The underlying cause of action in this appeal stems from a business dispute among Juan Acra, Giovanni Bonaudo, and Bonaudo’s wife, Maria Jilma Maldonado. The dispute concerns services Bonaudo provided Acra and the corporate appellants, businesses controlled by Acra. The final judgment awards Giovanni Bonaudo, in relevant part, $403,488.72 in compensatory damages. The judgment is against appellants... More...   $0 (12-08-2017 - TX)

Michael David Scott appeals
from his conviction and sentence for wire fraud, bank fraud, and
money laundering, associated with a mortgage fraud scheme
perpetrated in the Boston area. His principal argument is that
the government unfairly procured his guilty plea by misusing
information he provided during proffer sessions. He also
challenges his sentence. For the following r... More...   $0 (12-08-2017 - MA)

The aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge against Soliz resulted
from an incident in which he and his friend, Tony Webber, visited a convenience
store in Houston. As they entered the store, the clerk noticed Webber had a black
semiautomatic handgun tucked into his waistband. The clerk told Webber he could
not bring a gun into the store. Webber swore and threatened t... More...   $0 (11-20-2017 - TX)

This case involves the attempted enforcement of a deed restriction against building more than a single one-car or two-car garage on a property located in the Garden Oaks, Section 3, Subdivision (the “Subdivision”). Appellant Garden Oaks Maintenance Organization (“GOMO”) filed suit against appellees Peter S. Chang and Katherine M. Chang seeking a permanent injunction to have the Changs remove
2... More...   $0 (11-15-2017 - TX)

This case stems from sexual activity that occurred between the Defendant and the victim, S. K.,1 who had met online, on the evening of May 27-28, 2014, during their first and only in-person date. After drinking together at a bar, the Defendant and the victim went to the Defendant’s condominium, where they drank more alcohol together before engaging in sexual contact that began with consensual kis... More...   $0 (11-07-2017 - TN)

In this appeal, a plaintiff asks our court to decide if the district
court properly granted summary judgment and partial summary
judgment on his defamation claim based on the running of the statute of
limitations. Additionally, we must determine if the court properly
granted summary judgment on the plaintiff’s malicious prosecution claim
on the ground the defendants merely furn... More...   $0 (10-27-2017 - IA)

¶ 1 In this case we are tasked with determining whether owners of
fishing and hunting memberships, HDH Partnership, Lawrence
Ausherman, Mark L. Ish, Herb Marchman, Hondros Family Real
Estate, LLC, and Teresa M. Mull Revocable Trust, may be taxed for
the parcels of real estate allocated to them in their membership
agreements.
¶ 2 The parcels are part of a larger tract of lan... More...   $0 (10-19-2017 - CO)

The City and County of San Francisco (the City) approved construction of a threeunit
condominium project proposed by real parties in interest Jeremy Ricks, Tracy
Kirkham and Joe Cooper on Telegraph Hill at 115 Telegraph Boulevard. Appellant
Protect Telegraph Hill argues that the approval was unlawful because an Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) for the project should have been prep... More...   $0 (10-14-2017 - CA)

Ordinarily, a party entitled to recover attorney fees
incurred in litigating the merits of a fee-generating claim
also may receive attorney fees incurred in determining the
amount of the resulting fee award. See Strawn v. Farmers
Ins. Co., 353 Or 210, 234, 297 P3d 439 (2013) (awarding
so-called “fees on fees” to which no objection was raised);
Crandon Capital Partners v. Sh... More...   $0 (10-05-2017 - OR)

El Paso, TX - El Paso Attorney Marco Delgado Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison in Connection with a Multi-Million Dollar Fraud/Money Laundering Scheme

El Paso attorney Marco Antonio Delgado (aka Marco Delgado Licon), age 51, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison in connection with a multi-million dollar wire fraud and money laundering scheme.

United States District ... More...   $0 (09-29-2017 - TX)

This is an appeal by Appellant, Stone Haynes Jr. (Haynes or Appellant), from the trial court’s orders granting summary judgments to Appellees, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (Chase), and Pleasure Pier Homeowners Association (HOA) (collectively Appellees). Haynes filed a pro se “Application for Temporary Restraining Order and Original Petition for Declaratory Judgment” (Original Petition) on June 7, 20... More...   $0 (09-23-2017 - TX)

Cox Cable subscribers cannot access premium cable services—features such as
interactive program guides, pay-per-view programming, and recording or rewinding
capabilities—unless they also rent a set-top box from Cox. Dissatisfied with this
arrangement, a class of plaintiffs in Oklahoma City (“Plaintiffs”) sued Cox under the
antitrust laws. They alleged that Cox had illegally tied ca... More...   $0 (09-20-2017 - OK)

Susan S. Kennedy appeals an order denying her motion to vacate a writ of execution and sheriff’s deed issued on her Panhandle condominium. RES-GA Lake Shadow, LLC (RES-GA), brought proceedings supplementary to execution related to a money judgment against Ms. Kennedy’s former husband. Without impleading Ms. Kennedy into the case, RES-GA received a writ of execution and sheriff’s deed giving it a o... More...   $0 (09-06-2017 - FL)

