Johnnie Smith Kelly and Karl Kelly sued Dr. Mona Alqulali and Women's Health Services of Clinton for wrongful death on a medical malpractice theory for the death of Elijah Kelly, who was stillborn in 2002. They claimed that that Alqulali negligently used a vacuum extractor and delayed performing a C-section in here efforts to deliver the baby. They claimed that it took too long to effectuate t... More...   $0 (10-18-2005 - IA)

This appeal raises exceptionally important questions of justiciability and sovereignty, emblematic of unsettled political conditions that have plagued the Middle East for many years. In it, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) ask us to countermand the district court's refusal to dismiss the action against them. They contend that the case hinges on a no... More...   $0 (09-14-2005 - RI)

Plaintiff and appellant Anne Trop was terminated from her position at Tall Trees Productions as an assistant for movie producer and director Betty Thomas. Trop, who was pregnant at the time of her termination, brought an action against defendants and respondents Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. and Tall Trees alleging, among other things, sexual discrimination based on pregnancy and wron... More...   $0 (06-03-2005 - CA)

Cortez Strong sued American Cyanamid Company on a products liability claiming that the polio vaccine manufactured and sold by it was defective and unreasonably dangerous and, as a direct result, Mr. Strong contracted polio and was injured and damaged. He also sued Dr. Georgia Santo-Jawaid, his pediatrician for medical malpractice. Strong, who contracted polio from the vaccine as an infant, was... More...   $8500000 (05-27-2005 - MO)

2 The parties have agreed on the following facts. Ave Maria Child Care is a daycare facility that cares for children... More...   $0 (05-24-2005 - OK)

When Michael and Gail MacKool were divorced... More...   $0 (02-24-2005 - AR)

On December 20, 200... More...   $0 (02-09-2005 - CA)

Respondent-appellant Lisa Marie Sayers-Gazella appeals as of right from the trial court's order of November 29, 2003 which allowed the previously-suspended order of June 5, 2003 terminating her parental rights to her two infant children pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(l) and (m) to go into effect.1 She challenges the trial court's implementation of its prior order terminating her parental rig... More...   $0 (01-04-2005 - MI)

Plaintiffs, the Estate of a deceased child John Tyler Henderson (J.H.) and J.H.'s parents, Jennifer and John Henderson, individually, appeal from three separate orders entered on July 23, 2004, granting partial summary judgment under the notice provisions of the New Jersey Tort Claims Act (the Act), N.J.S.A. 59:1-1 to 59:12-3. More particularly, two of the orders bar plaintiffs' claims ag... More...   $0 (01-03-2005 - NJ)

In accordance with Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-221 (Re... More...   $0 (12-17-2004 - NE)

Catastrophic ambulance collision on 8/1/99 in amarillo, Texas. The collision occurred after a recently discharged patient stole an ambulance from Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo. The ambulance crashed into a minivan carrying the Chavez family, causing the death of Ricky Dwayne Chavez, and serious head injuries to his wife, Tina Louise Chavez, and her daughter, Shelby Delaine Grady. T... More...   $12540035 (11-22-2004 - TX)

Casey Pellicer's parents claimed that nurse Delphine Anderson and Dr. Anne Olesnicky committed medical malpractice when they failed to take appropriate steps to prevent Casey from suffering brain damage as an infant following surgery at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston. The 6-year-old is severely mentally handicapped, confined to a wheelchair, virtually blind and unable to speak. The ... More...   $75000000 (11-18-2004 - NJ)

Rey Piedra, an infant, suffered cardiac arrest, resulting in severe brain damage. Rey's parents, Jesus Piedra and Agripina Arroyo, as Rey's guardians ad litem, sued Rey's treating physician, Dr. J. M. Dugan, for medical malpractice, negligent failure to obtain informed consent, and battery. The trial court granted a motion for nonsuit on the battery claim, and the jury found in favor of D... More...   $0 (11-12-2004 - CA)

The issue presented by this appeal is whether a contractor's duty of care for the safety of persons who come on a construction site is governed by the common law doctrine of premises liability, under which the tort liability of a possessor of land is determined by the injured person's classification as a business invitee, licensee or trespasser, or by general negligence principles, under which ... More...   $0 (10-27-2004 - NJ)

