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State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Scott Christopher Siegie

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company appeals from a $100,000 judgment entered in favor of its insured, appellee Scott Siergiej, in an action

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seeking uninsured motorist coverage. The judgment equals the coverage limit on the uninsured motorist policy State Farm issued to Mr. Siergiej. The jury's verdict totaled $211,000. Before trial, State Farm waived its right to sub... More...
   $0 (06-14-2013 - FL)

Samantha Mattei v. Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority

Samantha Mattei, age 23, sued the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) on negligence and respondeat superior theories claiming to have sustained a traumatic brain injury in a May 8, 2009 subway accident caused by an inattentive T driver who as texting. Plaintiff claimed that she suffered a traumatic brain injury when her head hit a metal handrail in the care and then fell again and hit her ... More...   $0 (06-08-2013 - MA)

Estates of Patrick Petti and Barbara A. Warren v. James M. Black and Riverview Country Club

The Estates of Patrick Petti, age 46, and Barbara A. Warren, age 49, sued James M. Black and Riverview Country Club on negligence wrongful death and Dramshop Act theories claiming that they were injured and/or damaged in a fatal car wreck in Northampton County caused by Black as a direct result of driving while intoxicated. The Plaintiffs claim claimed that Defendant Riverview Country Club neglig... More...   $1 (05-29-2013 - )

Katherine H. Harris v. Independent School District No. 1

Katherine Harris sought workers’ compensation benefits after falling and injuring herself at work in January of 2008. Following a hearing, the Idaho Industrial Commission decided that Harris was not entitled to disability or medical benefits after February 19, 2008. Harris appealed to this Court. We affirm.

I.

THE FACTUAL RECORD

Harris was a school bus driver for the Indepen... More...
   $0 (05-24-2013 - ID)

Kathleen A. Winn v. Pioneer Medical Group, Inc.

After the death of their 83-year-old mother, plaintiffs sued defendant physicians for elder abuse, based on defendants‟ repeated decisions not to refer their mother to a vascular specialist over a two-year period during which her diminishing vascular flow worsened without treatment. Plaintiffs‟ mother began receiving medical care from defendants in 2000, and by 2004, defendants knew she suffer... More...   $0 (05-24-2013 - CA)

Ronnie and Tammy Lanier v. Eastern Foundations, Inc.

Ronnie and Tammy Lanier were injured in an on-the-job accident when a dump truck hit their tractor-trailer. The Laniers sued the driver, David Allen Beavers; Beavers’s employer, Choice Drivers; and the company Beavers was driving for, Eastern Foundations, Inc. A jury returned a verdict in the Laniers’ favor, awarding $131,000 in past damages to Ronnie and $38,550 in past damages to Tammy. The ... More...   $0 (05-24-2013 - TX)

Reynaldo Ramirez v. Jose "Taser Joe" Martinez

This is a false arrest and excessive force case following an altercation between Reynaldo Ramirez (“Ramirez”) and Deputy Jose “Taser Joe” Martinez (“Martinez”) in Jim Wells County, Texas. Martinez appeals the district court’s denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity on Ramirez’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims and state-law official immunity on Ramirez’s state-law claims. ... More...   $0 (05-15-2013 - TX)

Bruce M. Williams v. Jeremy A. Swift

1. On or about December 14, 2011, the plaintiff, Bruce Williams was southbound on S. Memorial Rd. nearing E. 146tl when he was rear-ended by the defendant, Jeremy Swift. The events took place in Bixby, Oklahoma Tulsa County.

2. The cause of the crash was the negligence of the defendant. As a direct and proximate cause of the defendant’s negligence, the plaintiff has and will incur medic... More...
   $25000 (05-09-2013 - OK)

Rukmi Indah Idniarti v. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.

In six issues, Appellants Rukmi Indah Idniarti, Rubby Valentina Issakh, Yohannes Roditya, Mulyani Irianti, Dina Novia Sari, Novianti Debby Putri, Drrj Tri

1See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.

2

Saputra, and Siti Sarah (collectively, Idniarti) appeal the trial court’s no-evidence summary judgment for Appellees Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. and Bell Helicopter Korea, Inc. (collect... More...
   $0 (05-09-2013 - TX)

Bruce Berlin v. Renaissance Rental Partners, LLC d/b/a Renaissance Condominium Partners, II

The Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act (“ISLA”), 15 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq., “protects individual buyers or lessees who purchase or lease lots in large, uncompleted housing developments, including condominiums, by mandating that developers make certain disclosures.” Bacolitsas v. 86th & 3rd Owner, LLC, 702 F.3d 673, 676 (2d Cir. 2012). The question presented in this appeal is whether... More...   $0 (05-06-2013 - NY)

Carole Elisabeth Burris v. Odis D. Smith

1. Plaintiff was at all material times a resident of Muskogee County, Oklahoma.

2. Defendant Odis D. Smith, Otis D. Smith, Odis Smith and/or / a/Ic/a Otis Smith (hereinafter 0. Smith) was at all material times upon information and belief a resident of Crawford County, Arkansas at all material times.

3. Defendant Nancy Smith was at all material times upon information and belief a ... More...
   $1 (05-03-2013 - OK)

Mary DiFederico v. Marriott International, Inc.

