaded guilty before United State... More...   $0 (02-25-2015 - CA)

Appellant Eddie Lerma, challenges a jury verdict and subsequent judgment holding him liable to Appellee Border Demolition & Environmental, Inc. (“Border Demolition”) for breach of an oral demolition contract and attorneys’ fees. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Factual History
On May 28, 2008, the City of El Paso condemned a house and detached garage located at 7429 Rose Lane Circle in El P... More...   $0 (02-20-2015 - TX)