Lira and Michael Dewispelaere were associated drug dealers in the Quad
Cities area. Dewispelaere would sell drugs to Lira, and Lira would repay him with
cash or different drugs. Late in July 2015, Dewispelaere gave Lira two pounds of
marijuana. Lira did not pay the full purchase price at the time of the exchange
and was expected to pay about $5000 to Dewispelaere when Lira s... More...   $0 (10-31-2017 - IA)

Brenda M. Diedrich appeals the district court’s order affirming the Commissioner of Social Security’s (the “Commissioner”) denial of Diedrich’s application for Social Security Disability Insurance (“SSDI”) benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. The Commissioner determined that Diedrich had become disabled, but an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) found that her disability did not begin... More...   $0 (10-27-2017 - OR)

Grand Rapids, MI - Pilot Sentenced For Operating Aircraft While Under The Influence Of Alcohol At Cherry Capital Airport

Sean Michael Fitzgerald, 36, of Boca Raton, Florida, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker for operating a common carrier under the influence of alcohol. Fitzgerald will serve 12 months and 1 day confinement, 3 years of supervised release, and pay ... More...   $0 (10-26-2017 - MI)

Boston, MA - Head of Wildlife Smuggling Ring Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Carvings Made From Ivory, Rhino Horn and Coral

Guan Zong Chen (“Graham Chen”), an Australian citizen, pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston, Massachusetts, on charges that he led a conspiracy to illegally export (smuggle) $700,000 worth of endangered and protected wildlife items made from rhinoceros horn, elephan... More...   $0 (10-25-2017 - MA)

In this case, we are asked to overrule our prior
decisions holding that a warrantless arrest of a suspect in the
threshold of a residence is permissible under the Fourth
Amendment, provided that the suspect has voluntarily answered the
door and the police have not crossed the threshold. We decline
to do so, and now reaffirm our longstanding rule.
I.
Defendant was convic... More...   $0 (10-24-2017 - NY)

Jimmy Duane Weed participated in a highway overpass protest. Due to traffic
safety concerns, state troopers told the protesters to disperse. Weed did not comply.
1The Honorable John M. Gerrard, United States District Judge for the District
of Nebraska, sitting by designation.
He was arrested. Weed sued, alleging that his arrest violated the First and Fourth
Amendments and that ... More...   $0 (10-17-2017 - MO)

Amm Arbor, MI - Jury Convicts Truck Driver Of Causing Fatal Crash While Texting

The State of Michigan charged Alpha Oumar Dialoo with multiple felonies and misdemeanors for causing a fatal accident while texting on U.S. 23 on July 8, 2015. The State also claimed that the Defendant was impaired under the influence of oxycodone. The Defendant did not break before his truck hit the vehicle i... More...   $0 (10-14-2017 - MI)

In this appeal, we must determine whether the District
Court properly exercised its power to dismiss a case pursuant
to the forum non conveniens doctrine when it dismissed
3
Appellant’s claims under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 30104
(2012), and general maritime laws for unseaworthiness,
negligence, and maintenance and cure. We shall affirm the
District Court in two steps... More...   $0 (10-13-2017 - VI)

The trial in this case offers two narratives. One of a hardworking man
who, angered by failures of guardrails installed across the United States—with
sometimes devastating consequences—persuaded a Texas jury of a concealed
cause of those failures. The other of the inventive genius of professors at Texas
A&M’s Transportation Institute, who, over many years of study and testing,
... More...   $0 (10-04-2017 - TX)

Appellant, Heartland Express, Inc. of Iowa, appeals a final judgment entered in favor of Appellee, Mark Farber, as Limited Guardian of the Property of Juan Torres, and the trial court’s order granting a new trial. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment on the issues of negligence and contributory negligence, in denying its motion for a directed verdict on the is... More...   $0 (10-01-2017 - FL)

This case arises from a dispute over the scope of the insurance coverage provided by a standard form Hired Auto and Non-Owned Auto Liability Endorsement to a corporate general liability insurance policy (the “Endorsement”) issued by Southern-Owners Insurance Company (“Southern-Owners”) to Easdon Rhodes & Associates, LLC (“Easdon Rhodes”). Following an auto accident involving one of its members, Jo... More...   $0 (10-01-2017 - FL)

Manchester, KY - Jury Awards Plaintiffs $21.7 Million In Products Case

The Families and Estates of Eddy Sizemore, age 61, Herman "Lee" Dobbs, age 40, and Jesse Jones, age 28, sued Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. wrongful death products liability theories claiming that the Bell 206 L-1 helicopter that crashed killing all of them on June 7, 2013.

