United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter was sentenced on March 31, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.

Debra Charging Cloud, age 28, was sentenced to 30 months in custody, 18 months of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

C... More...   $0 (04-04-2014 - SD)

The primary question before us is whether Minnesota should formally recognize a cause of action for tortious interference with prospective economic advantage. John Gieseke, on behalf of Diversified Water Diversion, Inc. (Diversified), brought an action against appellants IDCA, Inc., et al. (IDCA), asserting, among other claims, tortious interference with Diversified’s prospective economic advant... More...   $0 (03-26-2014 - MN)

The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, Montana, on March 18, 2014, before U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris, BRANDY LEE SALWAY, 23, of Browning, was sentenced to a term of 36 months imprisonment, three years supervised release, and a special assessment of $100.

Salway was sentenced because she killed a man, after she ran him over... More...   $0 (03-21-2014 - MT)

¶1 We previously addressed this case in Paget v. Department of
Transportation, 2013 UT App 161. There, we affirmed the trial
court’s determination that the Pagets’ expert testimony establishing
the standard of care that the Utah Department of Transportation
(UDOT) allegedly violated was inadmissible. Id. ¶ 15. However, we
reversed the trial court’s summary judgment ruli... More...   $0 (03-20-2014 - UT)

¶1 We previously addressed this case in Paget v. Department of Transportation, 2013 UT App 161. There, we affirmed the trial court’s determination that the Pagets’ expert testimony establishing the standard of care that the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) allegedly violated was inadmissible. Id. ¶ 15. However, we reversed the trial court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of UDOT ... More...   $0 (03-20-2014 - UT)

This is an interlocutory appeal from a trial court order denying a plea to the jurisdiction that was filed by Appellant Rolling Plains Management Corporation of Baylor, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, and Wilbarger Counties d/b/a Sharp Lines Rural Public Transportation (Rolling Plains). The sole issue we address in this appeal is whether Rolling Plains possessed actual notice “that the claimant, has re... More...   $0 (03-20-2014 - TX)

United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Shelton Thomas Bell (20, Jacksonville) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and attempting to provide material support to terrorists. Bell faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.

According to the plea agreement, between May 2012 and continu... More...   $0 (03-19-2014 - FL)

A vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed slammed into a line of vehicles stopped at an intersection, thus propelling a vehicle into the back of plaintiff Jaklin Romine’s Nissan Frontier pickup truck. The force of the collision caused plaintiff’s seatback to collapse and plaintiff to slide up the seat. Plaintiff’s head struck her vehicle’s back seat, and she suffered spinal injuries that... More...   $0 (03-17-2014 - CA)

Melissa Haakenson, on behalf of the estate of her deceased husband Troy Haakenson, as parent and next best friend of her children, and in her individual capacity, filed suit against the Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad Company, d/b/a the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company (“Chicago Centralâ€�), as well as two of its employees, George Peterson Jr. and Rick Mabe (collectively, hereinafter â... More...   $0 (03-12-2014 - IA)

Akihiko Siegfried, age 55, formerly of Denver, Colorado, was sentenced Monday, March 10, 2014, by U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer to serve 63 months in federal prison for mail fraud and money laundering, federal law enforcement authorities announced. Siegfried was also ordered to serve a 3 year term of supervised release following his prison sentence. Judge Brimmer also ordered him t... More...   $0 (03-12-2014 - CO)

COMES NOW, the Plaintiffs, Ernest Turner and Cynthia Lofton, and for their cause of action against the Defendant, Adean M. Anglin, alleges and states as follows:

1. That the Plaintiffs, Ernest Turner and Cynthia Lofton, reside within Oklahoma County, State of Oklahoma.

2. That the Defendant, Adean Anglin, resides within Oklahoma County, State of Oklahoma.

3. That the subject a... More...   $0 (03-10-2014 - OK)

Janna Maree Lemons v. Leslie Jean Rutledge and T Med Surgical Devices and Bracing, LLC

Issue # 1.
Issue: AUTO NEGLIGENCE (AUTONEG)
Filed by: LEMONS, JANNA MAREE
Filed Date: 02/28/2013
Party Name: Disposition Information:

Defendant: T MED SURGICAL DEVICES AND BRACING LLC
Disposed: DISMISSED - WITH PREJUDICE, 10/30/2013. Dismissed- Settled.

