Appellant, Jean Conway, appeals from a final summary judgment entered in favor of appellees, Dallas Durell and Kelly Soliz. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Appellant and Durell were involved in a same-sex relationship beginning in 1978 and cohabitated almost continuously for the next 30 years. In 1998, Durell was diagnosed with a terminal illness. She and appellant moved to Rockport, Texas,... More...   $0 (07-26-2012 - TX)

We originally issued our memorandum opinion in this appeal on March 15, 2012. Appellant, Linda A. Hazelip, has filed a motion for rehearing. We deny the motion for rehearing, vacate our earlier judgment, withdraw our previous opinion, and issue this opinion in its place.

Appellant, Linda A. Hazelip, brought suit against appellee, American Casualty Company of Reading, PA, after American Casu... More...   $0 (06-28-2012 - TX)

We affirm the trial court‟s judgment holding defendant Bruce Elieff liable for misstating his authority to bind a group of real estate businesses known as the “Joint Entities” in the course of agreeing to buy out his former partner, plaintiff Todd Kurtin. We affirm the trial court‟s posttrial order denying Elieff‟s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. And we affirm the trial ... More...   $0 (06-27-2012 - CA)

Sami Nasreddine, Marina Nasreddine and Ace Auto Leasing, Inc. sued Adesa Oklahoma, Inc., Command Center, Inc., Adesa Oklahoma, Inc., Adesa Tulsa and Lida Recebba Moss on negligence, negligent hiring, training and entrustment, respondeat superior, vicarious liability, property damage and loss of consortium theories. ... More...   $1 (06-10-2012 - OK)

¶1 This case arises from a lawsuit in federal district court over the death of fifteen-year-old Tucker Thayer. In that suit, Tucker’s parents allege that Washington County School District officials were negligent when they allowed a gun loaded with blank cartridges to be used in a school musical production, resulting in their son’s death. The school district asserts governmental immunity from... More...   $0 (05-25-2012 - WY)

In most employment discrimination cases that arise in the private sector, the defendants are the employers themselves, most often corporations or other business organizations. In this case of alleged race discrimination and retaliation, however, the employer has gone through bankruptcy and so cannot be sued for relief. The plaintiff in this case has sought relief from two individuals who worked fo... More...   $0 (05-24-2012 - IL)

Shailendra Kumar, MD., P.A. (“Dr. Kumar” or “Petitioner”) sued Anand M. Dhanda, M.D. (“Dr. Dhanda” or “Respondent”) in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County alleging breach of contract and the breach of a covenant not to compete. The contract at issue provided for disputes to be initially addressed through mandatory, non-binding arbitration. Respondent filed a motion to dismiss t... More...   $0 (05-02-2012 - MD)

Congress has sought to create a balance between a commercial duty to notify the public of dangers associated with the use of a product, and the individual's responsibility to exercise common sense. Here, the plaintiffs appeal from a directed verdict in favor of the defendants on a products liability "failure to warn" claim. They contend that the judge erred in ruling as a matter of law that the la... More...   $0 (04-30-2012 - MA)

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act was passed to protect consumers against both abusive and mistaken collection activity. This case reveals why. It began with seemingly innocuous accounting errors on the part of a bank that were corrected. Despite repeated proof of that correction, unremitting collection activity was undertaken, foreclosure proceedings were instituted, and the credit of two co... More...   $0 (04-30-2012 - OH)

Tonya Jackson-Hill sued Moss Point School District on a civil rights violation theory claiming that she was sexually harassed by former Superintendent Kim Staley in violation of Title VII and was fired when she refused to have sex with him.

Defendant claimed that Plaintiff was fired for lying in an investigation regarding banking transactions.... More...   $100000 (04-21-2012 - MS)

Roland B. Clark and other owners of lots in a Recreational Vehicle (RV) resort in the Florida Keys (collectively, “Clark”) appeal the trial court’s judgment in favor of the association governing the resort, Blue Water Key RV Ownership Park Property Owners Association. The trial court ruled that the Association could impose certain requirements upon lot owners through a vote of the Board of D... More...   $0 (04-13-2012 - FL)

Appellant, James Brett Cummings, appeals from entry of summary judgment in favor of Appellee, Conner Machine, Inc., in a personal injury action seeking damages for injuries sustained by Cummings while he was repairing an electrical fuse holder. Cummings asserts the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in Conner Machine’s favor because (1) Conner Machine failed to disprove that its negl... More...   $0 (04-09-2012 - TX)

