Miami, FL - Two Miami, Florida, residents pleaded guilty this week to participating in a mortgage fraud scheme involving the sale of condominium units in the Miami area.

U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Special Agent in Charge Nadine Gurley of the Department o... More...   $0 (08-15-2014 - FL)

This case involves a dispute between the owners of adjacent commercial property located in Sunnyvale at 170 North Wolfe Road (170 Wolfe, or 170 Wolfe property) and 162 North Wolfe Road (162 Wolfe, or 162 Wolfe property). In March 2010, appellants Steven Hoffman (Hoffman) and Swee Lin Hoffman (collectively, the Hoffmans), purchased the 170 Wolfe property. After close of escrow, the owner of the 162... More...   $0 (08-13-2014 - CA)

Marie Ogle v. Willow Creek I Neighborhood Association, Inc., Budd Proffitt, Tom Cox and Mary Ann Spencer

1. Marie Ogle is the owner of a condominium located at Unit 278 Bldg. A14, 4660 East 68th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma in Willow Creek Condominium I (“Ogle Property”).
2 Willow Creek Condominium I (“Willow Creek I”) is a suspended Oklahoma
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corporation and has been susp... More...   $0 (07-31-2014 - OK)

The State of Texas sued Phillip C. Watrous, individually and as trustee under the
Watrous Family Living Trust (Watrous), alleging that he violated the Texas Local Government Code
by failing to plat property located in Cameron County that he subdivided for residential use (the
Property). See Tex. Loc. Gov’t Code §§ 232.021-.043 (subdivision platting requirements for
counties nea... More...   $0 (07-30-2014 - TX)

Truly Nolen of America, Inc. (“Truly Nolen”) appeals a trial court order
finding that it waived its right to compel arbitration by filing a motion to transfer
venue based on forum non conveniens while simultaneously filing a motion to
compel arbitration. Because the actions taken by Truly Nolen were not
inconsistent with its right to enforce the mandatory arbitration clause in ... More...   $0 (07-23-2014 - FL)

Plaintiff Camille Haddad (“Haddad”) appeals the order of the district
court granting summary judgment to Defendant law firm Alexander, Zelmanski, Danner &
Fioretti, PLLC, (“Firm”) in this action brought under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
(“FDCPA”), 15 U.S.C. § 1692, et seq., and the Michigan Collection Practices Act (“MCPA”),
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.251, ... More...   $0 (07-16-2014 - MI)

In this consolidated appeal, Brett J. Stettner (“Stettner”) appeals two trial
court orders: (1) denying his motion to set aside clerk’s default, to vacate default
final judgment and to quash a writ of garnishment; and (2) denying his motion to
set aside sheriff’s sale. For the reasons that follow, we reverse both orders.
On May 14, 2012, Stettner filed a Petition for Injunc... More...   $0 (07-16-2014 - FL)

Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that four defendants were sentenced in Macon today by the Honorable Marc T. Treadwell, United States District Court Judge, in connection with the operation of a place of prostitution and money laundering activities. The charges against the four defendants, all Korean nationals, stemmed from the operation of the... More...   $0 (07-15-2014 - GA)

On December 8, 2005, Brian Wyman, Frank Thoms, and Vincent Cascio, as trustees of the Market Gallery Condominium Trust (trustees), filed a civil action against Ayer Properties, LLC (Ayer), seeking damages stemming from the negligent construction of elements of a condominium building by Ayer. The trustees alleged that Ayer -- which had purchased and converted the building in question into condomini... More...   $0 (07-10-2014 - MA)

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)

A jury convicted defendant of kidnapping, committing two counts of lewd and lascivious acts on, and then murdering Samantha Runnion under the special circumstances of murder while kidnapping and murder while committing lewd and lascivious acts on a child under the age of 14. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(B) and (E), 207, 288, subd. (b).)1 After a penalty trial, the jury returned a ver... More...   $0 (06-30-2014 - CA)

Meera Upasani and Mohan Upasani, policyholders of State Farm General Insurance Company and State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (collectively, State Farm), were sued for conspiring to aid a mother in abducting her son from his father. State Farm denied the Upasanis’ tender of the defense of that action because abduction claims were not covered claims under the terms of the State Farm policies. T... More...   $0 (06-26-2014 - CA)