Defendant‐Appellant
Enkhchimeg Ulziibayar Edwards goes by the nickname Eni
Edwards. She was charged with two counts of witness tampering
in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b)(3) (Counts I and II)
and two counts of making false statements on an official questionnaire
for federal employment in violation of 18 U.S.C.
2 No. 16‐2253
§ 1001(a)(2) (Counts III and IV)... More...   $0 (08-27-2017 - IL)

Appellants G.T. Leach Builders, L.L.C.—Residential (G.T. Leach Builders), G.T.
Leach Construction, L.P., and Gary T. Leach (collectively, G.T. Leach), appeal an order
denying their motion to compel arbitration of appellee Sapphire Condominiums
Association, Inc.’s lawsuit. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Sapphire V.P., L.P. (Sapphire V.P.) was a limited partnership in the business ofMore...   $0 (08-25-2017 - TX)

In its lawsuit against Hulven International, Inc. (Hulven) and various other
defendants, PGA West Residential Association, Inc. (PGA West) alleged defendant
Dempsey Mork1 tried to fraudulently insulate the equity in his condominium from
creditors by naming Hulven, a sham corporation entirely owned and controlled by Mork,
as the beneficiary of a deed of trust and note, and by later ... More...   $0 (08-10-2017 - CA)

Spanish Peaks is a 3000-acre luxury resort in Big Sky Country, Montana, a
development begun in 2002 by Spanish Peaks Holdings II, LLC (Holdings). The
featured residences at Spanish Peaks were to be “high end settlement cabins,” to be
constructed close to a massive lodge, which was to be the centerpiece of the
development, containing restaurants, stores, recreation facilities, and o... More...   $0 (07-29-2017 - CA)

In three cases consolidated in the trial court, the Estuary Owners Association
(EOA) and individual owners of condominiums built on the site of a former bulk fuel
distribution terminal sued successive owners and developers of the property, as well as
contractors involved in constructing the condominiums, over alleged contamination of
the soil and groundwater at the site and imprope... More...   $0 (07-27-2017 - CA)

Plaintiff FilmOn.com (FilmOn) is an Internet-based
entertainment media provider. Defendant DoubleVerify, Inc.
(DoubleVerify) provides authentication services to online
advertisers. FilmOn sued DoubleVerify for trade libel, slander,
and other business-related torts, alleging DoubleVerify falsely
classified FilmOn’s websites under the categories “Copyright
Infringement-File S... More...   $0 (07-26-2017 - CA)

Philadelphia, PA - Defunct Philly Hospice’s Owners/Operators to Pay Millions to Settle Civil False Claims Suit

Matthew Kolodesh, Alex Pugman, Svetlana Ganetsky, and Malvina Yakobashvili have agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle False Claims Act allegations that they and their now-defunct company, Home Care Hospice, Inc. (HCH), falsely claimed and received taxpayer dollars for hospi... More...   $8000000 (07-06-2017 - PA)

Section 663 of the Code of Civil Procedure allows an aggrieved party in a
civil case to move the trial court to vacate its final judgment. The question in this
case is whether an order denying one of those motions is appealable even if it
raises issues that could have been litigated via an appeal of the judgment. We
answered yes to this question over a century ago. (See Bond v. Uni... More...   $0 (06-28-2017 - CA)

NylondaJazz Sharnese appeals a take-nothing judgment following a bench trial in her suit against Jose Lopez, Miguel Angel Silva, and Rebecca Rodriguez. Sharnese challenges the trial court’s exclusion of evidence she tried to present at trial. She also contends the trial court erred by failing to file findings of fact and conclusions of law, granting judgment in favor of appellees, and demonstratin... More...   $0 (06-23-2017 - )

This appeal arises from two townhome duplex owners, Alfred “Corky” Belanger and Michael Drennan, who brought breach of contract, trespass, negligence, and diversion of water claims against their homeowners association and its management company.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Lakeside Village
Lakeside Village is a gated townhome community comprised of 498 units by a lake in Rockwall... More...   $0 (06-17-2017 - TX)

I. INTRODUCTION
Between 1999 and 2010, Albert Wilcox made a series of loans to James Hardwick.
In 2013, Hardwick filed this action to recover usurious interest and prevent Wilcox from
foreclosing on property securing his loans. Wilcox countersued for breach of contract
and judicial foreclosure. The trial court entered judgment in favor of Hardwick, finding,
among other things, ... More...   $0 (05-23-2017 - CA)

In this construction defect lawsuit by a homeowner, the jury found the general
contractor -- defendant Estate of William G. Davidson, formerly Davidson Construction
(Davidson) -- negligent and liable for some, but not all, alleged violations of building
standards under the Right to Repair Act, Civil Code section 895, et seq. (the Act). The
estate is a proper party where the deceden... More...   $0 (05-19-2017 - )