During the 2004 presidential campaign, Plaintiff-Appellees, Michael Moss and others who opposed President Bush (“protestors” or “anti-Bush protestors”), organized a demonstration at a campaign stop in Jacksonville, Oregon. They contend that Secret Service agents, Defendant-Appellants Tim Wood and Rob Savage (“agents” or “Secret Service agents”), engaged in unconstitutional viewpoin... More...   $0 (04-09-2012 - OR)

Plaintiffs sued defendant Ticor Title Company of California (Ticor) and several other defendants on allegations they participated in a conspiracy to fraudulently induce plaintiffs to take out real estate refinancing loans. The fraudulent acts were committed largely by a single defendant, Altaf Shaikh, known to plaintiffs as ―Zak Khan‖ (Khan), acting as agent for a mortgage brokerage firm. With... More...   $0 (03-16-2012 - CA)

Appellant, Linda A. Hazelip, brought suit against appellee, American Casualty Company of Reading, PA, after American Casualty determined that compensation for an injury sustained in the work place did not extend to certain conditions in her spine. The jury determined that the conditions were not compensable, and Hazelip appealed. In five issues, Hazelip argues the trial court erred by (1) allowi... More...   $0 (03-15-2012 - TX)

This civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeks to impose liability on state officials for acting on a writ of execution that was later modified by the issuing court. The district court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), and exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.

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Jim and Kelly Wilcox operated a horse... More...   $0 (03-14-2012 - WY)

KUEHN, DANA: JURY TRIAL 3-5-12 TO 3-9-12

CASE CALLED FOR JURY TR... More...   $0 (03-09-2012 - OK)

¶1 Appellant, Raymond Eugene Johnson, was tried by a jury and convicted of First Degree Murder (Counts I and II) and First Degree Arson, After Former Conviction of Two or More Felonies (Count III) in the District Court of Tulsa County, Case No. CF 2007-3514. The State filed a Bill of Particulars alleging four aggravating circumstances: (1) the defendant was previously convicted of a felony involv... More...   $0 (03-02-2012 - OK)

Jesse Neal Moss sued Fiber Glass Systems, L.P. on a civil rights violation theory claiming that Defendant violated the Family & Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2617.... More...   $1 (03-02-2012 - OK)

Plaintiffs Bob Conrad, David Graas, Sean Krider, Sy Duc Tran, Kevin Starkey, Joseph Dudley, Alan Gelfand, Anthony Gardner, Scott Florez, Kyle Hoffecker, Daniel Delgado, Richard Gorospe, Nicholas Spagnoletti, Gregory Cadman, Ecliff Jackman, Dane McIntosh, Lance Bredefeld, Deana Crawford, Randall Stuewe, Swen Wust, and Ghassan Daher, on behalf of themselves and the other members of the below-defined... More...   $0 (02-14-2012 - OH)

Larry Davis was terminated from his position as Senior Humane Officer (“SHO”) for the City of Anderson after refusing to support the successful mayoral campaign of Kris Ockomon. Davis brought suit in district court, claiming that the position of SHO was not subject to political termination and that his dismissal violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The district court, relying on an of... More...   $0 (02-03-2012 - IN)

This appeal concerns the interpretation of the phrase “consumer product in consumer use” in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”). 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq. Plaintiff-appellant, Emergency Services Billing Corporation (“ESBC”), is the billing agent for the Volunteer Fire Department of Westville (“Fire Department”), a town in central I... More...   $0 (02-02-2012 - IN)

Brandy Moss sued Cardinal Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Copelands of New Orleans on a premises liability theory claiming to have been injured while a business invitee at Defendant's business as a result of a dangerous condition on the premises of which Defendant was aware or should have been aware.... More...   $1 (01-31-2012 - OK)

Richard Gacek appeals the decision of the district court1 granting summary judgment to defendants Owens & Minor Distribution, Inc. (“Owens & Minor”) and Marc Johnson on Gacek’s 42 U.S.C. § 1981 retaliation claim and to defendant 1The Honorable Paul A. Magnuson, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota.

Gregory Mattson on Gacek’s state-law defamation claim. For the... More...   $0 (01-27-2012 - MN)

Plaintiff-Appellant AE, a minor, was sexually assaulted by his seventeen-year-old foster brother (Foster Brother) while living in a foster family home in Tulare County, California. AE contends that the County of Tulare (County) and its employee social workers (collectively, Defendants), failed to intervene prior to his sexual assault, despite their knowledge of the escalating threats and violence ... More...   $0 (01-27-2012 - CA)