These appeals are from an order awarding attorney's fees pursuant to Section 57.105, Florida Statutes, and from an order dismissing an amended counterclaim and third-party complaint. These appeals have been consolidated for purposes of our appellate review. For the sake of clarity, however, we will separately address the issues involved in each appeal, after a recitation of the facts an... More...   $0 (11-10-2004 - FL)

If the plaintiff submits inadmissible evi... More...   $0 (11-10-2004 - CA)

of Trustees. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.110(k). Because it is clear from their second amended complaint that the plaintiffs' libel act... More...   $0 (11-09-2004 - FL)

James Grosjean claimed that the was falsely imprisoned by Las Vegas Imperial Palace security guards for 47 minutes in Fe... More...   $399990 (11-07-2004 - NV)

This intellectual property case pits the sport of extreme kayaking against the iconic American timepiece, Timex. In an effort to update its image, Timex Corporation ("Timex") arranged with Polar Bear Productions ("Polar Bear") to produce film footage featuring some of the stars of whitewater kayaking, paddling through exotic locales in North and South America and using equipment bearing... More...   $115000 (10-28-2004 - MT)

Richard Romeo (Mr. Romeo) and Darlene Romeo (Mrs. Romeo) (collectively Appellants) appeal from a trial court judgment entered according to a jury verdict against Appellants and in favor of attorneys Robert E. Jones, Alan Farkas, Robert C. Jones, David M. Korum, and David G. Waltrip (collectively Respondents) on Appellants' Petition alleging abuse of process by Respondents based upon Respondents' r... More...   $0 (09-21-2004 - MO)

We hold an injunction absolutely enjoining defendant Anne Lemen from making certain statements adjudicated to be defamatory under common law causes of action for libel and slander constitutes a content-based prior restraint on speech in violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and article I, section 2, subdivision (a) of the California Constitution. A content-bas... More...   $0 (08-12-2004 - CA)

The issue in this appeal is whether the notice of claim requirements under the New Jersey Tort Claims Act (Act), N.J.S.A. 59:1-1 to 12-3, apply to common law intentional tort claims. The Appellate Division held that the Act's notice requirements did not apply to plaintiff's assault and battery claim against defendant, who is a public employee. Velez v. City of Jersey City, 358 N.J. Super. 224 ... More...   $0 (07-07-2004 - NJ)

This case is a spin-off of the highly publicized and controversial litigation over the validity of "second-parent" adoptions in Sharon S. v. Superior Court (2003) 31 Cal.4th 417. In this matter, Sharon S. (Sharon) appeals from an order denying her special motion to strike a libel complaint filed against her by her former partner in a lesbian relationship, Annette F. (Annette). We conclude th... More...   $0 (07-02-2004 - CA)

Appellants Patricia Ruiz and Chantell Ruiz (the "Ruizes") sued appellees Austin Independent School District, Andy Welch, Darrell Baker, and Lee Thompson (collectively "appellees"), alleging defamation and whistleblower causes of action. Appellees moved for summary judgment based on their defenses of (1) limitations, (2) governmental and statutory immunity, and (3) failure to exhaust administrat... More...   $0 (06-04-2004 - TX)

Appellants Patricia Ruiz and Chantell Ruiz (the "Ruizes") sued appellees Austin Independent School District, Andy Welch, Darrell Baker, and Lee Thompson (collectively "appellees"), alleging defamation and whistleblower causes of action. Appellees moved for summary judgment based on their defenses of (1) limitations, (2) governmental and statutory immunity, and (3) failure to exhaust administrat... More...   $0 (05-28-2004 - TX)

In California the accrual of causes of action growing out of the publication of defamatory or other tortious statements is governed by the single-publication rule. Under the rule one cause of action will arise, and the statute of limitations will commence running, upon the first general publication or broadcast of a tortious statement, notwithstanding how many copies of the publication ar... More...   $0 (05-06-2004 - CA)

