When Herider Farms, Inc. (Herider), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Campbell Soup Company (Campbell), decided to terminate its poultry production contracts with the above-named appellant farmers (Growers), the Growers brought suit alleging breach of contract, fraudulent inducement and misrepresentation, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, violation of Minnesota Statute section

Cleveland Chiropractic College (CCC) appeals from a final judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, upon a jury verdict finding it liable to nineteen former CCC students (plaintiffs) for negligent misrepresentation and awarding them each $1.00 in actual damages and $15,000.00 in punitive damages. See Troknya v. Cleveland Chiropractic College, No

Julie Doss appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Dr. Ronald Manfredi, a chiropractor. The issue on appeal is whether Manfredi owed a legal duty to Doss.

The controlling facts are not in dispute. Doss' personal injury protection (PIP) carrier, Traders Insurance Company (Traders), hired a claims company, which in turn hired Manfredi to review Doss' chiropractic tr

Presented here is a class of insured individuals who claim that title insurance companies should have made certain disclosures to them in preliminary commitments for title insurance. Specifically, these insureds claim that the companies should have disclosed that the parcels of land securing the loans had not been divided from larger tracts, that a senior lien existed on two of the lots, and

In this attorney disciplinary matter, respondent and the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC) have entered into an Agreement for Discipline by Consent pursuant to Rule 21, RLDE, Rule 413, SCACR. In the agreement, respondent admits misconduct and consents to disbarment. We accept the agreement and disbar respondent.

Respondent is serving a life sentence after ple

This is a suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act charging that the plaintiff's employer failed to accommodate his disability. After a bench trial, the district judge found that the plaintiff was physically inca-pable of working full time, even with an accommodation, and therefore was not within the Act's protections. We think the judge was right, and that in any event the plainti

The Marvin companies are Minnesota and Tennessee corporations that manufacture and sell custom-made wooden doors, windows, and other construction products. PPG makes and sells, among other things, wood preservatives, primers, and coatings. The dispute here arose from Marvin's purchase of wood preservatives from PPG for Marvin's use in treating its windows and doors.

For several decades, M

This is a judicial disciplinary action against a district associate judge for engaging in a political activity and misrepresentation. It is before us on an application by the state Judicial Qualifications Commission. The Commission recommended the judge be publicly reprimanded. We grant the application and agree on our review that the appropriate sanction for the unethical conduct engaged in by th

Raleigh C & T is a corporation located in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. Drs. Davis and Chaudhry started practicing medicine at Raleigh C & T in 1982, and Dr. Alexander joined the practice from 1991 to 1994. Raleigh C & T sponsored two self-funded employee benefit plans, the money purchase pension fund and the profit sharing pension fund. The plans were amended and restated in 1986, Au

Appellant Joseph Chichelo, who had been employed by Hoffman-La Roche Inc. ("Roche") for twenty-seven years, advised his supervisor in writing on May 23, 1994 that he intended to voluntarily retire on June 10, 1994. That was his last day of work, and his retirement became effective as of July 1, 1994. Later that year, Roche announced a voluntary early retirement program (a "VERP"). Chichelo

In this contract dispute, we address the difference between an acceptance and a counteroffer under Georgia law. The district court granted summary judgment to the City of Atlanta ("the City"), holding that the City never accepted the contract terms offered by Information Systems and Networks Corporation ("ISN"). According to the district court, the document which ISN construed as an acceptance was

This appeal arises from a dispute over an alleged oral agreement requiring appellee, Jeffrey Langley, to incorporate his existing computer business and simultaneously to delegate a twenty-five percent (25%) ownership interest in the corporation to appellant, Lloyd Ken Ball, who gave Mr. Langley twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) in exchange for the ownership interest. Appellant sued in circuit cour

In October of 1992 Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Company, seeking to improve its financial stability, attempted to reduce its work force by offering a Voluntary Termination Program ("VTP"). The program, open to all employees, offered a generous severance package. Some who took the program did so by retiring. Although the program did not offer enhanced retirement benefits, it did, of course, throu

