Lavine Thomas appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment based
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on the doctrine of judicial estoppel in favor of appellees Glen Ginter, Richard J. Griffin a/k/a R. Jason Griffin, Griffin Law Firm, PLLC, John Grady Griffin, Innova Mortgage LLC, Lavine Thomas Properties LLC, and Innova Financial LLC. We affirm.
Background
In 2005 and 2006, Thomas entered into several real... More...   $0 (07-29-2014 - TX)

Miami, FL - Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Dave Aronberg, State Attorney, Office of the State Attorney for Palm Beach County, Karen Citizen-Wilcox, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General (USDA-OIG), Donnell Young, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), ... More...   $0 (07-24-2014 - FL)

This appeal arises from a lawyer liability case in which the jury found for Chris Linegar on multiple claims centered around alleged misrepresentations made by the law firm of DLA Piper US, LLP1 regarding a loan. The trial court rendered judgment on the jury verdict in favor of Linegar for $1,164,245.40 in damages and
1In its notice of appeal, DLA Piper notes that its correct name is DLA Piper... More...   $0 (07-24-2014 - TX)

D. Brent Lemon appeals the trial court’s judgment in favor of Daniel Hagood following a jury trial in this breach-of-contract suit. The jury found Lemon breached the contract and determined Hagood suffered damages of $97,024.77 and that his reasonable attorney’s fees in the trial court were $125,000. The trial court entered judgment for Hagood on the verdict. Lemon brings ten issues on appeal ... More...   $0 (07-24-2014 - TX)

Appellants Joseph and Debra Domino sued appellees Allmand & Lee, PLLC, Chris Lee, and Weldon R. Allmand for legal malpractice, alleging negligent representation in bankruptcy proceedings from November 6, 2009, to February 24, 2010, when the Dominos’ Chapter 13 case was dismissed. The Dominos filed their malpractice suit on November 5, 2012.
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The appellees filed traditional motions for s... More...   $0 (07-24-2014 - TX)

Robert J. Green and Marilyn Green appeal from a summary judgment in favor of the City of Dallas on the Greens’ bill of review in which they challenged a default judgment rendered against them. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court’s judgment. We issue this memorandum opinion because the issues are settled in law. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(a), .4.
BACKGROUND1
In April 1992 the... More...   $0 (07-21-2014 - TX)

Bettina M. Whyte v. Pricewaterhouse Coopers, L.L.P., Thomas L. Kivisto and Bank of America

Issue # 1.
Issue: PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE (PROFNEG)
Filed by: WHYTE, BETTINA M
Filed Date: 06/25/2010
Party Name: Disposition Information:

Defendant: PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPERS LLP
Disposed: TRANSFERRED TO FEDERAL COURT, 07/27/2010. Dismissed- Transferred to Another ... More...   $0 (07-18-2014 - KO)

DALLAS, Texas — A Dallas woman, Estela Martinez, 54, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in federal prison following her guilty plea in August 2013 to one count of making a false statement, under penalty of perjury, related to bankruptcy filings. U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas, whose office has been placing increased emphasis on investigating and prose... More...   $0 (07-18-2014 - TX)

Hallmark Cards, Inc. (Hallmark), hired Monitor Company Group, L.P.
(Monitor), to compile research on the greeting cards market. Monitor transmitted
confidential market research it had prepared for Hallmark to a private equity firm
called Monitor Clipper Partners, LLC (Clipper), the defendant in this litigation.
Clipper used this information to purchase and subsequently manage a com... More...   $0 (07-15-2014 - MO)

LOS ANGELES, CA – A Corona woman, who is already charged with a $15 million bank fraud and bankruptcy fraud, was indicted on Friday on new charges. Carolyn Marie Jones, 51, of Corona, who was the Chief Executive Officer of a high-end denim jean company, was charged in an indictment returned by the grand jury late Friday afternoon.

According to the seven-count indictment returned on Fri... More...   $0 (07-14-2014 - CA)

R. Wayne Klein (“Mr. Klein” or “Receiver”), the court-appointed receiver for
Winsome Investment Trust (“Winsome”), filed this action to recover funds paid from
Winsome to King & King & Jones, P.C. (“KKJ”). The district court granted
summary judgment in favor of the Receiver. KKJ appeals, and we affirm.
* After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel ha... More...   $0 (07-14-2014 - UT)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Walter Lian-Heen Liew (aka Liu Yuanxuan) was sentenced to serve 15 years in prison, forfeit $27.8 million in illegal profits, and pay $511,667.82 in restitution for what the sentencing judge described as a “white collar crime spree” that included violations of the Economic Espionage Act, tax evasion, bankruptcy fraud, and obstruction of justice, announced U.S. Attorney Me... More...   $0 (07-11-2014 - CA)

