Appellant, Larry Davis, individually and as the representative of the estate of Matthew Dewayne Smith, appeals the trial court’s order dismissing his lawsuit against Appellees, Rodger Clifton Bills Jr., and Big D Construction Co., Ltd. for lack of jurisdiction. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
BACKGROUND
On or about February 27, 2012, Matthew Dewayne Smith was killed when he s... More...   $0 (09-12-2014 - TX)

Appellant Daniel Saucedo Venegas was convicted, following a jury trial, of one count of shooting at an inhabited dwelling in violation of Penal Code1 section 246, one count of shooting from a motor vehicle in violation of section 12034, subdivision (c), one count of assault on a peace officer in violation of section 245, subdivision (c), and one count of being an accessory after the fact in violat... More...   $0 (09-11-2014 - CA)

Plaintiffs allege and state as follows:
1. Plaintiffs were at all material times residents of Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
2. Defendant was at all material times upon information and belief a resident of Rogers County, Oklahoma.
3. Defendant John Doe, a business entity, is a business whose identity is unknown now, but may be revealed through the course of discovery. Defendant John Doe is an... More...   $1 (09-09-2014 - OK)

Boston, MA – Two Chinese citizens, living in Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to importing and reselling counterfeit cases for cell phones.

Zexiong Chen, 28, and Haotian Chen, 26, who are unrelated, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to trafficking in counterfeit goods. Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 11, 2014.

In February 2013, the defendants inc... More...   $0 (09-05-2014 - MA)

Plaintiff alleges and states as follows:
1. Plaintiff was at all material times a resident of Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
2. Defendant was at all material times upon information and belief a resident of Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
3. Defendant John Doe, a business entity, is a business whose identity is unknown now, but maybe revealed through the course of discovery. Defendant John Doe is an e... More...   $1 (09-02-2014 - OK)

Franchising, especially in the fast-food industry, has become a ubiquitous, lucrative, and thriving business model. This contractual arrangement benefits both parties. The franchisor, which sells the right to use its trademark and comprehensive business plan, can expand its enterprise while avoiding the risk and cost of running its own stores. The other party, the franchisee, independently owns, r... More...   $0 (08-28-2014 - CA)

In a prior litigation, FLIR Systems, Inc. and Indigo Systems Corporation (collectively, FLIR) brought suit against their former employees, William Parrish and E. Timothy Fitzgibbons (collectively, Former Employees) for, among other things, misappropriation of trade secrets (the underlying action). Former Employees were successful in defeating the underlying action. Moreover, they obtained a ruling... More...   $0 (08-27-2014 - CA)

The panel affirmed the district court’s summary judgment
in an action brought by the International Society of Krishna
Consciousness and the group’s president challenging section
23.27(c) of the Los Angeles Administrative Code, which bans
continuous or repetitive solicitation for the immediate receipt
of funds at Los Angeles International Airport.
The panel held that maj... More...   $0 (08-20-2014 - CA)

The minor, J. C., appeals from the order of the juvenile court declaring him a ward
of the court. He contends that one of the two allegations the court sustained is not
supported by sufficient evidence and that the other is founded on an unconstitutional
statute. We affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
A May 2013 juvenile wardship petition as to 16-year-old J. C. alleged h... More...   $0 (08-19-2014 - CA)

Lawson Hampshire v. Cassidy Smith and Mariah Coulter

COMES NOW the Plaintiff, LAWSON HAMPSH IRE and for his claims against the Defendants does hereby states and alleges as follows:
1. The Plaintiff was a resident of the State of Oklahoma at the time the facts occurred giving rise to this lawsuit.
2. The Defendant Cassidy Smith was a resident of the State of Oklahoma at the time th... More...   $1 (08-15-2014 - OK)

On a clear evening in February 2007, defendant Richard Tom broadsided at high speed a vehicle driven by Loraine Wong, who was making a left turn from Santa Clara Avenue onto Woodside Road in Redwood City. Wong‘s younger daughter, Sydney Ng, eight, was killed; her older daughter, Kendall Ng, 10, sustained serious injuries. The evidence at trial showed that defendant did not brake prior to the cra... More...   $0 (08-14-2014 - CA)

Janet Hahn was a pretrial detainee at
the Champaign County Correctional Center (“CCCC”)
immediately before she died as a result of diabetic
ketoacidosis.1 Patrick Hahn, Mrs. Hahn’s husband, and
Erik Redwood, the administrator of her estate, brought this
action, alleging that various government officials and private
contractors failed to provide adequate medical treatm... More...   $0 (08-12-2014 - IL)

Edmund Carman died after crashing his car into the back of a commercial pickup truck. His estate brought state negligence claims in federal district court against the truck’s driver, the driver’s employer, and the truck’s owner, invoking the court’s diversity jurisdiction. See 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(1). (Carman was a citizen of Indiana, where his estate is pending, while the defendants are c... More...   $0 (08-07-2014 - IN)

