In these two consolidated appeals, Appellant appeals from final orders denying her motion to intervene in a dependency action involving her twin grandchildren and her subsequent petition for adoption of those children, without addressing the adoption petition on the merits. We reverse the final order dismissing the petition for adoption, and remand for an evidentiary hearing. In light of thi... More...   $0 (09-19-2003 - FL)

A father appeals the decision of the superior court terminating his parental rights under AS 47.10.088 and denying his request to stay termination proceedings until the Alaska Division of Family and Youth Services investigates possible placement of his infant daughter with his parents or sister under AS 47.14.100(e). Because the court properly terminated the father's rights under AS 47.10.088... More...   $0 (09-12-2003 - AK)

Andras Pota, as personal representative for the estate of his infant son Barnabas Pota, appeals a non-final order granting Kenneth Holtz, M.D.'s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. We reverse because we conclude that Dr. Holtz was personally served with process in Miami-Dade County when the suit papers were delivered to his attorney on board a vessel docked at the Port of ... More...   $0 (08-20-2003 - FL)

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B.A.W.(T.) ("Mother") appeals from a judgment which terminated her parental rights to C.L.W., her daughter. (FN1) Mother alleges there was insufficient evidence presented to support the trial court's finding that two termination grounds were proven by clear, cogent, and convincing evidence. She also claims the court erred in finding that termination of her parental rights would serve the best inte... More...   $0 (07-28-2003 - MO)

The authority admitted negligence, but questioned whether residents who didn't live above boiler rooms ... More...   $198000 (07-25-2003 - NC)

In this appeal, we address whether an Illinois organization subjected itself to personal jurisdiction in Maryland by operating an Internet website that allegedly infringed the trademark rights of a Maryland insurance company. Carefirst of Maryland ("Carefirst") accuses Chicago-based Carefirst Pregnancy Centers, Inc. ("CPC") of selecting the name CAREFIRST, despite having notice both of Car... More...   $0 (07-02-2003 - MD)

Plaintiffs Theresa Christiansen, individually and as personal representative of the estate of Sean Michael Christiansen, Meagan Thompson, and Avery Thompson, brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against defendants (1) the City of Tulsa, (2) Ronald Palmer, Tulsa Chief of Police, (3) Dr. Douglas Gentz, Ph.D., and (4) Psychological Services for the Tulsa Police & Fire Departments,(1) alleging ... More...   $0 (06-17-2003 - OK)

Mary Jane Boerner (Mrs. Boerner) began smoking in 1945, at the age of fifteen. Pall Mal... More...   $19025000 (05-23-2003 - CA)

Kelli and Rogelio Hinojosa, individually and as representatives of the estate of their son Bryan, who died during the labor and delivery process, brought suit against the hospital, Columbia/St. David's d/b/a South Austin Hospital, their attending physician, Dr. Paul Locus, and his practice group, Central Texas Obstetrics and Gynecological Associates (collectively "appellees"), for negligent tre... More...   $0 (05-09-2003 - TX)

The lawsuit, filed in 1997, alleged that landlords Wallace and Florence Rich allowed lead-b... More...   $2000000 (04-15-2003 - VA)

In June 1994, Jahi James and two companions, all residents of the housing complex, were accosted by a gang of teenager... More...   $0 (04-03-2003 - NY)

A.B. (plaintiff) and S.E.W. (defendant) were domestic partners from November 1988 to November 1996. They decided that they both would become pregnant through artificial insemination. Defendant gave birth to K.W. in April 1993. Plaintiff had participated in defendant's Lamaze classes and was in the delivery room at K.W.'s birth. The parties announced K.W.'s arrival, both in the newspaper and to fri... More...   $0 (04-01-2003 - NJ)

Plaintiff, Jerold Daniel Friedman, appeals from a judgment, following the sustaining of demurrers without leave to amend, in favor of defendants, Merck & Co., Inc., Merck Ventures, Inc., Astra Merck, Inc., and Merck Hamilton, Inc. Plaintiff, a strict ethical vegan, alleged he suffered serious emotional, and subsequent physical, injuries when he discovered a tuberculosis (TB) test he had submit... More...   $0 (03-26-2003 - CA)

