This case arises out of a heavy rain storm in Kansas that caused more than a dozen homes to be flooded with sewage water. Curt and Angie Brockmann and certain other home owners (“Plaintiffsâ€�) initially sued L.P.’s Excavating Inc. (“L.P.’sâ€�) and Shawnee County in Kansas state court seeking monetary damages resulting from the sewage flood of their homes. Shawnee County demanded that L.P.... More...   $0 (12-08-2010 - KS)

¶1 In post-decree contempt proceedings initiated by S.M. Sager, now Hicks (Ex-wife), against S.D. Sager (Ex-husband) for failure to comply with their consent decree of dissolution, Ex-husband seeks review of a trial court order finding him guilty of indirect contempt for failure to pay child support and other child-related expenses and sentencing him to 6 months incarceration subject to purge. Le... More...   $0 (11-30-2010 - OK)

Defendant and appellant Berkshire Life Insurance Company (“Berkshireâ€�) appeals the denial of its motion for attorneys’ fees and a set-off of the cost judgment it had been awarded against disability payments it owed to the plaintiff and appellee, Tina Garcia. Ms. Garcia’s attorney withdrew as counsel during the pendency of this appeal, and Ms. Garcia therefore proceeds pro se. She has not f... More...   $0 (08-03-2010 - CO)

In this appeal we address how courts should determine the amount of attorneys’ fees to be awarded under the Maryland Contract Lien Act (“CLAâ€�). See Md. Code (1974, 2003 Repl. Vol.) §§ 14-201 to -206 of the Real Property Article (“RPâ€�). Petitioner homeowners associations (the “Associationsâ€�) appeal the amount of attorneys’ fees awarded to them by the Circuit Courts for Harford and... More...   $0 (07-27-2010 - MD)

Plaintiff Big M, Inc., t/a Annie Sez, the holder of a judgment against Tiffany Kraus in the amount of $672.22, obtained an order to garnish her wages. At the time, Kraus was employed as a waitress by defendant Texas Roadhouse Holding, LLC. When defendant remitted a single payment of $4.21, plaintiff filed a complaint against defendant seeking the balance due on the judgment. Defendant appeals from... More...   $0 (07-16-2010 - NJ)

Plaintiffs-appellants ProShipLine, Inc. and EP-Team, Inc. appeal from two district court decisions in favor of defendantappellee Aspen Infrastructures Ltd. Both decisions involve a writ of maritime attachment that ProShipLine and EP-Team obtained against Aspen pursuant to Rule B of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“Rule Bâ€... More...   $0 (06-08-2010 - WA)

Plaintiffs, seasonal agricultural workers, brought this action under Labor Code section 11941 and other theories to recover unpaid minimum wages. Plaintiffs contend the Industrial Welfare Commission‘s (IWC) wage order No. 14-2001, entitled ―Order Regulating Wages, Hours, and Working Conditions in the Agricultural Occupations‖ (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 11140), commonly known as Wage Order ... More...   $0 (05-20-2010 - CA)

Ruth’s Hospitality Group, the parent company of Ruth’s Chris Steak House, is proud of its origins. The company boasts that forty-five years after its founder, Ruth Fertel, mortgaged her home to purchase her first restaurant, it has grown into a chain of more than 120 steakhouse restaurants in seven countries. Though it has become an international operation, the company insists that “our succ... More...   $0 (04-09-2010 - AL)

Pawnee, OK - Tiffany Dawn Carter sued Stephen Eugene Morgan on an auto negligence theory.

Date Code Description Count Party Amount
04-13-2010

FILE & ENTER PETITION

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We granted discretionary review in this matter to consider issues relating to a landowner's abuse of process claim and other related claims, against a long-distance telephone communications carrier for its conduct in attempting to use the power of eminent domain to acquire the landowner's property. Specifically, we consider whether the tort of abuse of process may be established solely on the basi... More...   $0 (04-08-2010 - KY)

This case requires application of traditional choice-of-law, tort, and property principles to an increasingly common factual setting, a dispute over the ownership of an Internet domain name. John Laxton (“Laxtonâ€�) and his assignee North Bay Real Estate, Inc. appeal the adverse summary judgment for Dale Mayberry (“Mayberryâ€�) and his assignee CRS Recovery, Inc. (“CRSâ€�). The district cour... More...   $0 (04-08-2010 - CA)

¶1 Alea London Ltd.1 (Plaintiff) appeals a judgment which found the commercial general liability policy (CGL policy) it issued provided coverage for a damage award in another lawsuit (the underlying lawsuit) in favor of Erica L. Gilmore (Gilmore) and Charlena J. Kennedy (Kennedy) against Canal Club, Inc., d/b/a The Wild Coconut (Canal Club). We conclude the CGL policy does not provide such covera... More...   $0 (04-02-2010 - OK)

Judgment creditor Chase Bank filed a citation under Illinois law seeking to discover any assets of judgment debtors Andrew and Carolyn London that Charter One Bank had in its possession. After being served with the citation, Charter One froze the funds in the Londons’ checking account, some of which were Social Security benefits. When the Londons demanded that Charter One release their Social Se... More...   $0 (04-01-2010 - IL)