¶1 Appellant, Rocky Eugene Dodd, was convicted by a jury in Oklahoma County District Court, Case No. CF-94-7724, of two counts of First-Degree Murder, 21 O.S.1991, § 701.7(A). Jury trial was held January 14 through February 13, 2002, before the Honorable Twyla Mason Gray, District Judge. As to each count, the jury recommended the death penalty after having found the existence of two of the fo... More...   $0 (10-21-2004 - OK)

Catastrophic ambulance collision on 8/1/99 in Amarillo, Texas. The collision occurred after a recently discharged patient stole an ambulance from Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo. The ambulance crashed into a minivan carrying the Chavez family, causing the death of Ricky Dwayne Chavez, and serious head injuries to his wife, Tina Louise Chavez, and her daughter, Shelby Delaine Grady. T... More...   $12540035 (09-16-2004 - TX)

Appellants Erika Guenther and Tammie Drannan sued Allstate Insurance Company and attorney Blaine Gaub for abuse of process. A jury found Allstate liable and awarded Guenther and Drannan compensatory but not punitive damages. The jury found in favor of Gaub. On appeal, Guenther and Drannan argue that the trial court abused its discretion in excluding evidence of Allstate's behavior in seve... More...   $1 (07-25-2004 - AZ)

In July of 1994, Stella Gugelmin gave birth to twin sons – Bernardo and Giuliano. Unfortunately, there were complications during the birth of the second child, Giuliano, and he sustained brain or spinal cord injuries due to oxygen deprivation. It was eventually determined that Giuliano had sustained a birth-related neurological injury, as defined by section 766.302(2), Florida Statutes.... More...   $0 (07-13-2004 - FL)

On this appeal we are asked to interpret the language of the New Jersey Tort Claims Act (TCA) that requires, as a prerequisite to public entity liability, that the public property must be in a "dangerous condition at the time of the injury." N.J.S.A. 59:4-2. Here, the ten-year-old plaintiff suffered severe damage to his left hand after successfully igniting a firework he found in a municipal p... More...   $1600000 (07-07-2004 - NJ)

In this workers' compensation case, Silver Fountain Inn (" Employer") appeals the decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (the "Commission") to award death benefits under Section 287.240(FN1) to Geneva Henley's ("Employee") granddaughters, Ellie Yeary, Dana Yeary, and Jannah Yeary (collectively "Claimants"). At issue is whether or not Employee's grandchildren were actually depend... More...   $0 (06-21-2004 - MO)

The claimant was an aging Polish-born child survivor of the Holocaust who had made millions of dollars in the taxicab business in New York City before being disabled by neuropsychiatric impairments in the early 1990s. Thereafter, no longer able to work, he invested most of his life savings with a well-known full-service brokerage firm. When Doe initiated this relationship, he told the brokers... More...   $1 (06-15-2004 - NY)

This is a diversity action, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a), in which the real party in interest -- plaintiff-appellee Moises Muñiz Crespo -- sued Dr. Salvador Rovira-Martino (Dr. Rovira) for medical malpractice. (1) The case was tried to a jury from May 7 through May 15, 2003, culminating in a verdict for $2,000,000 in compensatory damages. After reducing the award to take into account sums paid by other ... More...   $1790000 (06-08-2004 - PR)

Gregory and Tracey Cummings brought this suit against General Motors Corporation ("GM") to recover for injuries Mrs. Cummings sustained in an automobile accident involving a 1995 Pontiac Grand Am. The Cummings allege that Mrs. Cummings's injuries resulted from a flawed seat belt system and seat designed by GM, as well as inadequate warnings of the dangers inherent in the product. A jury returne... More...   $0 (06-07-2004 - OK)

Kirsten W. appeals from an order of the separate juvenile court of Douglas County terminating her parental rights to Anthony V. Kirsten asserts that the juvenile court erred in finding by clear and convincing evidence that Anthony comes within the meaning of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-292(2) and (10) (Reissue 1998) and in finding that termination of her parental rights serves Anthony's best interests. S... More...   $0 (06-01-2004 - NE)

In November 2002, Tracy J. Meuschke ("Father") sought a declaration that his daughter, Amy Jo Meuschke, who turned eighteen in April 2001 became emancipated effective in late January 2002, because she was only taking eight credit hours of college classes. Father sought reimbursement for child support payments he made after January 2002. Amy's mother ("Mother") moved to increase Father's child supp... More...   $0 (05-25-2004 - MO)