Baton Rouge, LA - Prairieville Woman Pleads Guilty To Embezzling More Than $77,000 From The U.S. Department Of Veterans Affairs

Michelle Akridge, age 45, of Prairieville, Louisiana, who pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge James J. Brady to theft of government funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.

According to the factual basis presented to the... More...   $0 (12-15-2015 - LA)

William Greenwood owned Antique Wood Company of Mississippi (Greenwood),
which was in the business of buying salvage rights to old buildings for the purpose of
stripping and selling the buildings’ lumber, bricks, and other materials. Greenwood obtained
salvage rights to a Vicksburg postbellum building1 built in 1868 and sought a policy of
insurance to cover “debris removal.” Centra... More...   $0 (12-13-2015 - MS)

For four years, from 1966 to 1970, James Folta was employed as a shipping clerk and product tester for defendant Ferro Engineering. During that time period, as part of his job duties, he was exposed to products containing asbestos. Forty-one years later, in May 2011, James was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a disease associated with asbestos exposure. One month later, he brought a civil action in t... More...   $0 (12-11-2015 - IL)

Humana, the appellant in this case, administers Medicare benefits to enrollees
in its Medicare Advantage plans pursuant to a contract with the Centers for Medicare
and Medical Services. At all relevant times, Mary Reale, the appellee, was enrolled
in a Humana Medicare Advantage plan (Humana Gold Plus H1036-054C). In
January 2009, Mrs. Reale sustained injuries resulting from a... More...   $0 (12-08-2015 - FL)

On March 1, 2013, McCoy began employment with Kendall as a
driver/groundsman. His job duties consisted of driving to work sites,
cutting trees/limbs, and dumping trees/limbs. On March 20, 2013, as
McCoy was cutting a tree, it fell over onto another tree, which fell over and
hit him in the head. McCoy lost consciousness, and was immediately
transported to LSU Health Sciences ... More...   $0 (12-05-2015 - LA)

The insured under a standard-form commercial general liability insurance policy supplied
flanges for use in constructing refinery processing units. The flanges leaked and had to be replaced
to avoid the risk of fire or explosion. The flanges were welded to the pipes they joined and therefore
had to be cut out while the refineries were shut down. The insured claims that its liability fo... More...   $0 (12-04-2015 - TX)

The questions presented in this case concern the interpretation and application of
the 2-year statute of limitations in Minn. Stat. § 541.051, subd. 1(a) (2014), which applies
to actions “arising out of the defective and unsafe condition of an improvement to real
property.” Appellant 328 Barry Avenue, LLC (328 LLC) used respondent Nolan
Properties Group, LLC (NPG) as the gene... More...   $0 (11-25-2015 - MN)

Between 1983 and 1999, Ronald and Carol Hansen purchased five separate properties and combined them to form a ranch in Fremont County, Wyoming. The Hansens held title to four of the properties as husband and wife. They obtained title insurance on the properties from First American and were named personally as insureds. Mr. Hansen held title to the other parcel as trustee of his revocable trust... More...   $0 (11-24-2015 - WY)

The Oklahoma Legislature created the State Insurance Fund (Fund) in 1933 to provide workmen's compensation insurance to public employers and to private employers who were unable to secure insurance from private insurers. 1933 Okla. Sess. Laws, ch. 28 (most recently codified at 85 O.S.1991, § 131, et seq.). The Legislature established the Fund as a revolving fund 2 in the State Treasury that consis... More...   $0 (11-23-2015 - OK)

In Ball v. Multiple Injury Trust Fund, 2015 OK 64, ____P.3d____, this Court held that under the 2005 version of 85 O.S. § 171 an employee must be a physically impaired person as defined by the applicable statute before he or she can seek benefits from the Multiple Injury Trust Fund. In Ball, the Claimant had no prior adjudicated on-the-job injuries but sought to combine a Crumby finding1 of preexi... More...   $0 (11-17-2015 - OK)

An employee of the common insured, Ameraseal LLC (“Ameraseal”), was in a motor
vehicle accident with Stacia Barrow in June 2010. Barrow’s vehicle struck the rear of
Ameraseal’s vehicle as its employee made a left turn in front of Barrow, who was allegedly
speeding. As a result of the accident, Barrow alleged that she suffered injury to her head, neck,
pelvic, spine, arm and leg... More...   $0 (11-17-2015 - LA)

Tulsa, OK Linda Molinard and Aurich American Insurance Company sued Steven C. Anagnost, M.D. and Orthopaedic Center, P.C. on medical negligence (medical malpractice) theories claiming:

1. That on August 1 3th, 2006, Zurich was the workers’ compensation insurance carrier for Southcrest Hospital, Plaintiffs employer.
2. That Plaintiff, Linda Molinard, sustained an on-the-job injury in t... More...   $0 (11-15-2015 - OK)

