Smith's two-month-old daughter suffered a spiral fracture of
her femur on November 30, 2010, purportedly while in Smith's care.
Smith has always maintained his innocence of child abuse, but DSS
concluded that Smith broke the leg in an act of child abuse and sought and
obtained legal custody over the infant Smith's wife often had physical
custody of their daughter, but at t... More...   $0 (09-09-2015 - NV)

In September 2008, Tavia Sills was nearly five months pregnant. A few
weeks earlier, she had informed 18-year-old Lamondre Tucker that she believed he
was the father of her unborn child. On September 9, 2008, Tucker picked Tavia up
at the home of her mother, Vickie Britton. Tucker claimed that his sister, Alexis
Metcalf, had asked to meet Tavia after learning of the pregnancy.... More...   $0 (09-02-2015 - LA)

Government regulators and scientists
agree: exposure to vinyl chloride poses serious health
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risks to humans. Vinyl chloride is a known carcinogen, mutagen,
and genotoxin.1 But in what quantity and for how
long must a human—in this case, two infant children—be
exposed to vinyl chloride before those health risks materialize?
The experts for C.W. and E.W., th... More...   $0 (08-26-2015 - IN)

In December 2009, Medina was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a type of cancer usually caused by exposure to asbestos. He filed a personal injury complaint against numerous defendants in March 2010, alleging causes of action for negligence, breach of implied warranty, strict products liability, fraud/failure to warn, and conspiracy to defraud/failure to warn. Medina preserved his testimony in video-... More...   $0 (08-21-2015 - CA)

The accident that gave rise to this litigation occurred shortly before 7:00 p.m. on January 4, 2011, at the intersection of California and Cherry Streets in San Francisco. That segment of California Street consists of four driving lanes, two facing east and two west, with outside parking lanes on each side. The intersection at California and Cherry is controlled by traffic lights.
San... More...   $0 (08-20-2015 - CA)

Defendant Kenneth Barrett was sentenced to death after being convicted in federal
court on two counts of felony murder and one count of intentionally killing a state lawenforcement
officer. We affirmed on direct appeal. See United States v. Barrett, 496 F.3d 1079 (10th Cir. 2007). Defendant then filed a motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, which the district court denied. See Barrett ... More...   $0 (08-19-2015 - OK)

These appeals arise from the prosecution of two members of an enterprise engaged in interstate prostitution. Following a two-week trial, a jury convicted Appellants Kevin Garcia Fuertes (“Fuertes”) and German de Jesus Ventura (“Ventura”) of conspiracy to commit, and commission of, a number of sex trafficking and related offenses. On appeal, Fuertes and Ventura make four assertions of error, two in... More...   $0 (08-18-2015 - MD)

As plaintiff Rolando Fernandes and his boss, Mario Freitas
(Mario),1 were installing a sewer pipe on a residential
construction site, the wall of the trench in which Fernandes was
working collapsed, burying him up to his chest. Mario promptly
extricated plaintiff and later drove him home. Fernandes was
seriously injured and has not worked since that day.
Fernandes ... More...   $0 (08-09-2015 - NJ)

Secundino Medina died of asbestos-related mesothelioma. Medina’s estate, his daughters Patricia Soto, Yolanda Isaak, and Leticia Medina, and his great-grandson Eli Canett asserted claims for negligence, strict liability, and wrongful death against a host of defendants, alleging that their asbestos-laden products contributed to Medina’s mesothelioma. Their claims against defendant BorgWarner Mors... More...   $0 (08-05-2015 - CA)

Appellant L.M. (father) is the biological father of A.J. (child), who was six years old on May 13, 2014, the date of the challenged order. Father appeals from the juvenile court’s order at the Welfare and Institutions Code, section 366.26 permanency planning hearing denying him supervised visitation with the child based on a finding of detriment. As discussed below, while substantial evidence d... More...   $0 (08-04-2015 - ca)

Cara Munn and her parents brought suit against the Hotchkiss
School after Munn contracted tick‐borne encephalitis on a schoolorganized
trip to China. At trial, a jury found Hotchkiss negligent and
awarded the Munns $41.5 million in damages, $31.5 of which were noneconomic
damages. On appeal, the school argues that it did not have a
legal duty to warn about or protect agai... More...   $0 (08-03-2015 - CT)

As plaintiff Rolando Fernandes and his boss, Mario Freitas
(Mario),1 were installing a sewer pipe on a residential
construction site, the wall of the trench in which Fernandes was
working collapsed, burying him up to his chest. Mario promptly
extricated plaintiff and later drove him home. Fernandes was
seriously injured and has not worked since that day.
Fernandes ... More...   $0 (07-28-2015 - )