Albert DiFederico, a former naval commander, was serving as a civilian contractor for the State Department in Pakistan when he was killed in a terrorist attack on the Marriott Islamabad Hotel. His widow, Mary DiFederico, and their three sons, brought this wrongful death action and survivorship claim alleging that Marriott International ("Marriott") was liable for its failure to adequately secure i... More...   $0 (05-01-2013 - MD)

United States of America v. Carlos Robert Rodas

Carlos Roberto Rodas appeals his conviction for drug trafficking offenses, raising various evidentiary and constitutional arguments in support of reversal. The appeal comes to us as a companion to United States v. Figueroa, Nos. 11-1701, 11-1702, 2013 WL 388110 (1st Cir. Jan. 30, 2013). Like its recent predecessor, this case raises no substantial issue, and the conviction will be affirmed with co... More...   $0 (05-01-2013 - RI)

Richard Todd Robards v. State of Florida

This case is before the Court on appeal from two judgments of conviction of first-degree murder and two sentences of death. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. Richard Robards was convicted in Pinellas County of the 2006 murders of Clearwater residents Linda and Frank Deluca and he now pursues the direct appeal of his convictions and sentences which are subject to automatic r... More...   $0 (04-25-2013 - FL)

Dennis Wayne Blanchard v. The State of Texas

A jury convicted Appellant Dennis Wayne Blanchard of intoxication manslaughter. In five issues, Appellant asserts that the trial court erred by allowing a State’s expert to testify to certain opinions that were “beyond his area of expertise” and by admitting State’s Exhibit 75C. We affirm. 1See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.

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II. Procedural and Factual Background

At Appellant... More...
   $0 (04-25-2013 - TX)

United States v. Rodney Goodwin

A jury convicted Rodney Goodwin of attempted transportation of a minor with the intent to engage in sexual activity, under 18 U.S.C. § 2423(a) and (e). He challenges the sufficency of the evidence and the jury instructions. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.

I.

In June 2010, Goodwin began an online relationship with 16-year-old J.B. through Mbuzzy, a so... More...
   $0 (04-18-2013 - ND)

Anthony Spinner v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

Anthony Spinner brings this “idea submission” lawsuit against American Broadcasting Company, Inc. (ABC) for ABC‟s alleged use of his ideas in creating and developing the hit television series LOST. Spinner submitted a script entitled “L.O.S.T.” to ABC in 1977, while ABC‟s LOST was created and developed in 2003 and 2004. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of ABC. We affir... More...   $0 (04-05-2013 - CA)

Laura Castillo v. Ford Motor Company

Appellants Laura and Armando Castillo Sr., Individually and as Representatives of the Estate of Armando Castillo Jr. (“the Castillos”), filed suit against appellee Ford Motor Company, alleging a defective design in Ford’s 2002 U-152 Explorer proximately caused the death of their son during a rollover accident. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Ford, and the trial court entered a take-n... More...   $0 (04-05-2013 - TX)

Vickie Jane Spears v. American Mercury Insurance Company

Vickie Jane Spears sued American Mercury Insurance Company on a bad faith insurance liability theory claiming:

1. Spears is an individual residing in the City of Tulsa, County of Tulsa and State of Oklahoma;

2. Mercury is a corporation domiciled in the State of Oklahoma and licensed to handle, sell, service and administer property and casualty insurance products to the Oklahoma p... More...
   $1 (04-01-2013 - OK)

Barbara Collins v. Navistar, Inc.

In this strict products liability case, we consider whether the criminal nature of a juvenile‘s act of throwing rocks and concrete from a freeway overpass relieves a truck manufacturer of the duty to design windshields capable of withstanding common road hazards, such as objects hitting windshields. For the reasons that follow, we conclude the criminal nature of the rock throwing does not cut of... More...   $0 (03-29-2013 - CA)

Vickie Jane Spears v. American Mercury Insurance Company

Vickie Jane Spears sued American Mercury Insurance Company on a bad faith insurance liability theory claiming:

1. Spears is an individual residing in the City of Tulsa, County of Tulsa and State of Oklahoma;

2. Mercury is a corporation domiciled in the State of Oklahoma and licensed to handle, sell, service and administer property and casualty insurance products to the Oklahoma p... More...
   $1 (03-23-2013 - OK)

Maria Ramirez v. Oklahoma Health Care Authority

Maria Ramirez sued the Oklahoma Health Care Authority claiming:

1) Maria Rarnirez (“Ramirez”) is now and at all times relevant to this action has been a resident of Tulsa County, Oklahoma.

2) The OHCA is an Oklahoma governmental agency that administers Oklahoma’s Medicaid program throughout the State of Oklahoma including Tulsa County, Oklahoma.

3) The motor vehicl... More...
   $1 (03-22-2013 - OK)

Avi Ron v. Airtran Airways, Inc.

In this breach-of-contract case, a passenger with confirmed reservations on an overseas flight sued the airline after it told the passenger that the flight was canceled. The trial court granted the airline’s traditional motion for summary judgment, and the passenger appealed. Because the airline failed to conclusively establish its right to judgment as a matter of law on the grounds expressly pr... More...   $0 (03-12-2013 - TX)

City of Sand Springs v. Blossom Day Care Centers

The City of Sand Springs sued Blossom Day Care Centers on an eminent domain theory seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights, title and interests in real property owned by defendant for public purposes.

The Court appointed Sheila Brunton, Jim Clark and Jan Gordon commissioners to appraise Defendant's property and the damages caused by the taking.

The Commissioners awarded... More...
   $20000 (03-10-2013 - OK)

The People v. Richard Eugene Hendrix

Defendant Richard Eugene Hendrix was convicted of resisting an executive officer by use of force or violence in the performance of his duty in violation of Penal Code section 69. In a separate bench trial, the court found true an alleged prior strike. Defendant was sentenced to six years in state prison.

Defendant‟s first trial ended in a mistrial when the jury declared it was unable to r... More...
   $0 (03-07-2013 - VS)

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