Plaintiff-appellee Mindys Cosmetics, Inc. (“Mindys�) is a cosmetics company owned and operated by members of the Dakar family. Defendant-appellant Kia Kamran (“Kamran�) is an attorney. In 2007, Kamran registered two of Mindys’ trademarks in Sonya Dakar’s name. Israel and Natan Dakar brought suit in the name of Mindys against Sonya Dakar, Donna Dakar, and Kamran. Kamran moved under Cali

This case comes to us as an appeal from the dismissal of appellant L. Alan Jacoby’s putative class action lawsuit. In his Second Amended Complaint, Jacoby alleged RelationServe Media, Inc.1 and eleven of its directors and employees2 violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by failing to disclose, before the company went public, that $2,000,000 in stock had been pr

Plaintiff-Appellant George Wysocki alleges that defendant-appellee International Business Machines (“IBMâ€�) refused to properly reintegrate Wysocki as a data administrator after he returned from military service in Afghanistan, in violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (“USERRAâ€�). Before he was terminated, Wysocki signed a general release (the “Releaseâ

Daniel R. Cahill was injured in a car accident on January 14, 1998. He received benefits from his insurer, American Family Mutual Insurance Company, until March 23, 1998, when American Family said that he had exhausted the maximum benefits available. On August 14, 2007, Mr. Cahill sued American Family in Colorado state court on several state-law causes of action arising out of American Family’s

In this case, we are asked to review the dismissal of an action seeking redress for injuries suffered in a deadly maritime accident off the coast of Mexico. However, at this time, we forego a ruling on the merits of the dismissal of this case for forum non conveniens. After plaintiffs filed this appeal, the district judge who presided over this case recused himself, calling into question the conti

Appellant Schindler Elevator Corp. (“Schindler�) appeals from a jury verdict awarding appellee Bagby Elevator Co., Inc. (“Bagby�) economic and exemplary damages for tortious interference with contract. We affirm.

I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

A. Background

As competitors in the Dallas area elevator-servicing market, both Bagby and Schindler provide commercial clients

In this appeal, we consider whether an oral agreement to allow Station #2, LLC (“Station #2�) to install soundproofing material in a void space between the ceiling of premises leased by it and the floor of premises owned by another was made unenforceable by the statute of frauds. We also consider claims of fraudulent inducement to contract and statutory conspiracy.

I. BACKGROUND AND

Rodney White appeals from a superior court judgment requiring that he pay the full purchase price offered by third-party purchasers William, David and Peter Bischoff (the Bischoffs) as a requirement of exercising his right of first refusal for certain real property owned by sellers Donald L. Bletz, Sr. and Bruce Van Guilder (sellers). We affirm.

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Gerald Trooien brought this action against Peter Mansour and Barry Roitblat, former executive officers of Sproqit Technologies, Inc. (Sproqit), alleging violations of the Minnesota Securities Act (MSA), negligent and fraudulent misrepresentation, and breach of fiduciary duty, arising from Trooien's investment in Sproqit. The district court dismissed several of the securities and misrepresentation

In this action for breach of contract, misrepresentation, and related causes of action against respondent Thomas Chen and seven corporations, the superior court granted summary judgment to Chen. Zoran contends that Chen was the alter ego of the corporate defendants and was therefore liable for the outstanding debts those defendants owed for their purchases of parts from Zoran. Zoran further conten

Wayne Dawson appeals from various district court orders that resulted in John N. Bach receiving a three-quarter interest in certain real property. We remand the case to the district court for it to rule on Dawson‘s I.R.C.P. 60(b)(6) motion.

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On December 18, 2001, attorney Alva Harris, purportedly on behalf of Wayne Dawson and Jack Lee McLean,1 initiated a quiet-title action again

Property owners in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough obtained preliminary approval for a plat after agreeing to certain conditions regarding easements and rights-ofway. They submitted a final version of the plat that did not conform to those conditions, but the Borough Platting Board accepted it for recording. Other owners of property in the same subdivision complained to Borough officials, appealed t

This case presents the following issue: If real property is transferred by a quitclaim deed to the trustee of a trust that has not been formed, is the deed void? We shall conclude that under the circumstances of this case, the deed is not void and is deemed delivered as of the date the trust was formed.