{1}Petitioners Evilia Madrid and Cinesio Sanchez appeal from a memorandum opinion of the Court of Appeals affirming an adverse decision and order of the district court. See Madrid v. Rodriguez (In re Estate of Duran), No. 21,384 (N.M. Ct. App. Feb. 13, 2002). The district court ruled that Petitioners have no interest in a tract of real property claimed by the estate of their deceased brother Sa... More...   $0 (03-07-2003 - NM)

In this wrongful birth case, plaintiffs Milda Geler and Edward Faynin, the parents of a child who was born with Tay-Sachs disease and died just before the age of two, claimed malpractice on the part of obstetricians Richard Akawie and Michael Weingarten as the result of their alleged failure provide genetic counseling regarding the disease, to inform them of the availability of tests to det... More...   $0 (03-03-2003 - NJ)

Ross was a Field Training Officer ("FTO") for the Salt Lake City Police Department in addition to her regular duties. At the time of the accident giving rise to this case, she was driving her marked patrol car home to Tooele County from an FTO meeting on an off-duty day. Ross had her infant son in the car with her while commuting from the regularly scheduled meeting. When attending such meeting... More...   $0 (02-28-2003 - UT)

Shirley Sawyer appeals from a decree terminating her parental rights to her two children, S.N.J. and H.N.H. (1) The Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services filed consolidated petitions for conservatorship or termination in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. §§ 101.032, 161.001 (West 1996 & Supp. 2003). Following a four-day trial, the jury returne... More...   $0 (02-27-2003 - TX)

Defendant William T. Evers challenges the validity of a search of his home authorized by a warrant that uncovered evidence of his possession and transmission of child pornography on the Internet and led to his conviction of multiple violations of the child endangerment statute, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4. The State challenges defendant’s sentence to a probationary term for second-degree child endanger... More...   $0 (02-13-2003 - NJ)

Defendant City of New York (the "City") appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, following a bench trial before David G. Trager, Judge, ordering the City to pay plaintiff Christian R. Valencia ("Christian"), an infant represented by his mother and natural guardian, Teresa Franco (collectively "plaintiffs"), $385,000, on the ground th... More...   $0 (01-29-2003 - NY)

The plaintiff, Todd Bolmer, appeals from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after the jury’s verdict for the defendants, Christopher McKulsky, John McKulsky and Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, now Travelers Property and Casualty Company (Travel-ers), 1 on a claim of negligence arising out of an automo-bile accident. The plaintiff claims that the court improperly (1) directed... More...   $0 (01-14-2003 - CT)

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder.On the evening of June 1, 2000, 18-year-old Drayton Witt dropped off his girlfriend, Maria Holt, at a restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona, where she worked as a waitress. Her son Steven, almost five months old, was asleep in the car seat.
 
Steven’s life had been fraught with medical problems from birth, when ... More...   $0 (12-31-2002 - AZ)

In this constitutional challenge, certain women who have had abortions allegedly without giving informed consent contend that denial of their right to recover damages under New Jersey's Wrongful Death Act violates the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. We have previously rejected such a claim, Alexander v. Whitman, 114 F.3d 1392 (3d Cir. 1997), a... More...   $0 (12-26-2002 - NJ)

Plaintiff Judy Washington appeals from the trial court's grant of summary judgment to defendants St. Francis Hospital and Dr. Therese Kloempken in plaintiff's action for the wrongful death of her newborn son Sabree Washington McKinley. Plaintiff alleges that the court erred in finding that defendants were immune from tort liability pursuant to the immunity provisions of the Emergency Medical Servi... More...   $0 (12-24-2002 - IL)

46 U.S.C. S 183b, a statute that regulates the contractual limitations on time for passengers to bring a lawsuit against maritime carriers, provides that carriers may not impose time-bars of less than one year. This minimum one year time-bar is tolled, however, for injured minors pursuant to S 183b(c); in such cases, the clock starts ticking only when the minor's "legal represent... More...   $0 (12-20-2002 - NJ)