Plaintiff-appellant L. A. Tollestrup appeals from the district court's decision granting summary judgment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 in favor of defendants on her Title VII(1) employment discrimination and state-law claims. In her complaint, Ms. Tollestrup alleged claims of sexual harassment, gender discrimination, hostile work environment, retaliatory termination, providing fraudulent informatio... More...   $0 (04-20-2004 - UT)

This case arises out of a lawsuit that includes both wrongful death and survival claims. The appellants, co-administrators of the estate of Amanda Lynn Durham, sued appellees Harold D. Marberry and Advantage Mobile Homes, Inc., for damages incurred when a mobile home transport vehicle collided with the vehicle driven by Miss Durham. It is undisputed that Miss Durham was killed instantly in the acc... More...   $0 (03-25-2004 - AR)

The defendant Mark A. Battista's appeal seeks review of a Superior Court judgment denying his motion for a new trial after he was adjudged liable for compensatory and punitive damages in this civil suit. Battista asks this Court to grant a new trial on both liability and damages based on several errors which he claims were made by the trial justice. In the alternative, he asks that the pu... More...   $400000 (03-21-2004 - RI)

Plaintiffs sued over the use of their computer-altered childhood likenesses in nationally-broadcast children's television programming more than two years after all broadcasts had ceased. On appeal, they contend that the trial court erred in ruling that their claims were subject to the Uniform Single Publication Act (USPA) (Civ. Code, § 3425.1 et seq.) and were therefore barred by the stat... More...   $0 (03-11-2004 - CA)

Claimants appeal from the Final Award of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (the Commission) affirming the award of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) denying compensation from the Tort Victims' Compensation Fund for an unsatisfied money judgment in their favor for fraudulent representation. We affirm for the reason that fraudulent representation is not a "personal injury" compensated b... More...   $0 (02-25-2004 - MO)

Charlotte Kempf, proceeding pro se, appeals from the district court's dismissal of her complaint for failure to state a claim and lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We AFFIRM. Charlotte Kempf and her mother ("the Kempfs") live on property in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Charlotte Kempf's late father, Starr Kempf, constructed an outdoor sculpture garden on the property that included wind scul... More...   $0 (02-15-2004 - CO)

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Stephen J. Barrett, M.D. and Terry Polevoy, M.D. appeal from the trial court's order striking their complaint for libel, libel per se and conspiracy as a strategic lawsuit against public participation under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 (hereafter section 425.16 or the anti-SLAPP statute). They challenge the trial court's findings that the anti-SLAPP statute applies to allegedly li... More...   $0 (01-22-2004 - CA)

This appeal raises an important question concerning the scope of an individual's right to engage in targeted residential picketing in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Frisby v. Schultz, 487 U.S. 474 (1988). We conclude that Frisby did not place in question an individual's clearly established right to engage in peaceful targeted residential picketing; rather it carved out an exception... More...   $0 (01-19-2004 - MI)

Robert J. Yetman, M.D. argues that the trial court er... More...   $0 (12-12-2003 - TX)

Appellant, Sally Scott, individually and d/b/a Sun City Skate Park ("Scott"), brings this restricted appeal to challenge the no-answer default judgment obtained against her by appellee, Ross Tanner ("Tanner"). We determine (1) whether the record indicates that Scott was properly served with Tanner's original petition; (2) whether Tanner's amended petition requested a more onerous judgment than ... More...   $0 (12-04-2003 - TX)

(A) l... More...   $0 (11-21-2003 - TX)

Defendants Michelangelo Delfino and Mary Day used Internet bulletin boards to post numerous derogatory messages about their former employer, Varian Associates, Inc. (Varian) and two Varian executives. Varian and the two executives sued. Defendants treated the lawsuit as a challenge to their constitutional right to free speech and responded with a flood of spiteful messages posted on hundreds ... More...   $775000 (11-14-2003 - CA)