General Motors appeals the district court’s judgment in favor of George Smiljanich on a theory of equitable estoppel and its award of attorneys’ fees. We affirm the district court’s decision on Smiljanich’s equitable estoppel claim, and reverse the grant of attorneys’ fees for services performed prior to June 22, 2006.

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George Smiljanich began working for General Motors C

Appellant Toni Solano appeals the trial court=s * order granting appellees= no evidence and traditional motions for summary judgment. Appellant challenges various aspects of the trial court=s determinations that she failed to present evidence establishing a genuine issue of material fact on the elements of her fraud and Texas Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act (DTPA) claims and als

Appellants, Span Enterprises and Praful Amin, M.D., appeal from a judgment in favor of appellee, Ivan Wood. Span and Amin filed suit against Wood asserting causes of action for breach of fiduciary duty, “Knowing Participation/Aiding and Abetting” fraud, and “Knowing Participation/Aiding and Abetting” breach of fiduciary duty. The trial court rendered summary judgment against Span and Amin.

Plaintiffs Tofigh Tahvili and TMT Homes of Oregon (TMTO) appeal from a judgment in favor of defendants Washington Mutual Bank, Wilfried Blum, and Mary Hamm on plaintiffs' various tort and contract claims.(1) Plaintiffs assert that the trial court erred in dismissing various claims before trial pursuant to ORCP 21, erred in revoking the pro hac vice status of one of plaintiffs' attorneys, Burton M

¶1 P laintiffs in these consolidated cases1 brought claims against the Arizona Board of Regents (“ABOR”) and others arising out of the alleged misuse of blood samples taken from members of the Havasupai Tribe in the early 1990s. In each case, the superior court entered summary judgment against the plaintiffs because it concluded they failed to comply with Arizona’s notice-of-claim statute,

Glazer Capital Management, LP and Glazer Offshore Fund Ltd. (Glazer) appeal from the district court’s August 31, 2006 judgment of dismissal. Glazer’s claims arose after InVision Technologies, Inc. (InVision) announced, in March 2004, that it had entered into a merger agreement with General Electric (GE). Several months later, in July 2004, InVision issued a press release, casting doubt on the

We must decide whether a United States citizen may state a claim against the U.S. Department of State under the Privacy Act for damages arising from his imprisonment in a foreign country.

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Leon Rouse is a citizen of the United States. On October 4, 1995, he was arrested in the Philippines when police entered his hotel room and found him and another individual, Godfrey Domingo, u

The plaintiff, Cue Associates, LLC, appeals from the judgment of the trial court in favor of the defendant, Cast Iron Associates, LLC. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the court improperly applied the statute of limitations found in General Statutes § 52- 577 to bar the plaintiff’s trespass claim, when the defendant did not plead this statute of limitations as a special defense. We agree wi

The issue on this appeal is whether plaintiffs' private nuisance cause of action is preempted by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). We hold that it is not.

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Plaintiff Helmsley-Spear, Inc., managing agent of the Empire State Building (ESB)1, retained Copstat Security, LLC, a private security firm, to provide security services for the ESB. In 2005, defendants Michael Fishman, a

Fourth-party plaintiff Jane Doe (“Doe”) appeals from a final judgment in favor of fourth-party defendant National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (“National Union”). In a prior Massachusetts state court action, Doe obtained a judgment against one of National Union’s insureds, Ed Hovestadt. In this appeal, Doe challenges a final judgment in favor of National Union

Plaintiff-appellant, LaBarge Pipe & Steel Co. (LaBarge), appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment for defendants-appellees, First Bank and Allen David. LaBarge sued defendants asserting claims relating to the Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit No. 180 that First Bank issued to LaBarge, including claims for wrongful dishonor, breach of a letter of credit, detrimental reliance, bre

A commercial tenant, Eric Hoopes, sued his landlord and another tenant claiming exclusive parking rights under his lease. Defendants denied plaintiff’s interpretation of the lease, and also asserted that plaintiff was equitably estopped from suing because plaintiff stood silent for years when he knew defendants believed parking was shared between the tenants. Defendants moved to bifurcate the tr

