This case arises from the tragic death of an eight month old infant, Renee Dawn Robbins, the child of Dustin Robbins and Melissa Gillum. In 2003, Renee's parents sought financial assistance and other social services from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services ("DHS"). Employees of DHS informed Mr. Robbins and Ms. Gillum that Carla Beth McKinney operated a licensed and privately-owned dayca... More...   $0 (03-28-2008 - OK)

On March 20, 2002, the Seymours (whom we shall refer to by their first names) we... More...   $0 (03-27-2008 - IA)

Juanita Buechel died during ... More...   $0 (03-07-2008 - IA)

Plaintiff sustained injuries in a motor vehicle accident involving her mother's ... More...   $0 (02-19-2008 - MI)

0 While receiving treatment at a hospital, Georgette Gomes (patient) stopped breathing. The appellees, Dr. Akhtar Hameed, and Dr. Jennifer L. Miles Holter, responded to a code blue. The patient was resuscitated, suffered permanent brain damage, and eventually died. Thereafter, her guardian ad litem sued the hospital for negligence. The doctors allege that the attorney for the guardian ad lite... More...   $0 (01-25-2008 - OK)

¶1 The determinative issues are whether: 1) statutory immunity pursuant to the Good Samaritan Act, 76 O.S. 2001 §5 et seq., precludes recovery against a doctor who attempted to provide care to an emergency room patient with whom he had no contractual relationship; and 2) an agreement not to sue negotiated on behalf of a minor and/or incapacitated person requires court approval to be enforceable.... More...   $0 (01-22-2008 - OK)

Terry and Loretta Brennan appeal a decision of the Garland County Circuit Court dismissing their complaint with prejudice. They assert that the circuit court erred in finding that they failed to serve appellee Layne Wadlow in compliance with Ark. R. Civ. P. 4 when they served his father at his father's place of business. More specifically, the Brennans allege that service was effective be... More...   $0 (01-10-2008 - AR)

Nurses Leslee Lanphier, R.N., and Rebecca Francis, R.N., appeal from the trial court's denial of their motion to dismiss Tania Avis's (a/k/a Tania Greer) claims against them. The nurses rely on Section 101.106(f) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code in maintaining that the trial court should have dismissed Avis's claims since those claims could have been brought against the nurses' emp... More...   $0 (01-10-2008 - TX)

The superior court awarded sole legal and primary physical custody of a six-year-old boy to his mother. The boy's father appeals that custody award and the award of child support, which he argues was impermissibly retroactive and improperly omitted his health care contributions. Finally, the father argues that the superior court abused its discretion by not ruling on certain motions that ... More...   $0 (01-04-2008 - AK)

A dog bit or pawed a seven-week-old baby, causing several scratches along the baby's face and forehead. After an investigation, an Anchorage animal control enforcement officer concluded that the dog should be classified as a "level three" animal, defined by the city code as one that, "while under restraint, inflicts an aggressive bite or causes any physical injury to any human." An admini... More...   $0 (12-28-2007 - AK)

A dog bit or pawed a seven-week-old baby, causing several scratches along the baby's face and forehead. After an investigation, an Anchorage animal control enforcement officer concluded that the dog should be classified as a "level three" animal, defined by the city code as one that, "while under restraint, inflicts an aggressive bite or causes any physical injury to any human." An admini... More...   $0 (12-28-2007 - AK)

Maverick Musser, by his parents and next friends, Mischelle and Michael Musser (the Mussers), filed a legal malpractice action against Daniel A. Roby, David J. Stach, and Roby & Hood Law Firm (collectively referred to as the Law Firm). The Mussers based their claim, in relevant part, upon the Law Firm's failure to properly disclose expert medical witnesses in a federal malpractice suit, which... More...   $0 (12-13-2007 - IN)

This medical malpractice case involves an infant who received 24 minutes of continuous resuscitative medical treatment after being born without a heart beat. The infant survived but suffers severe and permanent disabilities. Nichole Stewart-Graves and Todd Graves, individually, and as guardians for their son, Liam Stewart-Graves (plaintiffs), filed suit against Dr. Katheri... More...   $0 (11-08-2007 - WA)

Matthew Edward Billips, then a juvenile, was charged with two counts of forcible sodomy of a child under the age of 13 years, and one count of soliciting a child to commit sodomy. The juvenile and domestic relations district court certified the case to the circuit court, where Billips was found guilty of all three offenses in a jury trial. The circuit court continued the case for a presen... More...   $0 (11-02-2007 - VA)