A jury convicted Kendrick Cowart of armed robbery and conspiracy, and acquitted
him of murder and manslaughter. The trial court sentenced him to fifty-three years: forty
eight years for armed robbery and five years for conspiracy. Terrance London, Cowart’s co
defendant who pled guilty to armed robbery, conspiracy, and manslaughter, received a
sentence of either forty or forty-fiv... More...   $0 (07-27-2015 - ms)

In October of 2011 Matthew Snyder, his girlfriend, and herdaughter JL moved to Gillette. Soon thereafter, JL, who was twelve years old at the time, learned she was pregnant. JL gave birth to a daughter in 2012.
[¶5] In January of 2012, previous to giving birth, and shortly after her thirteenth birthday, Snyder forced JL to have sexual intercourse. This also happened again after she gave bir... More...   $0 (07-15-2015 - )

Appellant mother (“Mother”) appeals the trial court’s order terminating her parental rights to her child, L.G. Mother does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the trial court’s findings under section 161.001(1) of the Texas Family Code (“the Code”), but contends the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support the trial court’s finding that termination was in the ... More...   $0 (07-08-2015 - TX)

MONROE, LA – A Monroe grocery store owner and workers were sentenced for their roles in a $7 million scheme to exchange SNAP and WIC benefits to customers for cash and ineligible items.

Kimberlia Harris, 46, of Monroe, was sentenced to 51 months in prison and three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $7 million in restitution; Angela Woods, 28, of Monroe, was sentenced to ... More...   $0 (07-07-2015 - LA)

Prisoners sentenced to death in the State of Oklahoma
filed an action in federal court under Rev. Stat. §1979, 42
U. S. C. §1983, contending that the method of execution
now used by the State violates the Eighth Amendment
because it creates an unacceptable risk of severe pain.
They argue that midazolam, the first drug employed in the
State’s current three-drug protocol,... More...   $0 (06-30-2015 - DC)

A jury found that the defendant, the
Hartford Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation, acted
negligently and recklessly when it assigned Father Ivan
Ferguson, an alcoholic whose admitted acts of child
molestation were understood to be linked to his drinking,
to serve as the director of Saint Mary’s Elementary
School in Derby (Saint Mary’s School), where he sexually
abus... More...   $0 (06-27-2015 - CT)

This is the second appeal to come before us involving a sentence imposed on
Jesus Rosales-Bruno because of his conviction for illegally reentering the United
States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. In the first appeal we vacated his original
sentence after concluding the district court had erred in finding that his prior
Florida conviction for false imprisonment qualified as a “... More...   $0 (06-19-2015 - FL)

This is an appeal from an order terminating the parent-child relationship between D.V. and his mother. The relationship between the little boy and his father was also terminated, but the father has not appealed. Because of recurrent family violence between the parents, we will refer to Father’s behavior where necessary to explain the factual circumstances.1
Mother brings seven issues for rev... More...   $0 (06-03-2015 - TX)

In this appeal, we are once again faced with the “knotty� issue of whether a
plaintiff’s claim is a health care liability claim (“HCLC�) under the Texas Medical Liability
Act (“TMLA�) and therefore subject to that statute’s expert report requirement. See TEX.
CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 74.351 (West, Westlaw through 2013 3d C.S.); Loaisiga
v. Cerda, 379 S.W.3d 24... More...   $0 (05-14-2015 - TX)

Appellant, K.G.,1 challenges the trial court’s order terminating her parental rights to her son, D.N., Jr.2 By a sole issue, she maintains the evidence is insufficient to support termination on the ground that she would be incarcerated for not less than two years from the date the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services filed its Original Petition for Protection of a Child, for Conser... More...   $0 (05-13-2015 - TX)

Lamar Brooks appeals an order of the circuit court that denied his initial motion to vacate his convictions of first-degree murder and sentences of death filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. He also petitions this Court
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for a writ of habeas corpus. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), (9), Fla. Const. As explained below, we affirm the postconviction co... More...   $0 (05-13-2015 - FL)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS
No. 105,698
DUSKIN L. SIRUTA, by and on behalf of the heirs at law of
TATE DILLON SIRUTA, Deceased,
Appellant/Cross-appellee,
v.
MELISSA SIRUTA,
Appellee/Cross-appellant.
SYLLABUS BY THE COURT
1.
A wrongful death action under K.S.A. 60-1901 et seq. can be brought against an alleged tortfeasor who is an heir a... More...   $0 (04-24-2015 - KS)

[¶1] Pursuant to a California court order, Herman Ter Haar (Father) has sole legal and
physical custody of the parties’ child (the child), subject to limited visitation by Heidi
Gjertsen (Mother). Mother appeals from the district court’s order denying her petition for
modification of the California order pertaining to custody, care and visitation with the
child. We conclude th... More...   $0 (04-14-2015 - WY)