Plaintiff-Appellant R. Kimball Mosier is the trustee (“Trustee”) of the bankruptcy estate of the National School Fitness Foundation (“NSFF”), a not-forprofit corporation that sold physical fitness equipment and programs to school districts across the United States prior to filing for bankruptcy in 2004. Defendants-Appellees are the law firm of Callister, Nebeker, & McCullough, and two of t

Traci Hanson-Suminski (plaintiff) brought an action to recover damages arising from alleged misrepresentations by Rohrman Midwest Motors, Inc., doing business as Arlington Acura in Palatine (defendant). Following a jury trial, defendant was found guilty of common law fraud, and following a bench trial, judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Pract

This diversity action raises an insurance coverage issue of first impression: whether class actions filed against nationwide tax preparer H&R Block (“Block”) asserting a variety of statutory and common law claims arising out of Block’s Refund Anticipation Loan (“RAL”) program are excluded from “prior acts” coverage under professional liability “claims made” insurance policies bec

In this interlocutory appeal, appellant Martin Doane challenges the trial court's overruling of his special appearance. Appellee Thomas Cooke sued Doane and two other defendants (1) for fraud, intentional and negligent misrepresentation, and failure to disclose material information. We affirm the trial court's order denying Doane's special appearance.


Factual Background

Cooke is

Appellant, Marie Pfistner Delahoussaye, appeals from a judgment in favor of appellee, Lisa Delahoussaye Kana. Delahoussaye filed suit against Kana seeking return of real property, actual damages, exemplary damages, and attorney’s fees. After a jury trial, the trial court rendered a take-nothing judgment in favor of Kana, in accordance with the jury’s verdict. In six issues, Delahoussaye assert

Respondent-Appellant WW, L.L.C. and its two principal owners, Richard Welshans and Deborah Williams (collectively, “WW”), appeal the district court’s denial of their motion to vacate an arbitration award. At issue is whether the Arbitrator showed a manifest disregard of the law when she issued her award. Because we conclude that the failure to disclose a prior felony conviction for grand lar

Petitioner, a licensed real estate salesperson, seeks judicial review of a final order of the Real Estate Commissioner (the commissioner) reprimanding her for violating ORS 696.301(1) and ORS 696.805(2)(c) during her representation of a seller in a real estate transaction.(1) The commissioner concluded that two separate violations occurred when petitioner, as the selling agent, failed to disclose

Appellants, Case Handyman and Remodeling Services, LLC, and Case Design/Remodeling, Inc. (collectively, “Case Handyman”), appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County denying their motion to compel arbitration w ith appellees, Judith and Albert Sc huele (“the Schueles” ). On appeal, Case Handyman presents the following two issues for our review, which we have reworded and

This appeal arises from a qui tam action under the False Claims Act brought by Thornton G. Sanders against his former employer, North American Bus Industries, Inc. ("NABI"). Sanders alleges that NABI defrauded the United States by underpaying duties on bus frames that NABI imported from Hungary and by falsely certifying that the buses that NABI manufactured using those frames were eligible for fed

IDC Properties, Inc. (“IDC”) appeals the judgment declaring the title insurance policy issued by Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company (“Commonwealth”) null and void because of material misrepresentations by IDC. On this appeal, IDC argues that the district court applied the wrong legal standard for material misrepresentation. Finding that the district court applied the correct standar

¶1 System & Computer Technology, Inc. (“S & C Tech.”) merged with Campus Pipeline, Inc. (“Campus Pipeline”) when S & C Tech. purchased Campus Pipeline for an amount less than Campus

Pipeline’s preferred shareholders’ liquidation preference. Campus Pipeline’s common shareholders received nothing in the merger, and their shares were cancelled. William Borghetti, one of Campus P

Maria Graciela Saenz Martinez, Individually and as Trustee for the Rolando Rafael Trust, and Pedro I. Saenz Jr. (“appellees”) sought to enforce a mediated settlement agreement by filing traditional and no evidence motions for summary judgment. The trial court granted the motions and Rolando Rafael Saenz (“Saenz”) appeals. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.



Background

Appellants Progressive Child Care Systems, Inc., Karry L. Dunn, and Heather Dunn[2] appeal the trial court=s judgment based on a jury verdict in favor of Appellees Kids >R= Kids International, Inc. and Patrick D. Vinson[3]. The verdict awarded Kids >R= Kids past-due and future royalty payments related to two franchise agreements. In three issues, Progressive argues that there was legally and fac