Mr. Davis farms in Pulaski County, Georgia. ProAg is a private insurance
company that writes federal crop insurance policies pursuant to a Standard
Reinsurance Agreement with the FCIC. At all times relevant to this action,
Mr. Davis maintained a crop insurance policy written by ProAg to cover his cotton
crop. In 2008, Mr. Davis’s cotton crop had a low yield caused by periods of ... More...   $0 (11-15-2015 - GA)

Advantage is a Mobile, Alabama, based company that services and sells MRI and CT scanners, types of medicalimaging devices. In December 2011, Advantage was hired by KEI Medical Imaging Services, LLC ("KEI"), to pick up and transport a used CT scanner machine that KEI had recently purchased from a leasing company. The CT scanner was located at a doctor's office in Aiken, South Carolina. Advantag... More...   $0 (11-08-2015 - AL)

For four years, from 1966 to 1970, James Folta was employed as a shipping clerk and product tester for defendant Ferro Engineering. During that time period, as part of his job duties, he was exposed to products containing asbestos. Forty-one years later, in May 2011, James was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a disease associated with asbestos exposure. One month later, he brought a civil action in th... More...   $0 (11-04-2015 - IL)

This appeal asks us to decide if the proof necessary to place an employee within the “course and scope” of employment for the purposes of vicarious liable differs from that under the Texas Worker’s Compensation Act. The question arises in the context of an oil field employee, who after his shift had ended at a remote drilling site, was involved in a tragic automobile accident while transporting hi... More...   $0 (11-03-2015 - TX)

The parties do not dispute the underlying facts as established at trial.
On April 3, 2010, Kimberly was a passenger on a motorcycle operated by her
husband when she was injured in an accident caused by his negligence. At the 2 time, both Neal and Kimberly were named insureds on a motorcycle insurance policy from Progressive Insurance Company. That policy contained the following
p... More...   $0 (11-03-2015 - ME)

In this declaratory judgment action, the plaintiffs, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company, appealfromthejudgmentof thetrialcourtdetermining that, pursuant to a personal umbrella insurance policy issued by theplaintiffs in favor ofthe defendant Jeffrey S. Pasiak,1 the plaintiffs had a duty to defend the defendantandtoindemnifyhimfordamagesawardedagainst ... More...   $0 (11-02-2015 - CT)

These consolidated appeals arise out of a challenge to an ordinance passed by the Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government (the “LCG”), which prevented the construction of future solid-waste transfer facilities in Lafayette Parish. At the time that the ordinance at issue was passed, Progressive Waste Solutions of LA, Inc. (“Progressive”) had already entered into a lease agreement to operate ... More...   $0 (10-29-2015 - LA)

This opinion is about the scope of legal protections afforded to individuals who
are unable to handle their financial affairs in a responsible manner because of a physical
or mental condition. We will use the terms “disabled,” “under a disability,” and “subject
to guardianship proceedings” to refer to persons who have been adjudicated by a court to
be unable to manage their propert... More...   $0 (10-26-2015 - MD)

In the Court’s February 26, 2015 decision, the remaining claims in this case were identified as follows: “(1) Ms. Knutsen’s claim that Mr. Dion is liable for misrepresentations regarding the likelihood of flooding; (2) . . . Mr. Dion’s right to indemnity from the Sweetsers; and (3) Mr. Dion’s right to attorney fees and other litigation expenses from Ms. Knutsen.” The claim for attorney fees is pr... More...   $0 (10-25-2015 - VT)

On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous decision
of the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___, 750 S.E.2d 886 (2013), finding no error in
orders entered on 19 September 2011 and 4 October 2011 by Judge Ronald E. Spivey
and a judgment entered on 11 July 2012 by Judge Stuart Albright, in Superior Court,
Guilford County. On 6 March 2014, the Supreme Co... More...   $0 (10-25-2015 - NC)

Claimant sustained a work-related injury on July 14, 2009, while employed at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.1 On December 13, 2010, the trial court determined Claimant had sustained 24% permanent partial disability to her back and 5% permanent partial disability for psychological overlay and awarded her $49,590.00. In that same order, the court found Claimant had 6% preexisting permanent partial d... More...   $0 (10-15-2015 - OK)

The District is a governmental subdivision that is organized under Idaho Code section 674901 and operates in Boise. The District currently operates the Boise Centre, a convention center in Downtown Boise. The District seeks to expand operations by acquiring a new facility (hereinafter the Centre Facility) being constructed near the Boise Centre. But the District, as a governmental subdivision, is ... More...   $0 (10-15-2015 - ID)

Appeal from the denial of special motion to strike pursuant to California’s anti-SLAPP statute.

I. INTRODUCTION

Appellant Jagan Mahadevan (Mahadevan) appeals from the denial of his special motion to strike pursuant to California’s anti-SLAPP statute (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16) filed in response to respondent Prem Bikkina’s (Bikkina) complaint alleging that Mahadevan made false ... More...   $0 (10-13-2015 - CA)