This is a family dispute over real property located at 112 South Russell Avenue in Monte

In this legal-malpractice case, Brenda Watkins appeals from a traditional summary judgment in favor of attorney James C. Plummer on the ground of limitations. Concluding the summary-judgment evidence established that limitations barred Watkins’s legal-malpractice claim against Plummer and that Watkins’s other claims were not separate from her legal-malpractice claim, we affirm.

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Appellant, Michael Valls, agreed to settle a business dispute with his former employer and business partner – appellees Prime Directional Systems, L.L.C. (“Prime�) and Ernie Parker, respectively – by accepting a contingent financial interest in their ongoing lawsuit against an unrelated entity. When that lawsuit settled, however, Valls was left out of the distribution of settlement procee

Dario Bustamante and Juanita Bustamante appeal the trial court’s order granting the motions for summary judgment filed by Epigmenio Gonzalez, Jr. and J.A. “Tony� Canales, individually and d/b/a Los Abogados Ranch. We affirm the judgment of the trial court in part, and reverse and remand the judgment of the trial court in part.

Factual and Procedural Background

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The principal issues in this appeal concern whether a condominium regime's council of owners has acquired an easement permitting use of a portion of one owner's condominium unit "for the limited purpose of fire/emergency ingress and egress" by the other owners. While rejecting the council's claims that it had acquired such an easement by necessity or estoppel, the district court rendered judgment

The issue in this certified appeal is whether the Appellate Court properly affirmed the judgment of the trial court concluding that the plaintiff, Allstate Insurance Company, could hold the named defendant, Stephen Palumbo (defendant),1 liable under the doctrine of equitable subrogation to recover damages the plaintiff had paid under a homeowner’s insurance policy issued to its insured, the defe

Anthony Kornarens is an attorney specializing in copyright law. Kornarens was severely sanctioned by the district court for his five-year bad faith pursuit of a frivolous copyright infringement claim. In its 21-page order, the district court awarded defendants $247,397.28 in attorneys’ fees and $10,808.76 in costs, under 28 U.S.C. § 19271 and the court’s inherent sanctioning power. Kornarens

This appeal arises from a contract between an insurance broker and the association responsible for managing a condominium tower located on Singer Island, Florida. The tower suffered extensive wind damage from two hurricanes in September 2004. The condominium association claims that the broker caused part of its losses by failing to procure an adequate insurance policy for the condominium. Although

Craig McAlpine appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Porsche Cars North America, Inc., Mod Works Inc., Porsche Aviation Products, Inc., Timothy Coons, and Gary Butcher (collectively “Defendants�). McAlpine alleged that Defendants committed torts against his purported property. After considering the parties’ arguments, for the following reasons, we affirm.

I. FACT

Jimmy Williams sued the University of Minnesota and Tubby Smith on a negligent misrepresentation theory claiming that he was told that he would be hired to be an assistant basketball coach for the University. Williams claimed that Smith wrongfully represented that he had the authority to hire him. He further claimed that after being offered the job by Smith, he resigned his position with Oklahoma

Douglas and Andrea Jones (the “Joneses�) filed suit against, inter alia, Appellees SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. (“SunTrust�), and Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (“Countrywide�), who were the “lenders� that provided mortgage loans to the Joneses. In their Second Amended Complaint, the Joneses asserted claims for a declaratory judgment, negligence, and violation of the Real Estate Settlemen

Defendant and appellant Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (Warner) appeals a judgment on a jury verdict awarding plaintiffs and appellants Alan Ladd, Jr. (Ladd), Jay Kanter, L-K Producers Corporation, Ketram Corporation and Kanter Corporation (collectively, Ladd) $3,190,625 in damages. Warner also appeals the trial court‟s orders denying its four motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (J

In Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410 (2006), the Supreme Court held that public employees do not have First Amendment protection for statements made pursuant to their official duties. In this case we consider the application of Garcetti to plaintiff-appellant Nelson Anthoine, a low-level employee who jumped the chain of command to report directly to the chairman of his employer’s governing boar