Appellant Prime Rate Premium Finance Corporation, Inc. (“Prime Rate�) appeals from the decision of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City affirming the Insurance Commissioner’s Final Order in favor of the appellee Maryland Insurance Administration (“MIA�) and disapproving Prime Rate’s revised premium finance agreement. The appellant presents one question for our review:

I. Did the... More...   $0 (03-31-2010 - MD)

The consolidated appeals in this diversity action involve (1) a contract dispute between plaintiff-appellee Acme Contracting, Ltd. (“Acmeâ€�), a contractor, and defendants-appellants TolTest, Inc., also a contractor, and Berkley Regional Insurance Company, TolTest, Inc.’s surety (collectively “TolTestâ€�), and (2) a challenge to the issuance of a writ of garnishment by the district court fol... More...   $0 (03-24-2010 - MI)

Appellant Christopher Joseph McCloskey (“Chrisâ€�) appeals from a garnishment judgment in which the garnishee Fidelity Investments d/b/a National Financial Services, L.L.C. (“Fidelity Investmentsâ€�) was ordered to pay funds from his account to the garnishors, appellee Anne McCloskey (“Anneâ€�) and one of her attorneys, appellee Michael A. Craig (“Craigâ€�). In seven issues, Chris, the ga... More...   $0 (03-23-2010 - TX)

Appellant Lease Finance Group, LLC (ALFG@) appeals a judgment of garnishment in favor of Appellees Randy Childers and Arlington Motor Cars USA[1] against JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (AChase@).[2] LFG contends in three issues that the trial court erred by denying LFG=s motion to set aside judgment and for new trial. We reverse and remand.

II. Factual and Procedural Background

AM... More...   $0 (03-22-2010 - TX)

This appeal addresses issues arising from the trial court’s determination of probable cause in granting a prejudgment remedy in the amount of $1.7 million. The defendant, Tuccio Development, Inc., appeals from the court’s judgment granting the prejudgment remedy in favor of the plaintiffs, Brian Crotty and Peggy Crotty, upon a finding of probable cause that the defendant had breached a repurch... More...   $0 (03-16-2010 - CT)

{1} Wrongfully denied her disability benefits, a former employee obtained a judgment against her employer’s long-term disability plan based on rights accorded under the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 to 1461 (2000). The employee seeks to enforce that judgment by way of a writ of garnishment against the insurer whose insurance policy funded th... More...   $0 (03-04-2010 - NM)

John Zuccarini is a judgment debtor who owns the rights to many Internet domain names. DS Holdings (“DSHâ€�) is the assignee of the judgment against Zuccarini. DSH attempted to levy upon Zuccarini’s domain name holdings in the Northern District of California where VeriSign, the official registry for all “.comâ€� and “.netâ€� domain names, has its headquarters. The district court appointed ... More...   $0 (03-01-2010 - CA)

The litigants’ legal relationship formally began on April 9, 2006, when EP-Team1 and Aspen2 entered into the Sales and Logistics Services Agreement. Under the Agreement, ProShipLine, 3 as EP-Team’s designated agent and assignee, agreed 1EP-Team is incorporated in Delaware. EP-Team is a consulting and management enterprise that works with companies across a variety of business sectors.

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Sonya Hall received long-term disability benefits for nearly five years through the National City Corporation Welfare Benefits Plan (the Plan). Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston (Liberty Life), the third-party claims 1 Nos. 08-4738/4739 Hall v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. Page 2 administrator, terminated these benefits when it determined that Hall was no longer totally disabled. The Plan the... More...   $0 (02-04-2010 - OH)

¶1 The petitioner, Jerry R. Fent, filed an application asking this Court to assume original jurisdiction and declare unconstitutional 28 O.S. Supp. 2008 § 152(D)(E) and (F) and 28 O. S. Supp. 2008 § 152.1(B), which require a portion of fees paid to the court clerks in civil actions to be credited to or deposited to non-judicial programs. Mr. Fent bases his standing to obtain relief upon his sta... More...   $0 (01-19-2010 - OK)

Jacob Griffey appeals a judgment in favor of Penn-Star Insurance Company declaring that Griffey's personal injury claim against BJB Liberty, L.L.C., was excluded from coverage under its commercial liability insurance policy. The judgment is reversed.

Background

On April 7, 2004, Jacob Griffey was at a bar in Liberty, Missouri, known as The Pub House. The bar was operated by BJB L... More...   $0 (01-19-2010 - MO)

The sole issue in this case is whether an 11-month delay in notice of an occurrence is reasonable notice to an insurance company under the provisions of its policy.

BACKGROUND

Procedural History

Plaintiff’s minor son, age 11, sustained an injury at a paintball facility operated by Adrenaline Games, Inc., an Illinois corporation (Adrenaline). On November 3, 2003, plaintiff fi... More...   $0 (01-06-2010 - IL)