The adoptive parents of a child abused by her biological father sued the hospital that treated the child. The parents alleged that the hospital's physicians failed to prevent ongoing abuse. The district court granted the hospital's motion to strike three counts in the parents' complaint and ruled that the parents could not introduce evidence of the hospital's failure to report suspected child... More...   $0 (08-19-2007 - MN)

On September 11, 2002, the mother, then approximately thirty-four weeks pregnant with the infant, was involved in a motor vehicle accident. She arrived at the Inova Fairfax Hospital emergency room shortly before 9:00 p.m. that night, complaining of chest pain in the area of where her seat belt would have been. The fetal heart rate was within the normal range at that point, and the mother ... More...   $0 (08-14-2007 - VA)

This appeal concerns an evidentiary privilege known as the "medical peer review privilege." The privilege seeks to protect from discovery and disclosure records containing performance reviews and assessments of physicians by their peers, primarily in connection with their practices at hospitals. The issue before us is whether to recognize the privilege in federal civil rights cases. The Fou... More...   $0 (06-19-2007 - GA)

Jay and Jonell Davis, husband and wife, owned a 1995 Ford truck and a 2002 Ford Mustang which were insured by Allstate Insurance Company under a policy that provided liability coverage of $100,000 per person and $300,000 per accident. The policy also provided underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage. Jay also owned a 1993 Honda motorcycle which was insured by American Modern Home Insurance Company... More...   $0 (10-13-2006 - KS)

The International Child Abduction Remedies Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 11601 et seq., implementing the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, T.I.A.S. No. 11,670, 1343 U.N.T.S. 89 (Oct. 25, 1980), entitles a person whose child has been wrongfully removed to the United States, usually by a parent, to petition a federal court to order the child returned. 42 U.S.C. § ... More...   $0 (09-16-2006 - IL)

Harvey Barnett, Inc. and Infant Swimming Research, Inc. (collectively "ISR") filed a complaint against former employees Judy Heumann, Ann Shidler, and Alison Geerdes, asserting, among other claims, that the employees misappropriated ISR's trade secrets and breached a license agreement which contained a covenant not to compete and a confidentiality provision. In a prior appeal, this court affirm... More...   $0 (08-17-2006 - CO)

This Court must determine whether the bar of the statute of limitations required entry of summary judgment in Respondents' favor on Michael Powel's claims against them for intentional failure to supervise clergy. Michael alleges that defendants Father William Christensen and Brother John Woulfe, while teachers living at Chaminade College Preparatory, Inc., sexually abused him while he was a min... More...   $0 (06-29-2006 - MO)

¶1 This appeal by Jessica Donn Watson and cross-appeal by Sylvia G. Watson arise from proceedings to probate the intestate estates of Donovan Myrl Watson, Donovan Perren Watson (his father), and Myrl Louise Watson (his mother). Jessica is the minor child of Donovan Myrl Watson's second marriage and the granddaughter of Donovan Perren Watson and Myrl Louise Watson. Sylvia sought and obtained recog... More...   $0 (04-18-2006 - OK)

2 Randle and Janell Duncan (plaintiffs or Duncans), residents of Canadian County, are former clients of Julie Bates (Bates), of the law firm of Postic and Bates (defendants, firm or ... More...   $0 (12-13-2005 - OK)

Pursuant to MCR 7.215(J)(3), this special panel was convened to resolve a conflict between this Court's opinion in Environair, Inc. v. Steelcase, Inc., 190 Mich.App. 289, 475 N.W.2d 366 (1991), and the recently issued opinion in Health Call of Detroit v. Atrium Home & Health Care Services, Inc., 265 Mich.App. 79, 695 N.W.2d 337 (2005), vacated in part 265 Mich.App. 801 (2005) (vacating part III of... More...   $0 (11-29-2005 - MI)

Christopher and Georgina Brady sued SCI Funeral Services of Florida Inc. d/b/a Eastern Gate Memorial Gardens for burying their 4-day-old baby in an unlawfully shallow grave in 2000. The Bradys claimed that SCI negligently failed to property bury their son after Georgina Brady saw the child's casket sticking out of the ground when she went to the cemetery to tend of the child's grave. Florida... More...   $140000 (11-18-2005 - FL)