Donald Rickard led police officers on a high-speed car chase that cameto a temporary halt when Rickard spun out into a parking lot. Rickard resumed maneuvering his car, and as he continued to use the accelerator even though his bumper was flush against a patrol car, anofficer fired three shots into Rickard’s car. Rickard managed to drive away, almost hitting an officer in the process. Officers f... More...   $0 (05-27-2014 - DC)

The State of Michigan, petitioner, entered into a compact with respondent Bay Mills Indian Community pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA). See 25 U. S. C. §2710(d)(1)(C). The compact authorizes Bay Mills to conduct class III gaming activities (i.e., to operate a casino) on Indian lands located within the State’s borders, but prohibits it from doing so outside that territory. Bay ... More...   $0 (05-27-2014 - DC)

This case arises from a vehicle accident in which a motorist struck and killed a tow-truck driver who was working to upright a Budget Rental moving truck. The truck rolled over and was in the median of Interstate Highway 20 at the time of the accident.

Appellees Teresa Renee Abila Lopez, individually and as next friend of Gabriella Jolie Abila Lopez, a minor child; Rachel Lopez, individuall... More...   $0 (05-22-2014 - TX)

We have previously commented on the well-known rules attendant to the review of orders granting and denying a motion for a new trial, in both the civil and criminal contexts. (Baker v American Horticulture Supply, Inc., (2010) 186 Cal.App.4th 1059, 1067-1068; People v. Andrade (2000) 79 Cal.App.4th 651, 661.) Generally speaking, the rules are designed to affirm the trial court's ruling. This is th... More...   $0 (05-22-2014 - CA)

Plaintiff Patrick Cottini appeals from a judgment entered in favor of Enloe Medical Center (Enloe) after the jury found one or more Enloe employees provided negligent care to Cottini, a dependent adult, while he was in Enloe’s care or custody, but

* Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rules 8.1105(b) and 8.1110, this opinion is certified for publication with the exception of part IV of... More...   $0 (05-21-2014 - CA)

Stillwater, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on Governmental Tort Claims Act negligence theories.


¶ 1 Decedent was allegedly engaged in drag racing while operating a motorcycle on the night of August 8, 2008. A police officer for the City of Stillwater attempted to stop Decedent. When Decedent failed to stop, several Payne County and City of ... More...   $0 (05-20-2014 - OK)

¶1 Decedent was allegedly engaged in drag racing while operating a motorcycle on the night of August 8, 2008. A police officer for the City of Stillwater attempted to stop Decedent. When Decedent failed to stop, several Payne County and City of Stillwater law enforcement officers pursued him. In the course of the pursuit, Decedent drove his motorcycle into the edge of a "T" intersection, resultin... More...   $0 (05-20-2014 - OK)

Appellant Gregory Worsham1 has two appeals pending in this court. They both arise from the same case in the Santa Clara County Superior Court. In the underlying case, Worsham alleged negligence and elder abuse against two separate defendants, O’Connor Hospital, Inc. (O’Connor) and Daughters of Charity Health System, Inc. (Daughters of Charity). The court sustained O’Connor’s and Daughters ... More...   $0 (05-20-2014 - CA)

2 Plaintiff Kraton McGugan appeals from the judgment of the United States
3 District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Melançon, J.) dismissing her
4 complaint. McGugan brought suit against Defendants Jamaica Hospital Medical
5 Center and four of its employees — Linda L. Aldana‐Bernier, M.D., Shushan
6 Hovanesian, M.D., Rabbi Mahmudur, M.D., and Femi Abioye, R.N. —... More...   $0 (05-16-2014 - NY)

This interlocutory appeal arises from the trial court’s denial of the City of Houston’s plea to the jurisdiction. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 51.014(a)(8) (allowing an appeal from an interlocutory order denying a plea to the jurisdiction by a governmental unit). Because timely formal notice of the claim was not provided and the City had no actual notice, the trial court erred in denying... More...   $0 (05-15-2014 - TX)

The Families and Estates of Trevor Olson and Tanner Olson sued Hyundai Motor America on products liability wrongful death theories claiming that Trevor and Tanner were killed in a headon car crash in July 2011 caused by a defective and unreasonably dangerous steering knuckle in the 2005 Hyundai Tiburon.

Hyundai claimed that the cause of the accident was a firecracker exploding inside t... More...   $248600000 (05-14-2014 - MT)

Kathryn Schneider v. Mark Anthony Newman

Issue # 1.
Issue: AUTO NEGLIGENCE (AUTONEG)
Filed by: Schneider, Kathryn
Filed Date: 08/27/2013
Party Name: Disposition Information:

Defendant: Newman, Mark Anthony
Disposed: DISMISSED - SETTLED, 05/08/2014. Dismissed- Settled.

