Appellant, Tracy Griffin, challenges the trial court’s rendition of summary judgment in favor of appellees, Shell Oil Company (“Shell”) and CH2M Hill IDC Facilities, Inc. (“CH2M”), in Griffin’s personal-injury suit against Shell and CH2M. In a single issue, Griffin contends that the trial court erred in granting the summary-judgment motions of Shell and CH2M on his negligent-activity ... More...   $0 (06-23-2011 - TX)

Melba Givens sued Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Walmart) on a premises liability theory claiming that she was injured while a business invitee at Defendant's business because of a condition on the property that Defendant knew or should have know existed and represented a risk to Plaintiff.

Oklahoma law provides that an invitee is one who is on the premises at the express or implied invitation of t... More...   $1 (06-13-2011 - OK)

Defendants appeal by leave granted from an order denying their motion for summary disposition in this case involving claims of negligence and breach of contract. We reverse and remand for entry of judgment in favor of defendants.

This action arose from the tragic death of Anthony B. Lagos, who died after accidentally locking himself in the trunk of his automobile while the vehicle was parke... More...   $0 (06-09-2011 - MI)

Jason Taylor sued Bay Tan; Bay Tan, Inc.; Sandy Beaches Tanning Salon; Sandy Beaches; and Sandy Beaches, LLC on premises liability that on November 19, 2007 he was a business invitee at Defendant's location at 351 N. Air Depot, Midwest City, Oklahoma. He claimed that he sustained multiple injures due to the negligence of Defendants in not properly educated and training employees, failure to enfor... More...   $1 (06-06-2011 - OK)

Eileen Ann McDevitt tripped and fell on a recessed irrigation box on the sidewalk outside Sportsman’s Warehouse (“Sportsman’s”), located in a shopping center in Twin Falls, Idaho. She brought suit against Sportsman’s and several other defendants to recover for her injuries. The district court granted summary judgment to Sportsman’s, finding that as a tenant in a multi-tenant shopping c... More...   $0 (06-03-2011 - ID)

court’s order granting defendant Cherylene Norton’s motion for summary disposition. We affirm.

I. FACTS

Nicholas Lawson is a resident of Lapeer, Michigan, and has lived in Michigan his entire life. Norton owns, and formerly lived in, a house in Lapeer, Michigan. At the time of Nicholas Lawson’s injury on March 8, 2008, Norton was living in her Lapeer home.

On the morning... More...   $0 (06-02-2011 - MI)

Oklahoma City personal injury lawyer J. William Archibard represented Jane L. Gill in suing Southwest Medical Tower Orthopaedic & Reconstructive Center, P.C., Southwest Towere Associates, L.L.C., Southwest Tower Associates Limited Partnership, Harri Development, Inc., et al. on a premises liability theory claiming that on October 25, 2007 she slipped and fell at Southwest Medical Tower while and i... More...   $0 (06-01-2011 - OK)

Deborah Clarke sued Specialty Retailers d/b/a Stage Stores, Inc. on a premises liability claiming to have been injured while a business invitee on Defendant's property.... More...   $1 (05-31-2011 - OK)

Oklahoma City personal injury lawyer Darren Tawwater represented Loyman Cossey on a premises liability theory claiming to have been injured while a business invitee of Cherokee Nation Enterprises property. ... More...   $1 (05-31-2011 - OK)

Oklahoma City personal injury lawyers Michael D. Denton, James A. Shook and Nathan Richter represented Dustin J. Tate on a civil assault and battery theory claim against Justin Dan Sanders and Fox & Hound of Oklahoma, Inc. claiming that on March 17, 2009 Plaintiff was an invitee at the Fox and Hound Pub & Grille on West Memorial Road in Oklahoma City when he was viciously and brutally assaulted a... More...   $0 (05-31-2011 - OK)

Janet Thompson sued Hobby Lobby on a premises liability theory claiming she was injured while a business invitee of Defendant.... More...   $1 (05-27-2011 - OK)

Appellant Roy Sparks and Jeffrey Clack engaged in a fight during a college football tailgate event that resulted in an injury to Roy. Roy and his wife, appellant Andrea Sparks, filed suit against Clack and a number of other entities allegedly involved with the tailgate event, asserting several causes of action, including negligence and intentional torts. The Sparkses also named fictitious Doe an... More...   $0 (05-26-2011 - NV)

Kimberly Anne Allen sued OK Apple, Inc. d/b/a Applebee's Restaurant on a premises liability theory claiming to have been injured while a business invitee at Defendant's restaurant by a dangerous condition on the property.... More...   $1 (05-26-2011 - OK)

The primary issue in this appeal is whether the City of Lexington, which owned and operated a riverside park that included a low-head dam, owed a duty to warn its invitees of the dangers posed by the dam. We also consider whether the circuit court properly struck claims of gross negligence and willful and wanton negligence.

