This civil rights case requires us to decide whether police officers of the Town of Walpole and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of State Police ("Massachusetts State Police" or "MSP") were entitled to summary judgment on Plaintiff-Appellant Edmund F. Burke's claim that they violated his Fourth Amendment rights when they arrested him for a brutal murder he did not commit. We must al... More...   $0 (04-27-2005 - MA)

Ann Marie Gallant was General Manager of the City of Carson. Her duties included overseeing the city's waste disposal services. As she explained in a declaration filed in connection with the hearing on defendants' special motion to strike under the anti-SLAPP statute: "On January 8, 2002, I received from Joyce Cagaanan, a Solid Waste Specialist who reported to me, a Facsimile dated Januar... More...   $0 (04-24-2005 - CA)

Plaintiffs' original verified complaint in this action named a number of defendant... More...   $0 (03-23-2005 - CA)

Maureen E. Kelly, age 54, sued former janitor Kenneth Farhat, age 54, for defamation by sending written numerous letters and e-mails containing information that was not true. Farhat was terminated from his job as a janitor at the school where Kelley an administrator. Farhat claimed in mass e-mailings that Kelly was racist and sexist, targeting him because he was Arabic. He had also claimed that... More...   $1200000 (03-18-2005 - MI)

Tortious interference with employment and employment defamation.... More...   $0 (03-04-2005 - OK)

agents, nurses, remote recruiters, hospitals, ... More...   $0 (02-18-2005 - CA)

On December 20, 200... More...   $0 (02-09-2005 - CA)

Feron Shorter, Jr. sued Hartford Financial Service and Mary Anne Rhodes for: Sexual harrassment in violation of Title VII; Race and sex discrimination in violation of Title VII; Violation of 42 USC 1981; Retaliation in violation of 42 USC 1981; Race and sex discrimination in violation of the Fair Employment Practices Act; Retaliation in violation of CFEPA; Intentional infliction of emotional ... More...   $255000 (01-29-2005 - CT)

1 In this employment contract case, plaintiff/appellant Margaret Miller appeals from the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Miller's former employee, defendant/appellee William Hehlen, and his wife on Miller's claims for breach of contract and of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, misappropriation of trade secrets, conversion, tortious interference with ... More...   $0 (01-23-2005 - AZ)

2 improperly retaliated against Dr. O'Meara because he expressed dissatisfaction with a managed care entity's involvement in medical decisions. Afte... More...   $0 (01-21-2005 - CA)

Patrick Gillan sued the San Marino Police Department for accusing him of molesting a girl who was a member of the high school basketball team that he coached. He asserted claiming defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress arising from false arrest. Gillian was arrested in December 2001 for allegedly sexually assaulting a female student who claimed she was molested several times... More...   $4500000 (01-21-2005 - CA)

Jaime Bonilla and Antonio Inocentes appeal an order denying their special motions to strike Thomas J. Harron's defamation action against them under the anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) statute. (Code Civ. Proc.,1 § 425.16.) We conclude neither defendant met his threshold burden of showing the complaint arises from protected speech within the meaning of the anti-SLA... More...   $0 (01-07-2005 - CA)

Tim Campbell, also known as Timothy C. Campbell, appeals the judgment entered by the Madison County District Court awarding Michael Nolan, the city administrator of Norfolk, Nebraska, $78,000 on his petition for libel and false light invasion of privacy and enjoining Campbell from specific uses of certain publications and terminology. While we uphold the award of damages, we must narrow the sco... More...   $78000 (12-21-2004 - NE)

Defamation claim by Rosewood Elementary School principal Ted Wachter against Area 1 superintendent Jake Sello for falsely accusing Wachter of ignoring black students, failing to improve black students' Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test scores, and suggesting he wanted to "move his black kids to all-black schools."... More...   $150000 (12-11-2004 - SC)

These appeals are from an order awarding attorney's fees pursuant to Section 57.105, Florida Statutes, and from an order dismissing an amended counterclaim and third-party complaint. These appeals have been consolidated for purposes of our appellate review. For the sake of clarity, however, we will separately address the issues involved in each appeal, after a recitation of the facts an... More...   $0 (11-10-2004 - FL)

If the plaintiff submits inadmissible evi... More...   $0 (11-10-2004 - CA)

of Trustees. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.110(k). Because it is clear from their second amended complaint that the plaintiffs' libel act... More...   $0 (11-09-2004 - FL)

Hartford and... More...   $0 (10-29-2004 - TX)

This appeal arises from a dispute involving the jointly-owned property of Dale E. Fredericks and the late Allan R. Carpenter through a limited partnership they formed, Broadway-Washington Associates ("BWA"). At issue is a specific parcel of property Carpenter bought back from BWA. Fredericks later purchased a 10% interest in this parcel, sharing ownership with Carpenter as a tenant in common. S... More...   $0 (10-19-2004 - MO)

This manufacturing defect case arises from a tragic single-vehicle accident, which resulted in the deaths of four occupants and serious injuries to three other occupants. Appellees, the surviving driver and occupants and estate administrators of the decedents (collectively, "the Plaintiffs") sued Appellant Cooper Tire & Rubber Company ("Cooper Tire"), asserting that a tire on the vehicle faile... More...   $11508080 (10-14-2004 - TX)

The dispositive issue in this certified appeal is whether the Appellate Court properly concluded that an investigation by the city of Hartford police department's internal affairs division constituted a quasi-judicial proceeding, thereby affording absolute immunity to the citizen complainant whose claim gave rise to the investigation. The plaintiff, Steven Craig, appeals, following our g... More...   $0 (09-08-2004 - CT)

Defendant, D. Dean Mauro, who is an attorney, appeals from an order denying his special motion to strike, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure1 section 425.16, the second amended complaint for civil extortion, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and wrongful interference with perspective economic advantage brought by plaintiff, Michael Flatley. The complaint was filed two days af... More...   $0 (09-04-2004 - CA)

Defendants St. Jude Heritage Medical Group (Medical Group) and St. Jude Heritage Health Foundation (Health Foundation) appeal from an order denying their motions to compel arbitration in a wrongful termination action filed by Carl Buckhorn, a physician formerly employed by the Medical Group. Buckhorn also sued defendants for various torts allegedly committed after he was discharged, inclu... More...   $0 (09-04-2004 - CA)

We hold an injunction absolutely enjoining defendant Anne Lemen from making certain statements adjudicated to be defamatory under common law causes of action for libel and slander constitutes a content-based prior restraint on speech in violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and article I, section 2, subdivision (a) of the California Constitution. A content-bas... More...   $0 (08-12-2004 - CA)

The Procter & Gamble Company and the Procter & Gamble Distributing Company (jointly referred to in the singular as "P&G") appeal a summary judgment in favor of defendant Amway Corporation, alleging that the district court gave improper res judicata effect to a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Utah. Concluding that the Utah court's judgment is entitled to... More...   $0 (07-20-2004 - TX)