The Plaintiffs claimed that the heli... More...   $21700000 (09-30-2017 - KY)

Interstate 90 runs through
the Town of Campbell, Wisconsin. The speed limit on I-90 in
the Town is 65 miles per hour. Two streets and one pedestrian
overpass cross the highway within the Town. A traffic
survey in 2008 found that between 23,000 and 29,000 trucks
and cars pass through the Town on I-90 every day.
2 No. 15-2627
Gregory Luce and Nicholas Newman, two members ... More...   $0 (09-27-2017 - WI)

13 On September 14, 2010, David H. Brooks was convicted in the United
14 States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Seybert, J.) after a jury
15 trial on multiple counts of offenses relating to securities fraud, mail and wire
16 fraud, and obstruction of justice. He was also convicted of related tax offenses
17 based on his guilty pleas, which occurred after the ju... More...   $0 (09-22-2017 - NY)

Cox Cable subscribers cannot access premium cable services—features such as
interactive program guides, pay-per-view programming, and recording or rewinding
capabilities—unless they also rent a set-top box from Cox. Dissatisfied with this
arrangement, a class of plaintiffs in Oklahoma City (“Plaintiffs”) sued Cox under the
antitrust laws. They alleged that Cox had illegally tied ca... More...   $0 (09-20-2017 - OK)

Brooklyn, NY - Long Island Man Sentenced to Two Years for Trafficking Rhinoceros Horns

Fengyi Zhou, a resident of Syosset, New York, and the owner of a business specializing in Asian works of art, was sentenced to two years of imprisonment for one count of information of wildlife trafficking in violation of the Lacey Act for illegally trafficking horns from endangered black rhinoceros.More...   $0 (09-19-2017 - NY)

Las Vegas, NV - California Man Convicted for Role in the Illegal Sale of Black Rhinoceros Horns

Edward N. Levine was convicted yesterday for conspiracy to violate the Lacey and Endangered Species Acts and to a violation of the Lacey Act by knowingly selling black rhinoceros horns to an undercover agent from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), announced the Justice Depart... More...   $0 (09-15-2017 - NV)

In this appeal, Elizabeth Fret (“Fret”) contends the district court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of Melton Truck Lines (“Melton”) and Darrel Edmond (“Edmond”). Because the summary judgment burden never
shifted to Fret with regard to Fret’s simple negligence claim, we REVERSE the
judgment on the simple negligence and respondeat superior claims and
REMAND those claims only... More...   $0 (09-06-2017 - TX)

Plaintiff Jane Doe and her eleven-year-old daughter flew aboard
Etihad Airways from Abu Dhabi to Chicago. For the duration of the fourteen-hour journey,
Doe’s tray table remained open in her lap because a knob that was meant to hold it in place had
fallen to the floor. During the flight, Doe’s daughter found the knob on the floor and gave it to
Doe, who placed it in a seatback pock... More...   $0 (09-06-2017 - MI)

Memphis, TN - Tennessee Woman Pleads Guilty to Aiding and Abetting an Attempt to Kidnap Judge and Sheriff in One-Count Criminal Information

Patricia Parsons, 49, of Brighton, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to a one-count criminal information charging her with aiding and abetting solicitation to commit kidnapping. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee,... More...   $0 (09-01-2017 - TN)

Plaintiff and appellant Erika Grotheer is a non-English speaking German citizen
who took a hot air balloon ride in the Temecula wine country and suffered a fractured leg
when the basket carrying her and seven or eight others crash landed into a fence.
Grotheer sued three defendants for her injuries: the balloon tour company, Escape
Adventures, Inc. (Escape), the pilot and Escape’s ... More...   $0 (09-01-2017 - CA)

New Haven, CT - Haitian National Involved in Insurance Fraud Scheme is Sentenced

Jacques Fleurijeune, 28, also known as “Magic,” a citizen of Haiti last residing in New London, was sentenced to approximately five months of imprisonment, time already served, and three years of supervised release, for his involvement in an insurance fraud scheme.

According to court documents and s... More...   $0 (08-29-2017 - CT)

In this interlocutory appeal,1 appellant, the City of Houston (the “City”), challenges the trial court’s order denying its plea to the jurisdiction in the suit by appellees, Frank Nicolai and Debora Nicolai, as parents of Caroline Nicolai, deceased (the “Nicolais”), against the City for negligence and wrongful death.2 In its sole issue,3 the City contends that the trial court lacks subject-matter ... More...   $0 (08-25-2017 - TX)

¶1 Conner Chandler (Chandler) appeals a district court order sustaining an order of the Department of Public Safety (DPS) revoking his driver's license for refusal to submit to State's tests for alcohol. Based on the appellate record and applicable law, we reverse the order.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶2 On August 7, 2013, a police officer for the City of Glenpool, Oklahoma,... More...   $0 (08-22-2017 - OK)

Appellant Janette Hampton sued appellee Barbara Miskell to recover damages for injuries she sustained in a motor vehicle accident. A jury found Miskell’s negligence proximately caused the accident, but awarded Hampton only a fraction of the damages she sought. In a single issue, Hampton contends the trial court abused its discretion by allowing expert testimony about the speed Miskell’s vehicle wa... More...   $0 (08-21-2017 - TX)