Washington state revoked Kathie Costanich’s foster care license and instituted guardianship termination proceedings against her following an investigation by a Department of Social and Health Services (“DSHS”) social worker, Sandy Duron, which purportedly revealed “emotional abuse” of the children in Costanich’s care. Finding fundamental inaccuracies in the investigation, an administra

Plaintiffs obtained a default judgment against Iran for $2,656,944,877. When it became clear that Iran was not going to comply with the judgment, plaintiffs moved the district court to order Iran to assign to the plaintiffs, as judgment creditors, Iran’s rights to payment from CMA CGM. CMA CGM is a French shipping company that allegedly frequents Iranian ports and pays Iran for use of its harbor

Antonio Lawler, who is Hispanic, began working for El Paso Community College District (EPCC) in 1984 as a part-time, non-credit welding instructor. Until 2004, EPCC offered only non-credit welding courses. In 2004, EPCC began offering credit courses in welding which could lead to an associates degree in Machining Technology. EPCC assigned Lee Lowers, a non-Hispanic, to teach the credit courses an

LaVerna Sells appeals from a default judgment entered in favor of Earl Drott in his suit for specific performance of a contract. Sells raises three issues contending that the trial court erred in striking her pleadings, quashing the notice of deposition of her physician, and refusing to consider the physician’s affidavit. We reverse and remand.

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In this accelerated interlocutory appeal, appellant Texas Cypress Creek Hospital, L.P. d/b/a Cypress Creek Hospital (“Cypress Creek”), complains of the trial court’s denial of its motion to dismiss the healthcare-liability claims of appellee Marshelia Hickman, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Jayme R. Cox, on the grounds that Hickman’s expert reports do not sati

Larry M. Gentilello, M.D., a tenured professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against his supervisors, alleging that he was wrongfully demoted without due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. The district court granted the Defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings and denied Gentilello leave to file an amend

The plaintiff, William Bartlett, appeals from the judgment of the trial court granting the motion filed by the defendant, the Metropolitan District Commission (commission), to dismiss his negligence action. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the court improperly (1) concluded that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction because the claim was governed by General Statutes § 13a-149, which requires

This interlocutory appeal from the denial of a motion to dismiss primarily concerns an allegation of retaliatory action taken against a state court employee because of her refusal to engage in partisan political activity. Defendants-Appellants James C. Tormey, State Supreme Court Justice and District Administrative Judge for the Fifth Judicial District; Bryan R. Hedges, Judge of the Onondaga Famil

Plaintiffs-Appellants Thomas R. Hutchinson and his counsel, Joan Godlove, appeal from the district court’s monetary judgment running jointly and severally against them awarding $73,208.57 and $33,808.57 to various lawyer or law firm defendants as sanctions resulting from the underlying lawsuit. IV Aplt. App. 849- 852. On appeal, they contend that (1) the district court’s sanction order should

Appellee Jose Miguel Guemez filed for divorce in November 2004 from his former wife, Maria Guemez. Their marital estate included a chain of grocery stores named “La Mexicana.” During the divorce proceedings, the trial court granted a motion to appoint a receiver to take possession of and maintain the receivership property, including the stores.

On or around August 22, 2006, the trial

Over a decade after being convicted of sexual assault and homicide, Harold Hill was exonerated by DNA evidence. Hill filed suit against the City of Chicago, a number of its police officers, and Michael Rogers, an assistant state’s attorney, alleging various constitutional violations, including a claim that several detectives and Rogers had coerced him to falsely confess to the crimes in violatio

¶1 Renee Griffith (Griffith) appeals from an order entered by the Thirteenth Judicial District, Yellowstone County, granting summary judgment in favor of Butte School District No. 1 (School District), Charles Uggetti (Uggetti), and John Metz (Metz). She appeals the District Court’s conclusion that her claims were barred by the Montana Human Rights Act and argues the court erred in finding the S

This action, consolidated on appeal, arises out of grants of summary judgment in favor of defendant-respondent corporations (General Electric, et al.; A.W. Chesterton Co., et al.; and FMC Corp., et al.) (collectively, ―Respondents‖) on the grounds that the plaintiffs-appellants‘ (Mildred Castorena, et al.; Willis E. Norton, Sr.; and John D. Adamson, et al.) (collectively, ―Appellants‖) w

