This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the Fifth District Court of Appeal in Give Kids the World, Inc. v. Sanislo, 98 So. 3d 759 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012), in which the Fifth District held that an exculpatory clause was effective to bar a negligence action despite the absence of express language referring to release of the defendant for its own negligence or negligent acts. The dist... More...   $0 (02-12-2015 - FL)

This matter comes to us on a judgment of dismissal of a complaint for declaratory and other relief, brought by plaintiff and appellant Linda Vista Village San Diego Homeowners Association, Inc. (Appellant). Its members are sublessees of mobilehome park lots on a real property site (the park site) that is subject to a 1979 master lease between the landowner defendant and respondent, the City of San... More...   $0 (02-09-2015 - CA)

Oklahoma City, OK - Latria N. Davis, individually and as parent and next friend to Trayvion Malik Davis, a minor, sued Caleb Wade Yetter on auto negligence theories claiming:
1. That on or about February 9th, 2012, the Plaintiff and her minor son were involved in a collision that took place in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.
2. That the Defendant Caleb Yetter was negligent in the operation of h... More...   $5000 (02-05-2015 - OK)

Appellant, West Star Transportation, Inc., appeals the entry of a judgment in favor of Appellees, Charles and his wife, Cherie Robison, for damages totaling $5,298,590.78, for personal injuries sustained by Charles while working for West Star. By four issues, West Star contends (1) the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support the jury’s finding that West Star’s negligence prox... More...   $0 (01-23-2015 - TX)

Lawton, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Norman Jerry Mayfield with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: DU2II, POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-402
Date of Offense: 01/03/2014
Party Name Disposition Information
MAYFIELD, NORMAN JERRY Disposed: CONVICTION, 01/22/2015. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUB... More...   $0 (01-22-2015 - OK)

SAN DIEGO, CA – Judge Anthony J. Battaglia sentenced Dr. James Francis Murphy to 48 months in custody for his years-long efforts to obstruct the IRS from assessing and collecting the hundreds of thousands of dollars of income taxes he owed from the operation of his medical practices in Encinitas, California, and Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Murphy was also ordered to pay nearly half a million dollars in... More...   $0 (01-13-2015 - CA)

Norman, OK - State of Oklahoma vs. Jon Richard James Frick:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: DU8I, poss of marijuana, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-402
Date of Offense: 12/26/2012
Party Name Disposition Information
Frick, Jon Richard james Disposed: CONVICTION, 01/12/2015. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: poss of marijuana(DU8I)
Violation of 63 O.S. 2-402


Count ... More...   $0 (01-12-2015 - OK)

R. Rex Parris Law Firm, R. Rex Parris, Alexander R. Wheeler, Kitty Szeto, John M. Bickford; Lawyers for Justice and Edwin Aiwazian for Plaintiff and Respondent.
I. INTRODUCTION
Defendant and appellant, Moss Bros. Auto Group, Inc. (Moss Bros.), appeals from an order denying its petition to compel arbitration of the employment-related and putative
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class action, representative, and ... More...   $0 (12-23-2014 - CA)

This appeal challenges the district court's property division in a divorce case. Our focus is on a document entitled "Post-Nupt[i]al Agreement Dissolution of the Marriage," which the attorney-husband drafted during the marriage, reserving most of the assets for the wife. Husband now claims the agreement is void because of the lopsided property division, even though the agreement explicitly states ... More...   $0 (12-19-2014 - KS)

In these consolidated cases arising out of the death of a nursing home resident, defendant Trans Health Management, Inc. (THMI), and nonparties Alan M. Grochal1 (the Receiver), Maria Elena Chavez-Ruark (the Receiver's counsel), Fundamental Long Term Care Holdings, LLC (FLTCH), Murray Forman, Leonard Grunstein, and Fundamental Administrative Services, LLC (FAS) seek review of the final judgment ent... More...   $0 (12-19-2014 - FL)

The agreements between Lennar and Stephens and between Lennar and the Youngs contain identical indemnity clauses. In this lawsuit, Lennar attempts to enforce those indemnity clauses, seeking to recover attorney fees and costs incurred in defending a class action lawsuit, brought initially by Stephens, and later joined by Timothy Young—but not Melissa Young—in the United States District Court f... More...   $0 (12-18-2014 - CA)

John Vernetti and Global Trustee Services, Inc. (“Global Trustee”) appeal the trial court’s non-final order denying their motion to compel arbitration of a cross-claim filed by Appellees, America-Indian Enterprises, Inc. (“America-Indian”), Kumar Rajagopalan, and Joseph Archiprete.1 Vernetti and Global Trustee maintain that the cross-claim is arbitrable because it arose out of and is dir... More...   $0 (12-17-2014 - FL)

