Gene Percudani and his companies, Raintree Homes and Chapel Creek Mortgage Banker, sued the Pocono Record on a libel theory claiming that a series of investigative articles published in 2001 about abusive home-sale practices, including use of inflated appraisals to sell homes for more than they were worth to those who could least of afford them. Percudani alleged he was falsely portrayed â... More...   $0 (10-21-2010 - PA)

¶1 Plaintiff/Appellant Linda Stewart (Stewart) seeks review of the trial court's order denying her motion for new trial after a jury verdict for Defendants/Appellees NYT Broadcast Holdings and Griffin Communications (KFOR and KWTV, respectively) on Plaintiff's claims for defamation and false light invasion of privacy. In this appeal, Stewart asserts the broadcasts aired by Appellees were false an... More...   $0 (09-24-2010 - OK)

¶1 Plaintiff Jennifer Ottens appeals from various procedural and evidentiary rulings and from the trial court's entry of a directed verdict in favor of Defendant Dan McNeil (Dan). We reverse and remand in part, and affirm in part.

BACKGROUND

¶2 Ottens's lawsuit stems from injuries she sustained in a March 29, 2002 automobile accident. The accident occurred on Interstate Highway 15 ... More...   $0 (08-26-2010 - UT)

Thomas Mink appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint against Susan Knox, a deputy district attorney, on qualified immunity grounds. We reverse.

I.

Mr. Mink, a student at the University of Northern Colorado (“UNCâ€�), created a fictional character, “Junius Puke,â€� for the editorial column of his internet-based journal, The Howling Pig.1 Mink... More...   $0 (07-29-2010 - CO)

In an effort to force a nationwide laundry company to employ only union members and to improve their working conditions, a labor union commenced a campaign utilizing a variation of a technique known as secondary picketing. The campaign was directed at a group of hospitals that used the services of the laundry company. The union mailed postcards to prospective clients of the hospitals, warning them... More...   $0 (07-21-2010 - cA)

ZH Technologies, Inc. (“ZH Techâ€�) and Abulala K. Naser (“Naserâ€�) filed a complaint against Adnan Syed (“Syedâ€�), Sheriza Ousman (“Ousmanâ€�), and Zerowire Technologies, Inc. (“Zerowireâ€�),1 in which ZH Tech and Naser alleged six causes of action: (1) breach of fiduciary duty, (2) conversion, (3) unjust enrichment, (4) fraud, (5) violation of the Virginia business conspiracy statute... More...   $0 (06-10-2010 - VA)

Plaintiffs-appellants ProShipLine, Inc. and EP-Team, Inc. appeal from two district court decisions in favor of defendantappellee Aspen Infrastructures Ltd. Both decisions involve a writ of maritime attachment that ProShipLine and EP-Team obtained against Aspen pursuant to Rule B of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“Rule Bâ€... More...   $0 (06-08-2010 - WA)

¶1 Anthony Yeung, M.D., sued Zoran Maric, M.D., for defamation and false light invasion of privacy. The trial court granted summary judgment to Dr. Maric, finding statements Dr. Maric made in an independent medical examination report -- prepared in connection with a private, contractual arbitration proceeding -- are protected by the absolute privilege afforded to participants in judicial proceedi... More...   $0 (06-08-2010 - AZ)

[¶1] Glenda Reynolds (Reynolds) appeals the West Park Hospital District’s Board of Trustees’ (Hospital District) decision to terminate her employment. Finding no error in the Hospital District’s decision, we will affirm.

ISSUES

[¶2] Reynolds raises three issues on appeal. We have rephrased those issues as follows for clarity’s sake:

1. Was the Hospital District’s d... More...   $0 (05-27-2010 - WY)

Terry and Phyllis Price sued their former church, the First Baptist Church of Bulverde ("the Church"), for access to the Church's books and records. See Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann. art. 1396-2.23 (West 2003) (members of nonprofit corporation have right to inspect corporation's books and records). The Prices alleged that while the Church allowed them limited access to its books and records, it did n... More...   $0 (05-20-2010 - TX)

Kim Iann Manning (“Manningâ€�) was denied short-term disability benefits and subsequently terminated from employment by American Republic Insurance Company (“ARICâ€�). She sought judicial review of the benefits decision under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. 29 U.S.C. § 1132 et seq. She also asserted ERISA retaliation and interference claims. The district court2 affirmed ARIC’s ... More...   $0 (05-13-2010 - IA)

Kim Iann Manning (“Manningâ€�) was denied short-term disability benefits and subsequently terminated from employment by American Republic Insurance Company (“ARICâ€�). She sought judicial review of the benefits decision under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. 29 U.S.C. § 1132 et seq. She also asserted ERISA retaliation and interference claims. The district court2 affirmed ARIC’s ... More...   $0 (05-12-2010 - IA)

Appellant, Stephen Norman (“Normanâ€�), filed suit in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County alleging that he was defamed by statements made by appellees1 in connection with a lawsuit currently pending before the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Appellees filed motions to dismiss, and after conducting a hearing, the circuit court dismissed all counts of the lawsuit. No... More...   $0 (05-07-2010 - MD)

Emmis Communications and Todd Spessard appeal from the jury verdict decided against them in a tort action relating to their news coverage of the arrest of a suspect in the BTK case. Melanie Valadez, the administrator of the Estate of Roger G. Valadez (Estate), cross-appeals from the judgment of the district court limiting the amount and scope of damages.