By Order of October 23, 2000, appellant Pamela A. Hunter, a prac- ticing attorney in Charlotte, North Carolina, and an active member of the North Carolina State Bar, was suspended from practice in the Western District of North Carolina for five years. Ms. Hunter appeals this suspension, imposed upon her pursuant to Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. As explained below, we conclu

The defendant, Ashcraft & Gerel, appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered in favor of the plaintiff, Robert M. Cheverie, denying the defendant’s application to vacate an arbitration award. On appeal, the defendant claims that the court improperly (1) failed to utilize a de novo standard of review because its challenge to the award was based on a public policy argument, (2

Walter Weibler, doing business as W Cubed Manufacturing & Engineering ("W Cubed"), sued Universal Technologies, Inc. ("UTI") and its president, Jesse Rogers, for misappropriation of trade secrets, unjust enrichment, negligent misrepresentation, fraud, and promissory estoppel. The United States District Court for the District of Colorado held a bench trial on the misappropriation of trade secrets c

Lain is a former partner in the law firm of Schlanger, Mills, Macer & Grossberg ("Schlanger") in Houston, Texas. She specialized in real estate, banking, and finance law. In late 1993, Lain began to suffer severe chest pains and on November 19, 1993, she sought treatment from Dr. John M. Bergland ("Bergland"), an internist. In January of 1994, Bergland, noting that Lain was having chest problems d

In this case we are asked to determine whether JKC Holding Com- pany LLC ["JKC Holding"] engaged in wrongdoing to prevent the sale of the Washington Redskins professional football team to Wash- ington Sports Ventures, Inc. ["WSV"]. WSV failed in its attempt to purchase the Redskins from the Estate of Jack Kent Cooke and alleges a variety of claims, including breach of contract and fraudu- le

This diversity jurisdiction action involves an attorneys' fee-sharing dispute between attorney Marc Edell (Edell) and his law firm, Edell & Associates, P.C., on the one hand, and the Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos (the Angelos Firm), on the other hand. The Attorney General of Maryland (the Maryland AG), Edell, his law firm, and the Angelos Firm jointly represented the State of Maryland (Mary

1. Effective June 1, 1989, this court revoked Robert J. Hyndman's license to practice law in this state for professional misconduct consisting of his neglect of legal matters and his dishonesty, deceit or misrepresentation to his clients, commingling of personal and client funds, failure to maintain complete records of client funds in

This appeal arises from a district court order granting summary judgment in favor of Frank Redisi, Jr., president of Teleview, Inc. (Teleview), in an action for malicious prosecution and abuse of process. Teleview, a Nevada corporation, had previously sued Santo G. LaMantia for injunctive relief, breach of contract, fraud, misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, constructive trust, accounting, conve

This appeal arises from a district court order granting summary judgment in favor of Frank Redisi, Jr., president of Teleview, Inc. (Teleview), in an action for malicious prosecution and abuse of process. Teleview, a Nevada corporation, had previously sued Santo G. LaMantia for injunctive relief, breach of contract, fraud, misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, constructive trust, accounting, conve

Appellee Billy Wayne Voyles brought suit against appellant Allstate Insurance Company to collect insurance proceeds after his home in Parkin, Arkansas, was destroyed by fire. Allstate defended on the grounds that the fire was set by Mr. Voyles or at his direction, and alternatively because Mr. Voyles made a material misrepresentation by concealing the fact that he had lost a previous insurance cla

Alfred A. and Cyrilla Berving (collectively "Appellants") appeal from the September 19, 2000 Judgment of the Honorable Patrick J. Clifford of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, and December 18, 2000 judgment of the Honorable Robert S. Cohen of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County. Appellants brought an action against Rita L. Patrick and R&R Sign Company (collectively "Respondents") for rescis

John and Elizabeth Dewey (the buyers) entered into a lease purchase agreement with Richard and Doris Wentland (the sellers) regarding the sellers’ ranch. A dispute arose over the sellers’ obligation to provide hay during the first winter for certain cattle. The buyers ultimately withdrew from the agreement and made numerous claims against the sellers and their real estate agent, Ha