Plaintiff and respondent U.S. Bank National Association1 brought an action to enforce a Guaranty and Indemnity Agreement (Guaranty) that defendants and appellants Massoud Yashouafar and Solyman Yashouafar signed in favor of plaintiff’s predecessor-in-interest for the outstanding obligations owed by the borrowers on a promissory note (Note). The trial court granted plaintiff’s motion for summar... More...   $0 (12-17-2014 - CA)

Plaintiff Germaine Judge appeals from an order vacating an interim arbitration award. Although an order vacating a final arbitration award is appealable under Code of Civil Procedure1 section 1294, subdivision (c), the order from which Judge appeals vacated a “clause construction award” that did not resolve the entire arbitration. Instead, the arbitrator’s award determined only, as a thresho... More...   $0 (12-17-2014 - CA)

Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. issued an insurance policy covering loss from property damage, including rent, on a building owned by plaintiff Stephens & Stephens XII, LLC (Stephens XII). Three days after the policy became effective, Stephens XII discovered the property had sustained serious damage from burglars who stripped it of all electrical and other conductive materials. Stephens XII sought ... More...   $0 (12-17-2014 - CA)

Chuck O'Dell v. Murphy Resources, Inc., Larence Smith and Lori Smith

Issue # 1.
Issue: PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE (PROFNEG)
Filed by: ODELL, CHUCK
Filed Date: 12/24/2008
Party Name: Disposition Information:

Defendant: MURPHY RESOURCES INC
Disposed: DISMISSED - WITH PREJUDICE, 09/30/2013. Dismissed- Settled.

Defendant: SMITH, LAWRENCE
Dispos... More...   $1 (12-15-2014 - OK)

In professional negligence actions against health care providers, recovery of noneconomic damages is capped at $250,000. (Civ. Code, § 3333.2, enacted as part of the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975 (MICRA).)1 In any action, liability for noneconomic damages is several only, so that defendants pay in proportion to their share of fault. (§ 1431.2, part of the Fair Responsibility Act... More...   $0 (12-15-2014 - CA)

A former deputy in the Sheriff’s Department of Los Angeles County, while on temporary disability leave resulting from knee injuries, was discharged from her employment on grounds later found by the county Civil Service Commission to be unjustified. During the long Civil Service Commission proceedings leading to its order restoring her employment, however, the county’s retirement authority gran... More...   $0 (12-14-2014 - CA)

Appellants, Allstate Insurance Company, Allstate Indemnity Company,
Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Allstate County Mutual Insurance Company, and Allstate Fire & Casualty Insurance Company (“Allstate”) appeal an order granting summary judgment in favor of Rehab Alliance of Texas, Inc. d/b/a Steeplechase Family Healthcare and Steeplechase Pain Management & Surgical Associate... More...   $0 (12-09-2014 - TX)

The issue in this case is whether Old Dominion Insurance Company has a duty to defend and indemnify four doctors who are defendants in a third-party
defamation claim, appended to a multi-faceted action for fraud, conversion, civil conspiracy, breach of contract, and other causes of action, being prosecuted by them against the president and founder of a medical practice they all once enjoyed to... More...   $0 (12-05-2014 - FL)

Regent Alliance Ltd. (Regent) sued three purchasers of children’s clothing for conversion, alleging that the purchasers bought, from other defendants, clothing belonging to Regent that those other defendants had converted. The trial court granted the purchasers’ motions for summary judgment, and Regent appeals. We reverse.
BACKGROUND
Regent, a Hong Kong corporation that manufactures ch... More...   $0 (11-25-2014 - CA)

Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. issued an insurance policy covering loss from property damage, including rent, on a building owned by plaintiff Stephens & Stephens XII, LLC (Stephens XII). Three days after the policy became effective, Stephens XII discovered the property had sustained serious damage from burglars who stripped it of all electrical and other conductive materials. Stephens XII sought ... More...   $0 (11-24-2014 - CA)

Defendant, Prime Healthcare Services, Inc., appeals from a December 16, 2013 order denying its petition to compel arbitration and strike class claims. Plaintiff, Maucabrina Willis, cross-appeals from a December 16, 2013 order denying her Code of Civil Procedure section 128.71 sanctions motion. Plaintiff and defendant are subject to both individual and collective bargaining agreements. Defendant ar... More...   $0 (11-15-2014 - CA)

COMES NOW the Plaintiffs, Mary Frances White, a minor child at the time of the events described herein, by and through her mother and next friend, Francis White, and her father and next friend, Michael White, and for their cause of action against Defendants, Stevie Heiser and Harley Hollan Company, allege and state as follows:
1. That Mary Frances White, a then-minor child, and her parents, Fr... More...   $1 (11-05-2014 - OK)

Doug and Karen Crownover contracted with Arrow Development, Inc. (“Arrow”) to construct a house for them. Arrow performed defective work and then failed promptly to correct the work. The Crownovers spent a significant amount of money paying to correct the work themselves. An arbitrator found Arrow liable to the Crownovers for breaching its express warranty to repair non-conforming work and awa... More...   $0 (10-29-2014 - TX)