From 1974 to 1986, a series of at le... More...   $0 (04-30-2010 - KS)

In this case, the trial court ordered a new trial based solely on (1) a purportedly illegal Mary Carter agreement entered into before the trial;1 (2) a finding by the trial court that the defendants’ attorney “grossly impairedâ€� a proper defense amounting to fundamental error; and (3) jury confusion caused by an erroneous jury instruction that led to a verdict that was inconsistent with Flori... More...   $0 (04-14-2010 - FL)

John Tamburo, an Illinois resident who operates a dog-breeding software business in Illinois, filed suit in the Northern District of Illinois alleging federal and state antitrust violations and several inten2 tional tort claims under Illinois law. His claims arise out of a dispute over the contents of a dog-pedigree software program he developed by lifting data from the defendants’ websites. He ... More...   $0 (04-08-2010 - IL)

Esther Catherine Bowlin, a former home health nurse with the Arkansas Department of Health (“the Departmentâ€�), brought this action against the Department, Dr. Paul Halverson, Helen Brown, and Georgia Murphy (collectively “defendantsâ€�), alleging violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), First Amendment free speech and Fourteenth Amendment due process violations brought ... More...   $0 (04-06-2010 - AR)

Moshe Tal sued Bill Burkett on a malicious prosecution theory claiming that Burkett wrongfully sued him on a libel theory.

The defenses asserted by Defendant are not available.... More...   $74000 (03-26-2010 - OK)

Jessie Williams was a customer of Family Bank & Trust Company in Illinois. Following a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) routine examination in late 2005, Family Bank stopped making loans to Williams, supposedly at the behest of FDIC Associate Examiner Jerry Fleming. The alleged catalyst for Fleming’s decision was a racially motivated bias against Williams and other African-Americans.... More...   $0 (02-26-2010 - IL)

In a second attempt to obstruct the publication of a book

that is critical of his conduct, plaintiff John C. Berkery

appeals from the summary dismissal of his action against

defendants - author Allen M. Hornblum, and distributors Barnes &

Noble, Inc., Amazon.Com, Inc., Barricade Books, Inc. (NY),

Barricade Books, Inc. (NJ), National Book Network, Inc., Rowman
... More...   $0 (02-19-2010 - NJ)

Col. (Ret.) Joe H. Bryant (“Bryantâ€�), a former member of the Mississippi Air National Guard’s (“MSANGâ€�) 186th Refueling Wing, sued MSANG and individual MSANG officials (“Individual Appelleesâ€�), asserting claims under: (1) the Military Whistleblower Protection Act, 10 U.S.C. § 1034; (2) the Mississippi Bryant’s claims against individual Appellee F. Gregory Malta in his individual 1... More...   $0 (02-17-2010 - MS)

The litigants’ legal relationship formally began on April 9, 2006, when EP-Team1 and Aspen2 entered into the Sales and Logistics Services Agreement. Under the Agreement, ProShipLine, 3 as EP-Team’s designated agent and assignee, agreed 1EP-Team is incorporated in Delaware. EP-Team is a consulting and management enterprise that works with companies across a variety of business sectors.

... More...   $0 (02-05-2010 - WA)

In 1988, Ronald Williamson and Dennis Fritz were wrongly convicted of the rape
and murder of Debra Sue Carter. Both men were later exonerated after spending over a
decade in jail. Their painful story caught the attention of renowned legal-fiction author
John Grisham, who wrote a book about Williamson appropriately titled The Innocent
Man. Fritz also wrote a book, Journey Toward Jus... More...   $0 (02-01-2010 - )

"A Philadelphia Common Pleas Court jury has rejected a public-relations consultant's contention that he was slandered in a termination letter written by the head of the African American Museum.

After an eight-day trial, the jury decided Tuesday that Romona R. Benson's letter did not constitute libel or slander of Joel Avery. Avery's lawsuit said the letter had accused him of violating "prof... More...   $0 (01-23-2010 - PA)

In this case, we are asked to consider two issues of first impression in Kentucky: whether professional negligence claims against an insurance agent and an insurance broker are assignable ; and, if so, whether such assignment, when coupled with a settlement agreement as to damages and a covenant not to execute, is illusory or void as against public policy.

The Star of Louisville ("the Star"... More...   $0 (01-21-2010 - KY)