1. That the Plaintiff, Kathryn Schneider, resides within Oklahoma County, Sta... More...   $1 (05-08-2014 - OK)

Trade secret protection “ ‘promotes the sharing of knowledge, and the efficient operation of industry,’ ” by “ ‘permit[ting] the individual inventor to reap the rewards of his labor by contracting with a company large enough to develop and exploit it.’ [Citation.]” (DVD Copy Control Assn., Inc. v. Bunner (2003) 31 Cal.4th 864, 878 (DVD Copy Control).) Trade secret law allows the in... More...   $0 (05-08-2014 - CA)

In this appeal, appellant, Navarro Hospital, L.P. d/b/a Navarro Regional Hospital, complains about the trial court’s denial of its motion to dismiss a health-care liability claim brought by appellees, Charles Washington and Gwendolyn Washington, each individually and as next friends of Charles Donell Washington (“Donell”). In two issues, appellant challenges appellees’ expert reports as no... More...   $0 (05-08-2014 - TX)

The trial court struck the pleadings of Imagine Automotive Group, Imagine Automotive Group, I., L.P., eCarLink GP, Inc., Brett Stacy, and Len Critcher as a sanction for discovery abuse. A jury then determined damages. The trial court rendered judgment awarding actual damages and attorney’s fees to appellees Boardwalk Motor Cars, Ltd. d/b/a Boardwalk Porsche, Boardwalk Automobiles, Ltd. d/b/a Boa... More...   $0 (05-07-2014 - TX)

18 Oneil Pena was convicted of one count of conspiracy to distribute and
19 possess with intent to distribute at least 500 grams of cocaine, in violation of 21
20 U.S.C. § 846. At sentencing, the district court applied a two‐level enhancement to
21 Pena’s offense level for obstruction of justice, pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 3C1.1, based
22 on written statements made in support of ... More...   $0 (05-07-2014 - NY)

The two 17-year-old offenders in these cases were convicted of special circumstance murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole under Penal Code section 190.5, subdivision (b) (hereafter section 190.5(b)). Section 190.5(b) provides that the penalty for 16- or 17-year-old juveniles who commit special circumstance murder ―shall be confinement in the state prison for... More...   $0 (05-05-2014 - CA)

Angela Jeanette Thompson appeals the trial court’s summary judgment rendered in favor of Appellee Sheryl Ann Weaver, as Independent Administrator of the Estate of Alan Ray Adams, Deceased. In two issues, Thompson argues that the trial court erred (1) in granting summary judgment in Weaver’s favor on Thompson’s affirmative defense of res judicata and (2) in denying Thompson’s motion for san... More...   $0 (05-02-2014 - TX)

This case began with a prosaic dispute. John and Dawn Ertz (collectively the Ertzes) purchased a motor home from retailer Mega RV Corporation (Mega RV). Citing alleged defects in the motor home, the Ertzes sued Mega RV, Country Coach, L.L.C. (Country Coach; the manufacturer of the motor home), and Bank of America, N.A. (Bank of America; the financier of the transaction) under the Song-Beverly Cons... More...   $0 (04-30-2014 - CA)

¶1 Plaintiff Terry Moore, individually and as next friend of Jerrit Moore, a minor, appeals a judgment entered in Defendants' favor resulting from a jury verdict rendered on April 11, 2011, in favor of Defendant Robert Blackwell. Having reviewed the record and pertinent law, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

FACTS

¶2 According to Plaintiff's appellate brief, on Septemb... More...   $0 (04-29-2014 - OK)

Plaintiff-Appellant Scott Wolfe (“Wolfe”) appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellee BNSF Railway Company (“BNSF”) on Wolfe’s claims under Montana Code Annotated (“MCA”) § 39-2-703. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDU... More...   $0 (04-23-2014 - MT)

It was the third day of the new school year when the brakes failed on the bus driven by Dona K. Elliott, and Elliott’s kneecap was broken in the ensuing crash.1 The bus was a seventeen-year-old Thomas flat-nose school bus owned by Mount Pleasant Independent School District, transporting District students, and driven by Elliott for her employer, Durham Transportation, Inc. Durham had recently con... More...   $0 (04-17-2014 - TX)

Kenneth Ellis Wetherington appeals his judgment and sentence for felony driving under the influence (DUI) following his bifurcated jury trial. Wetherington raises six issues on appeal. As correctly conceded by the State, the testimony of a police officer concerning statements made by Wetherington was erroneously admitted into evidence in contravention of the accident report privilege. Contrary to ... More...   $0 (04-16-2014 - FL)

This appeal mainly concerns what duties a custodian bank has under New York and Florida law to protect a customer from fraudulent transactions carried out by the customer’s investment advisor. We hold that, under the facts alleged here, the custodian bank breached no duty, contractual or otherwise, by accepting on behalf of its customer securities that later turned out to be fraudulent and listi... More...   $0 (04-14-2014 - FL)

Appellant, Casa del Mar Association, Inc. (“Casa del Mar”), sued appellee, architecture firm Gossen Livingston Associates, Inc. (“GLA”), for services GLA

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provided during renovation of Casa del Mar’s condominiums.1 GLA moved for summary judgment, arguing that the doctrine of collateral estoppel applied based on a previous arbitration proceeding addressing the same renovati... More...   $0 (04-10-2014 - TX)