Appellee, Manhattan Homeowners Association (“MHA”), sued appellant, Emil Brasel, for violations of a deed restriction. The jury determined that Brasel committed five out of twenty alleged violations and awarded MHA a portion of its requested attorneys’ fees through trial. The trial court granted MHA’s motion for

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judgment notwithstanding the verdict, awarding it the full amo... More...   $0 (06-19-2014 - TX)

¶ 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)

The sole question presented on this appeal is whether the district court properly dismissed the appellant's complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Finding that dismissal was proper, we affirm the ruling of the district court.

BACKGROUND

In September 2008, appellant Janet S. Grapentine ("Grapentine") entered into a mortgage contract with appellee Pawtucket Credit Union ("P... More...   $0 (06-16-2014 - RI)

¶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)

Miami, FL - Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that Alvaro López Tardón, 39, of Miami Beach and Madrid, Spain, was convicted on 14 counts... More...   $0 (06-12-2014 - FL)

Plaintiffs James C. Hill and Dawn L. Hill as trustees under a revocable trust dated February 17, 1977 (the Hills) appeal from a postjudgment order awarding contractual attorney fees to Affirmed Housing Group (Affirmed) under Civil Code section 1717.

We find no abuse of discretion and affirm.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In the underlying suit, the Hills sued San Jose F... More...   $0 (06-09-2014 - CA)

Helen Mayfield sued North Village Green I Homeowner’s Association, Inc., James Patrick Kennedy, and Duane T. Corley. Each defendant filed a motion for summary judgment, which the trial court granted. Mayfield identifies six issues on appeal.

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We affirm.

Background Summary

In 2002, a fire occurred at the North Village Green Condominiums. An insurance dispute a... More...   $0 (06-05-2014 - TX)

TULSA, OKLAHOMA— United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma Danny C. Williams Sr. announced today that United States District Court Judge James H. Payne sentenced James Rhea Cooley, a former Regional Human Resource Manager for Newfield Exploration Mid-Continent Inc., a Houston, Texas-based oil and gas company, with offices in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to serve 55 months in Federal priso... More...   $0 (05-28-2014 - OK)

The Copyright Act (Act) protects copyrighted works published before1978 for an initial period of 28 years, renewable for a period of up to 67 years. 17 U. S. C. §304(a). The author’s heirs inherit the renewal rights. See §304(a)(1)(C)(ii)–(iv). When an author who has assignedher rights away “dies before the renewal period, . . . the assignee maycontinue to use the original work only if the... More...   $0 (05-19-2014 - DC)

In these consolidated appeals, Lillian E. Billewicz (Ms. Billewicz) challenges three orders entered in the circuit court: (1) an order denying her motion to intervene in an action for the dissolution of the marriage of Robert Billewicz and Julia MacRae-Billewicz; (2) an order quashing a quitclaim deed executed by Robert Billewicz purporting to transfer property commonly known as 165 Sunrise Court,... More...   $0 (05-09-2014 - FL)

This is an appeal from a post-answer default judgment rendered against attorney Bruce B. McLeod III on Alfred Gyr’s claims for deceptive trade practices and breach of fiduciary duty. McLeod raises four issues on appeal challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment, the trial court’s order denying his motion for new trial, and the trial court’s order reinstating the case... More...   $0 (05-05-2014 - TX)

Juan Romero and Irma Medrano appeal a trial court’s judgment awarding Geovanni Fuentes and Roberto Fuentes $300, the amount of the Fuenteses’ security deposit on an apartment that they intended to rent from Romero. Romero

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and Medrano contend that there was insufficient evidence to support the trial court’s judgment. We affirm.

Background

This case arises... More...   $0 (04-20-2014 - TX)

CHICAGO, IL― Two former analysts for the Cook County Board of Review were sentenced today for accepting $1,500 to facilitate reducing by more than $10,000 the property taxes on three residential properties. THOMAS HAWKINS was sentenced to 24 months in prison and JOHN RACASI was sentenced to 18 months in prison after they were convicted of federal conspiracy, bribery, and fraud charges. They were... More...   $0 (04-16-2014 - IL)