1. On September 23, 2007, there was a collision in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, involving vehicles driven by Defendant and Eddie Ward.
2. At the time of said collision, Christie Slover and Austin Ward were passengers in the vehicle driven by Eddie Ward.
3. Defendant is a resident of Cleveland County, Oklahoma.
4. Said crash was caused by Defendant’s negligence and gross negligence, causi... More...   $1 (08-05-2014 - OK)

1. On September 23, 2007, there was a collision in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, involving vehicles driven by Defendant and Eddie Ward.
2. At the time of said collision, Christie Slover and Austin Ward were passengers in the vehicle driven by Eddie Ward.
3. Defendant is a resident of Cleveland County, Oklahoma.
4. Said crash was caused by Defendant’s negligence and gross negligence, causi... More...   $0 (08-05-2014 - OK)

In this products liability action, the trial court granted a motion to quash service of summons for lack of personal jurisdiction filed by specially-appearing defendant Daimler AG, a German public stock company (Daimler). Appellants contend that the trial court’s jurisdictional decision is erroneous, as a finding of general personal jurisdiction over Daimler is appropriate based on the substanti... More...   $0 (08-05-2014 - CA)

Pierre, SD - United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Lantry, South Dakota, man convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter was sentenced on July 28, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.

Charg Hebb, age 20, was sentenced to 1 year and 1 day of custody, 2 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

He... More...   $0 (08-05-2014 - SD)

Mark Van appeals an adverse jury verdict on his claim against Portneuf Medical Center (PMC) for an alleged violation of the Idaho Protection of Public Employees Act, Idaho Code sections 6-2101−2109 (the “Whistleblower Act”). The jury determined that Van engaged in activity protected by the Whistleblower Act but that the termination of his employment did not result from the protected activity... More...   $0 (08-01-2014 - ID)

Following an attempted traffic stop, Luis Manuel Escobar fled in his car from Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Eric Goodney. At the end of the pursuit, Luis was shot and killed as he ran from the scene. This lawsuit was brought by Luis’s
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mother, alleging that his death resulted from the unlawfully excessive use of force by Deputy Goodney.
Appellant Delores Escobar sued appellees Ha... More...   $0 (07-31-2014 - TX)

Appellants Alexander R. Davis and Rebecca Davis appeal the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of appellee Texas Mutual Insurance Company. In a single issue, appellants assert Ronald Davis was in the course and scope of his employment when he sustained an injury that resulted in his death and, therefore, appellee is liable for workers’ compensation benefits and the trial court err... More...   $0 (07-28-2014 - TX)

Diana Vearlene Fortenberry v. Sean Fliehman a/k/a Sean D. Fliehman

Plaintiff alleges and states as follows:
1. Plaintiff was at all material times a resident of Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
2. Defendant Fliehman was at all material times upon information and belief a resident of Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
3. Defendant John Doe, a business entity, is a business whose identity is unknow... More...   $1 (07-24-2014 - OK)

Jeanne Payne v. Andrew Joseph Lee a/k/a Andrew J. Lee a/k/a Andrew Lee, Danielle Nicole Davis, a/k/a Daniellle N. Davis a/k/a Daniel Davis, Ralph Tully Davis, a/k/a Ralph T. Davis, a/k/a Ralph Davis

1. Plaintiff was at all material times a resident of Wagoner County, Oklahoma.
2. Defendant A. Lee was at all material times upon information and belief a resident of Tulsa County, Oklahom... More...   $0 (07-24-2014 - OK)

Douglas Smith v. Jeffrey Humphrey a/k/a Jeff Humphrey

1. Plaintiff was at all material times a resident of Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
2. Defendant was at all material times upon information and belief a resident of Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
3. Defendant John Doe, a business entity, is a business whose identity is unknown now, but may be revealed through the course of discovery. Defenda... More...   $1 (07-16-2014 - OK)

Defendant Brian Fiore drove his friend, David Fields, from the Bay Area to Humboldt County so Fields could buy a large quantity of marijuana. Instead of buying the marijuana, Fields stole it at gunpoint, and Fiore drove him away in Fiore’s Jeep. A chase ensued, and multiple shots were fired at law-enforcement officers from the Jeep. The officers did not fire back. The pursuit ended when the Jeep... More...   $0 (07-16-2014 - CA)

Shelley Kay Budke, individually and as ADministrator of the Estates of Kurt Jouhn Budke and the Estate of Miranda Serna sued the Estate of Jack Wesley Branstetter on negligence wrongful death theories claiming that Budke and Serna were killed in a plane crash that occurred in November 2011 in Arkansas. Branstetter was piloting his private plane in which Budke and Serna along with Paula Branstette... More...   $1 (07-15-2014 - OK)