This case arises from the shocking murder of Cassie Jo Stoddart (Cassie Jo) by Brian Draper (Draper) and Torey Adamcik (Adamcik) in September 2006. The Stoddart family (the Stoddarts), together with the Contreras Family (the Contrerases) (in whose house Cassie Jo was murdered), (collectively “the Plaintiffs”) brought this suit, advancing claims against the Pocatello School District (the School

In 2008, plaintiffs James Brooks, Donald Hamlette, and Samuel St. John, who were correctional officers for Virginia’s Department of Corrections (the "Department"), initiated these since-consolidated civil actions in the Western District of Virginia, asserting retaliation claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Their respective complaints named as defendants Howard R. Arthur, Sr., and Randal W. Mi

This interlocutory appeal from the denial of a motion to dismiss primarily concerns an allegation of retaliatory action taken against a state court employee because of her refusal to engage in partisan political activity. Defendants-Appellants James C. Tormey, State Supreme Court Justice and District Administrative Judge for the Fifth Judicial District; Bryan R. Hedges, Judge of the Onondaga Famil

Plaintiff Allen Jones is the son of Larry Jones, founder of the non-profit relief organization Feed The Children (“FTC”). In May 2009, Allen filed this diversity action against defendants, all of whom except Larri Sue Jones are former board members of FTC, alleging defamation per se based on a statement made by Larri Sue at an FTC board meeting.1 The alleged defamatory statement was recorded i

Defendants-Appellants Woods Cross City, Utah and Officer Daniel Davis appeal from the district court’s order denying their motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. Plaintiffs-Appellees Shannon Cavanaugh and Brad Cavanaugh had sued Defendants-Appellants under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that Officer Davis’s Tasering of Ms. Cavanaugh violated her rights under the Fourth Amendment

Norman Joe Langford, proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Grady County, Oklahoma, Detention Center Administrator Shane Wyatt and Lieutenants Bill Daughtery and Larry G. McGill.

Mr. Langford alleged that during his nearly two-year detention, mostly as a pretrial detainee, they subjected him to unconstitutional incarceration conditions and denied him

This case is about the defense of qualified immunity in situations involving delay in medical care for a pretrial detainee.

Plaintiff-Appellee, a pretrial detainee at the time of these events, was beaten (an occurrence in which Defendant-Appellant took no part) in connection with Plaintiff’s arrest on robbery charges. He alleges that later Defendant, by booking and questioning Plaintiff b

Keshav S. Joshi, M.D. (“Plaintiff”) appeals the judgment entered by the Circuit Court of St. Louis County in favor of defendants Jonathan Ries (“Ries”) and Sandberg, Phoenix & von Gontard, P.C. (“SPvG”) (collectively “Defendants”). In his first two points on appeal, Plaintiff claims that the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis erred in denying Plaintiff’s application for chang

Bellesea and Zsekainah Laschober, et al. (Plaintiffs) appeal from the grant of summary judgment in favor of the City of Kinloch (Kinloch) on Plaintiffs’ wrongful death action involving Elizabeth Buchanan (Decedent). On appeal, Plaintiffs argue the trial court erred in granting Kinloch’s motion for summary judgment because there was a genuine dispute as to whether Kinloch had in place a policy

Appellants, survivors of decedent Gary McCormack, brought a wrongful death claim against Joshua C. Douglas ("Respondent"), a volunteer firefighter, and the Ebenezer Fire Protection District. The court entered a grant of summary judgment in favor of Respondent on the basis of official immunity and the public duty doctrine. Appellants now appeal that grant of summary judgment entered against them. W

Robert T. Guy appeals the trial court’s denial of his verified petition for order to renew his Indiana operator’s license. Because Guy only served the Commissioner of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and did not also serve the Attorney General, as required by both the Indiana Administrative Orders and Procedures Act and Indiana Trial Rule 4.6(A)(3), we conclude that the trial court did not have pe

In 2004, the Michigan Court of Appeals overturned Kimberly Sykes’s and Tevya Urquhart’s convictions for the state crimes of “Larceny by Conversion” and “False Report of a Felony” on the grounds that their convictions were based on mere “speculation” and “layers of impermissible inferences.” After their release from prison, Sykes and Urquhart (“the Plaintiffs”) brought 42 U.