Under Code of Civil Procedure section 685.040,1 a judgment creditor is entitled to the reasonable and necessary costs of enforcing the judgment, including statutory attorney fees ―otherwise provided by law.‖ A motion to claim enforcement costs must, however, be made ―before the judgment is satisfied in full.‖ (§ 685.080, subd. (a).)
In the present case, plaintiff Fessha Taye, conserva... More...   $0 (07-07-2014 - CA)

A homeowners association on behalf of its members sued a condominium developer and various other parties over construction design defects that allegedly make the homes unsafe and uninhabitable for significant portions of the year. Two defendants were architectural firms, which allegedly designed the homes in a negligent manner but did not make the final decisions regarding how the homes would be b... More...   $0 (07-03-2014 - CA)

¶1 The issue in this matter is whether an insurer may agree to cancel a "claims made" policy with the knowledge that a potential claim is pending without violating the statutory prohibition on retroactive annulment of an insurance policy following the injury, death, or damage for which the insured may be liable. See Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 3625 (2011). This Court holds that it may not and affirms... More...   $0 (07-02-2014 - OK)

In late 2012, a North Carolina business called Flying Pigs, LLC, sued a North Carolina entity called RRAJ Franchising, LLC, in the Superior Court of Lenoir County, North Carolina, alleging a claim under North Carolina law. RRAJ removed that lawsuit to the Eastern District of North Carolina, asserting federal question jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331. The district court denied Flying Pigs... More...   $0 (07-01-2014 - NC)

In 1926, two individuals signed real estate installment contracts, a form of executory contract, to purchase properties on Lake Washington from the Puget Mill Company. In 1932, while both individuals were still making timely installment payments, the King County Board of Commissioners vacated the street separating the two properties. The timing of the street vacation is what has, 80 years later, l... More...   $0 (07-01-2014 - )

John Rady appeals pro se from the trial court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of appellee Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) and dismissing Rady’s claims with prejudice. For the following reasons, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

Curtis and Myra Green executed a deed of trust and promissory note with Home 123 Corporation in January 2007 to purchase the property... More...   $0 (06-29-2014 - TX)

ATLANTA - Thomas W. Dickson has been sentenced for stealing over $300,000 from his law firm’s clients.

“When Dickson stole over $300,000 of his clients’ money, he violated the law,” said United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates.

According to United States Attorney Yates, the charges and other information presented in court: In December 2008, while employed with a la... More...   $0 (06-27-2014 - GA)

Faced with the grim prospect of a crumbling marriage, Karen A. Brady-Zell (the debtor) engaged Danielle E. deBenedictis (the attorney) to act as her counsel. The debtor paid the attorney an up-front retainer of $25,000. After the representation ended, the attorney billed the debtor for additional fees and expenses of roughly $62,000. The debtor balked, and the attorney filed a state-court collecti... More...   $0 (06-25-2014 - MA)

Relying on the holding in Campbell v. Ford Motor Co. (2012) 206 Cal.App.4th 15 (Campbell), the trial court sustained a demurrer without leave to amend in a wrongful death action based on premises liability brought by the survivors of a woman who died of mesothelioma as a result of exposure to asbestos from her husband’s work clothes. The survivors argue that Campbell is distinguishable on its fa... More...   $0 (06-23-2014 - CA)

MADISON, WI -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Cynthia Barlow, 55, Barron, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to two years of probation for bankruptcy fraud. Judge Conley also fined Barlow $2,400.

On April 2, 2014, Barlow pleaded guilty to concealing assets in bankruptcy. She concealed from ... More...   $0 (06-20-2014 - WI)

This is an appeal out of Ada County by Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center from a jury verdict awarding damages totaling $52,084,513 against it for breach of contract and tortious conduct regarding MRI Associates, LLP, and its two limited partnerships that owned and operated magnetic resonance imaging scanners. The respondents also cross-appealed the $4.6 million judgment obtained by Saint Alp... More...   $0 (06-17-2014 - ID)

I&W, Inc. owned a solution mining operation in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Its operations formed a cavern under its own property, which grew so large it infringed upon the subsurface property of the nearby Circle S Feed Store, LLC.

This cavern, in turn, caused subsidence and damages to Circle S’s surface property. A New Mexico state court found I&W negligent and liable for damages its solution ... More...   $0 (06-17-2014 - NM)

This is a permissive interlocutory appeal of a partial summary judgment. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.014(d) (West Supp. 2013). Certain

1 Underwriters have moved for reconsideration of our March 11, 2014 opinion. The panel denies rehearing, withdraws its prior opinion and judgment, and issues this opinion and judgment in their place.

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Underwriters at Lloyd’s ... More...   $0 (06-12-2014 - TX)