This is an appeal from a take-nothing final summary judgment rendered in favor of appellee Ellen A. Yarrell on appellant James W. Paulsen’s defamation claims. Paulsen challenges the trial court’s denial of a motion to dismiss, which attempted to invoke the Texas Citizens Participation Act. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. &
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REM. CODE §§ 27.001–.011. Paulsen also argues that summary judgment was impro... More...   $0 (05-25-2017 - TX)

After an investigation spearheaded by Detective Brian Koopman, the Loveland
Police Department (the “Department”) accused former police officer Tammy Fisher
of alerting friends to a child pornography investigation—allowing the friends to
delete files from their computer’s hard drive before the police executed a search
warrant. The Department ultimately decided not to pursue any off... More...   $0 (05-23-2017 - CO)

After siblings Kaleta and Seth Johnson sued Dinesh Shah for Shah’s protracted abuse of their family, Michael Phillips, a Houston attorney, defended Shah against the allegations in a 2008 civil trial. Phillips later published a book,
titled “Monster in River Oaks,” about the events giving rise to the suit. According to its prologue, the book tells the “story of a predatory monster that set out ... More...   $0 (05-23-2017 - TX)

Dirck Van Audenhove sued Robert Perry for malicious prosecution, alleging that
Perry contacted the police and falsely accused him of stalking, and that the police
arrested him, but the district attorney’s office ultimately declined to prosecute. The trial
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court sustained a demurrer and dismissed the action, on the ground that the complaint
failed to allege a prosecution, as ... More...   $0 (05-20-2017 - )

New York, NY - Big Lawsuit Results in Little Verdict

Bennett Sprecher and Louise Forlenza sued Marc Thibodeau on breach of contract, tortious interference and defamation theories claiming that Thibodeau interfered in the production of Rebecca an ill-fated Broadway musical that never came to be. The Plaintiff's sought $10 million in damages.

The Plaintiff claimed that Defendant s... More...   $0 (05-12-2017 - NY)

Salem, OR - Dr. Kristian Ferry sued McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center on breach of contract and defamation theories claiming to have been damaged as a direct result of for being terminated in 2015.

The Defendants denied wrongdoing and asserted truth in their defense on the libel claim.... More...   $158333 (05-07-2017 - OR)

To combat lawsuits designed to chill the exercise of free speech and
petition rights (typically known as strategic lawsuits against public participation,
or SLAPPs), the Legislature has authorized a special motion to strike claims that
are based on a defendant‘s engagement in such protected activity. (See Code Civ.
Proc., § 425.16, subd. (a).)1 We consider a question that has gener... More...   $0 (05-07-2017 - )

This action arises out of a series of events that began at a
Los Angeles middle school, where Katia Julian taught
mathematics, and ended at Mission Community Hospital, where
Julian was involuntarily detained for mental health evaluation
and treatment. After her release, Julian sued the Los Angeles
Unified School District (LAUSD), the Los Angeles Unified School
Police (LAUSP... More...   $0 (05-03-2017 - )

Appellee Ultimate Vacation Group LLC d/b/a Royal Bahamas Cruise Line
sued appellant Joe Shields for breach of a settlement agreement that resolved an
earlier lawsuit between the parties. Shields filed a motion to dismiss under the
Texas Citizens Participation Act, arguing that the lawsuit was related to a comment
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he had filed with Federal Communications Commission. See TEX. C... More...   $0 (04-23-2017 - )

To establish abuse of process, the claimant must prove (1) an
ulterior purpose to accomplish an object not within the proper scope of the process, (2)
an act not proper in the regular prosecution of proceedings, and (3) harm caused by the
abuse of process. Chad Stevens filed a counterclaim against Mark Baute for abuse of
process. Stevens alleged as damages that he incurred attorney... More...   $0 (04-10-2017 - WA)

After 40 years of employment at Memorial Hermann hospital, Dr. Samia
Khalil sued Memorial Hermann Health System for defamation, tortious
interference with an existing contract, conspiracy, and intentional infliction of
emotional distress. Khalil, age 77, also sued for age discrimination. Memorial
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Hermann sought to dismiss several of her claims under summary dismiss... More...   $0 (03-29-2017 - TX)

Long Canyon Phase II and III Homeowners Association, Inc. (“the HOA”) appeals
from an interlocutory order denying its motion to dismiss a suit by Chris and Lisa Cashion. The
parties have for several years disputed whether the Cashions’ alleged landscaping activities in a
drainage easement violate the HOA’s rules. After the HOA sent the Cashions a notice of intent to
sue for non-com... More...   $0 (03-12-2017 - T)

Roger Garling, Sheryl Garling, and their business, R and D Enterprises, Inc.,
(collectively, “the Garlings”) sued the United States for damages arising from an
FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit

March 7, 2017

Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court


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Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) raid and investigation of their l... More...   $0 (03-10-2017 - WY)