BACKGROUND

On April 23, 2006, Charles O. Volpe (“Charl... More...   $0 (05-21-2011 - VA)

James Kamai sued Sinclair Tulsa Refining Co. on a premises liability theory claiming to have been injured while a business invitee on Defendant's property as a result of Defendant's negligence.... More...   $1 (05-16-2011 - OK)

Helen Woten (“Woten”) appeals the district court’s decision granting summary judgment to American National Insurance Company, doing business as Edgewater Mall (“ANICO”). We REVERSE the grant of summary judgment in favor of ANICO and REMAND the case for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Woten worked as a cashier at a store in the Edgew... More...   $0 (05-11-2011 - MS)

Plaintiff appeals a judgment for defendant in this slip and fall case, assigning error to the trial court's failure to give one instruction to the jury and its decision to give another. We hold that the trial court erred in failing to give the first instruction and that the second instruction was potentially misleading; we therefore reverse the trial court's judgment.

We state the facts in ... More...   $0 (05-04-2011 - OR)

Debra Crawford sued Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P. on a premises liability theory claiming to have been injured while a business invitee at Defendant's store.... More...   $1 (05-03-2011 - OK)

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) requires a party to timely disclose a written report of a witness “if the witness is one retained or specially employed to provide expert testimony in the case . . . .” Generally speaking, treating physicians are excused from this requirement. They are a species of percipient witness. They are not specially hired to provide expert testimony; rather, the... More...   $0 (05-03-2011 - AZ)

This action is before this Court upon the appeal of Independence Coal Company, Inc., (hereinafter “Independence”) from two orders of the Circuit Court of Boone County entered on September 22, 2009, denying Independence’s renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law or, in the alternative, for a new trial. The orders were entered following a jury verdict finding Independence negligent and a... More...   $0 (04-28-2011 - WV)

In this premises liability case, appellant, Julia Knox, sued Fiesta Mart, Inc. (“Fiesta Mart”) for negligence after she allegedly tripped over a pallet containing a box of watermelons located at the entrance to the store and injured her knee. Fiesta Mart moved for no-evidence summary judgment, contending that Knox could present no evidence that an unreasonably dangerous condition existed or t... More...   $0 (04-22-2011 - )

Defendant appeals from a judgment on a jury verdict for plaintiff in this premises liability action arising from personal injuries that plaintiff suffered while shopping in one of defendant's stores. In two assignments of error, defendant challenges the trial court's denial of its directed verdict motion and the giving of a res ipsa loquitur instruction to the jury. We affirm.

In reviewing ... More...   $0 (04-20-2011 - OR)

Beverly Cordray sued Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., dba CBOCS, Inc. on a premises liability theory claiming that on January 9, 2009 she was a business invitee at the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurant located at 700 Cornell Parkway, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma along with several friend. One of the individual was disabled, so Mrs. Condray attempted to follo her up the ram to insure h... More...   $1 (04-19-2011 - OK)

In this premises liability suit, the plaintiffs Tony and Kathy Maddox appeal from the summary judgment granted to the defendant, Townsend & Sons, Inc. We REVERSE and REMAND.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Twice a week for eight months, Tony Maddox made deliveries to a grocery store owned by Townsend & Sons in Columbus, Mississippi. On September 26, 2005, he wheeled his delivery c... More...   $0 (04-18-2011 - MS)

Tracy Ferguson sued Wal-Mart, Inc. on a premises liability theory claiming that she slipped and fell on a wet floor that was negligently maintained by Defendant. Plaintiff was a business invitee at the find of the accident and claimed that the premises were not maintained in a reasonably safe condition and, as a direct result, Plaintiff suffered serious and permanent injuries.

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