Defe... More...   $13308 (03-07-2014 - OK)

COMES NOW Plaintiffs, Havalina Palmer, a minor, by and through her mother as parent and next friend, Cassandra Batista, and Molly Batista, a minor, by and through her mother as parent and next friend, Peggy Batista, and for their causes of action against Defendant Government Employees Insurance Company (“GEICO�), allege and state as follows:

1. Cassandra Batista is the parent and next... More...   $0 (02-26-2014 - OK)

Camille Kramer sued the Wasatch County Sheriff’s Department, her former employer, for sexual harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. She appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Wasatch County on all claims. We affirm summary judgment as to the § 1983 claim but reverse on the Title VII claim, which we remand for trial for the reasons exp... More...   $0 (02-25-2014 - UT)

Appellant Simon Bazille appeals his conviction for aggravated robbery. We affirm. 2 BACKGROUND Complainant Ismael Del Rio testified that, in the early morning hours of April 20, 2010, he stopped on the way home from a friend’s house to make an ATM deposit. He left his truck running with the headlights on when he got out so he could see his way. Before he could complete the deposit, he was approa... More...   $0 (02-20-2014 - TX)

In 2011 a jury convicted Jose Carmen Murillo Garcia of first degree murder with a firearm enhancement in the September 9, 1976 death of Roberto Lozano. The verdict was reached after Garcia's third trial; two previous jury trials ended in mistrials. The trial court sentenced Garcia to life with the possibility of parole plus five years for the firearm enhancement. He appeals, contending that he was... More...   $0 (02-13-2014 - CA)

In this appeal, we revisit the doctrine of legal excuse and the sudden emergency defense, as applied to a rear-end collision the jury could have found was caused by defendant’s stroke and resulting partial loss of vision. Plaintiffs’ truck was stopped at a red light in good weather when it was struck by defendant’s car. Defendant saw the red light but denied seeing plaintiffs’ vehicle. At ... More...   $0 (02-12-2014 - IA)

The State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Department of Transportation sued Lloyd E. Cole, Jr. Revocable Trust, Lloyd E. Cole, Jr. Trustee and Adair County Treasurer on an eminent domain theory seeking to acquire by condemnation certain, rights, title and interests in real property owned by the Defendants for public use.

COMES NOW the Plaintiff, State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Department of Transportation ... More...   $0 (02-11-2014 - OK)

{1} In this case, we hold that expert testimony is needed to establish the standard of care for monitoring inmates in prisons. Monique Villalobos (Plaintiff), an inmate at the Doña Ana County Detention Center (Detention Center), sued the Board of County Commissioners of Doña Ana County, the Detention Center, and Christopher Barela (collectively, County Defendants) for negligence after she was as... More...   $0 (02-11-2014 - NM)

Sixteenâ€�yearâ€�old Dane Wourms was killed when, in a highâ€�speed pursuit in April 2007 by an unmarked police car that began shortly after 1 a.m., his car veered off the road and crashed. The personal representative of Wourms’s estate (his father) brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the officer driving the police car. The additional defendant, the officer’s employer, is joined ... More...   $0 (02-05-2014 - WI)

The appellants in these consolidated proceedings, Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan, Ziyad Yaghi, and Hysen Sherifi, were tried jointly in the Eastern District of North Carolina and convicted of several offenses arising from terrorism activities. On appeal, the trio presents myriad challenges to their convictions and sentences. As explained below, we reject the appellants’ various contentions of error an... More...   $0 (02-04-2014 - NC)

A Michigan jury found Leo Abby guilty of second-degree murder. Abby’s conviction was affirmed on appeal. Abby then filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal court, arguing that he was deprived of his Sixth Amendment

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No. 12-1437 Abby v. Howe Page 2

right to counsel of choice and that counsel who tried his case was ineffective. The district court denied t... More...   $0 (01-30-2014 - MI)

Tigist Ryals appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment for American Airlines in her employment discrimination case. Finding that the district court correctly found that no genuine issue of material fact remained for trial and that judgment was proper as a matter of law, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Tigist Ryals filed an action for employment discrimination, ... More...   $0 (01-27-2014 - TX)

Joey Jay Atwood appeals from the district court’s decision, upon judicial review, affirming the Idaho Transportation Department’s order suspending Atwood’s driver’s license. We affirm.

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Officer Lenda and Corporal Cox investigated a single-vehicle accident involving Atwood. Upon arrival, Officer Lenda smelled the odor of an alcoholic ... More...   $0 (01-24-2014 - ID)

¶1 Defendant Harman–Mont & Theda, Inc. (Mont & Theda) appeals from an order entered by the district court on September 25, 2012 (the Memorandum Decision). We affirm the Memorandum Decision to the extent it struck Mont & Theda’s motion for

Velasquez v. Harman–Mont & Theda

20120858-CA 2 2014 UT App 6

summary judgment and we decline to address those portions of the Memoran... More...   $0 (01-16-2014 - UT)