John M. Donohue challenges the trial court’s judgment granting the pleas to the jurisdiction
filed by the City of Boerne’s Police Chief James Koehler and Police Officer Pablo Morales.
Donohue also challenges the trial court’s judgment granting Martha Donohue’s plea to the
jurisdiction rendered in the same proceeding. We affirm the trial court’s judgment granting Chief
Koehler and O... More...   $0 (03-09-2017 - TX)

David Lee Richardson sued appellees, The Potter’s House of Dallas, Inc., Sheryl Brady,
T.D. Jakes, Joby Brady, and Mark Jeffries, and asserted claims individually and as next friend of
his minor children, S.R. and S.R., for negligence, gross negligence, intentional infliction of
emotional distress, civil conspiracy, and aiding and abetting. Richardson individually asserted
addition... More...   $0 (02-27-2017 - TX)

Tulsa, OK - Jury Awards Insurance Company $4.3 Million

First Trinity Financial Corporation and Gregg E. Zahn sued Wayne Pettigrew and Group & Pension Planners, Inc. on breach of fiduciary duty theories.

First Trinity Financial Corporation is a privately-owned holding company whose holding include two life insurance companies. It has approximately 2,000 shareholds. FTFC's Preside... More...   $4300000 (02-23-2017 - OK)

Tulsa, OK - Damian A. Laber sued the State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, d/b/a University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and the State of Oklahoma on breach of contract theories claiming to have been damaged as a result of said allege breach.

Issue # 1. Issue: BREACH OF CONTRACT (CONTRACT)
Filed By: LABER, DAMIAN
Filed Date: 07/31/2013
... More...   $87500 (02-16-2017 - OK)

San Diego, CA - Sonny Low and others sued Trump University, L.L.C., Donald J. Trump and others on class action fraud theories.

The university represented that it would reveal Trump's real estate investing "secrets" to people who enrolled in the courses. Trump University was called "his phony university" by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who filed a companion case in New Yor... More...   $25000000 (11-19-2016 - CA)

The facts in this litigation are not clear. According to Mr. Bernard, a “blow-out” occurred on his property in October, 2014. The Lafayette Utilities
1Declinatory exceptions of insufficiency of citation and service of process, dilatory exceptions of vagueness, nonconformity of the petition, and lack of procedural capacity, and a peremptory exception of no cause of action were filed by various ... More...   $0 (11-17-2016 - LA)

Charlottesville, VA - Jury Finds In Favor of Plaintiff In Rolling Stone Defamation Case

Nicole Eramo sued Rolling Stone magazine, Wenner Media and Sabrina Rubin Erdely on libel, with actual malice, and respondeat superior theories claiming that the defendants defamed her in a 2014 magazine article about sexual assaul on campus that included a debunked account of a fraternity gang rape. More...   $0 (11-05-2016 - VA)

Raleigh, NC - Jury Awards North Carolina State Employee $7.5 Million on Defamation Claim

Beth Desmond sued Raleigh, North Carolina The News & Observer and Mandy Locke on defamation theories claiming that she was injured and damaged as a direct result of a newspaper article written by Locke and published by The News & Observer in 2010.

The article in question criticized Plaintiff... More...   $7500000 (10-20-2016 - )

During a summer evening in 2007, Ordway was traveling in the front
passenger seat of a stolen car with two acquaintances. Rodriquez "Hot Rod"
Turner was the car's driver and Patrick "Lee Lee" Lewis was in the back
passenger seat directly behind Ordway. According to Ordway, the group was
traveling from Louisville to Lexington to traffic in narcotics. The plan was for
Ordway... More...   $0 (10-15-2016 - KY)

Cox was employed by ACE as a “Center Manager.” As part of her “new-hire
paperwork,” Cox signed an arbitration agreement dated February 7, 2012.1 The agreement stated
in a footnote that “[t]his Arbitration Agreement is effective December 1, 2011, and it replaces or
modifies, as applicable, any previous dispute resolution agreements or arbitration agreements in
effect prior to De... More...   $0 (10-02-2016 - TX)

During a summer evening in 2007, Ordway was traveling in the front
passenger seat of a stolen car with two acquaintances. Rodriquez "Hot Rod"
Turner was the car's driver and Patrick "Lee Lee" Lewis was in the back
passenger seat directly behind Ordway. According to Ordway, the group was
traveling from Louisville to Lexington to traffic in narcotics. The plan was for
Ordway... More...   $0 (09-27-2016 - KY)

Morristown, NJ - Jury Awards More Than $40 Million in Defamation Case

NuWave Investment Corp., Troy Buckner and John S. Ryan sued BackTrack Reporters, Inc. on a defamation theory claiming to have been damaged as a result of the publication by Backtrack, a subsidiary of First Advantage Corp., in 2002 about them and their company.

Plaintiffs Troy Buckner and John Ryan were principa... More...   $40407446 (09-24-2016 - )