Five Egyptian businessmen and four women sued Captain Mike Swanigan and Alaska Airlines Inc. on defamation theories claiming that they were injured and/or harmed when the captain of the flight that they were on was diverted to Reno and they were taken off the plane bound for Las Vegas on September 29, 2003.

Alaskan Airlines claimed that the Plaintiffs interfered with the flight crew and ... More...   $0 (03-06-2013 - NV)

After the February 12, 2009 crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 on approach to Buffalo-Niagara International Airport, plaintiff-appellant County of Erie, New York (“the County”) sued defendants-appellees Colgan Air, Inc., Pinnacle Airlines Corp., and Continental Airlines, Inc. (collectively “defendants”) to recover its expenditures in responding to, and cleaning up after, the accid... More...   $0 (03-04-2013 - )

This equitable contribution action involves three insurers, GuideOne Mutual Insurance Company (GuideOne), whose insurance policy covered an employee who negligently caused injuries to another person while driving his car in connection with business for his employer, and Utica National Insurance Group and Graphics Art Mutual Insurance Company (collectively Utica), whose policies only covered the dr... More...   $0 (02-28-2013 - CA)

This case involves a trademark dispute over the right
to use the “AMTEL” name and marks for phonebooks in various Ohio counties. In
2002, Defendant Steven Brandeberry sold his phonebook business, operated under the
name AMTEL, to Barney White, who in turn sold the business to Yellowbook, a national
publisher of yellow-pages directories. In 2009, Brandeberry decided to start a r... More...   $0 (02-27-2013 - OH)

2 Plaintiff, who ran a convenience store, was accused of stealing from that
3 store and was arrested for theft. After the charges were eventually dismissed, he brought
4 this tort action against defendant, an attorney who represented the store, alleging claims
5 for false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, and abuse of process--each claim arising
6 out of defendant's alleged part... More...   $0 (02-21-2013 - OR)

This appeal arises from a negligence action brought by the plaintiff, Catherine O. Duncan, against the defendants, Mill Management Company of Greenwich, Inc. (management company), and the Greenwich Chateau Condominium Association (condo- minium association), after the plaintiff fell and was injured when stepping down from the roof deck of the Greenwich Chateau Condominiums (condominium building), ... More...   $0 (02-21-2013 - CT)

¶1 Appellant Dennis Stokes (Stokes), personal representative of the estate of Peter Andrew Carter (Carter), appeals the jury verdict and judgment of the Thirteenth Judicial District Court concluding that Ford Motor Company (Ford) and Overland West, Inc. (Overland) were not liable in strict products liability or negligence in Carter’s death. We affirm.

¶2 We consider the following issues... More...   $0 (02-12-2013 - MT)

Miguel Diaz sued the City of Tulsa on an auto negligence governmental tort claim theory under 51 O.s. 151, et seq. claiming to have been injured and/or damaged in a car wreck in Tulsa County, Oklahoma caused by a City of Tulsa employee.

This accident occurred on February 9, 2010 in Tulsa County when a Tulsa Fire Truck smashed into the Plaintiff’s vehicle. The fire truck was not running it... More...   $13000 (02-09-2013 - OK)

Shelly Ballou-Smith sued Chad J. Robles on an auto negligence theory claiming:

1. Thatthe Plaintiff, Shelly Ballou-Smith, resides within Cleveland County, State of Oklahoma.

2. That the Defendant, Chad J. Robles, resides within Cleveland County, State of Oklahoma.

3. That on or about the 1 4th day of November, 2009, at or near the intersection of S.E. 8gth and Sooner Roa... More...   $0 (01-31-2013 - OK)

Kay Y. Smyth, as personal representative of the Estate of Edward E. Smyth, Jr., appeals a summary final judgment in favor of Infrastructure Corporation of America (ICA) and the Florida Department of Transportation (DOT). This case involves a tragic automobile accident in which Mr. Smyth died. As explained below, his Estate maintains that the accident was caused by the negligence of the operator of... More...   $0 (01-25-2013 - FL)

Appellant, Jimmy Tullos, sued appellee Jo Dean Jones for personal injuries arising out of a car accident. Approximately fourteen months after Tullos filed suit, the trial court dismissed his case with prejudice. Tullos argues that the trial court abused its discretion in dismissing the case with prejudice as a “death penalty sanction” for discovery abuse because he lacked adequate notice, the ... More...   $0 (01-25-2013 - TX)

Robert Zimmerman was riding his motorcycle on a summer evening in 2008. He approached a railroad crossing, but it was dark and a building obscured the tracks. When he was less than seventy-six feet away, he noticed that a train was approaching. He tried to stop, but his front brake locked and he flew over the handlebars, colliding headfirst with a locomotive. The collision left him partially paral... More...   $0 (01-24-2013 - PA)

In this wrongful death case, we are asked to determine whether the plaintiffs1 met their burden to produce legally sufficient evidence to show that the Texas Department of Transportation possessed actual knowledge of tall grass growing in a highway median for purposes of a recovery against it under the Tort Claims Act. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. §§ 101.022(a), 101.025 (West 2011). Rais... More...   $0 (01-19-2013 - TX)

Megan McDonald sued Sei Kho Lun Mang, Tulsa Dynaspan, Inc., Monarch Cement Company and Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company on auto negligence theories claiming to have been injured and/or damaged in a car wreck caused by the Defendants or their employees or insureds.

1) Plaintiff, Megan McDonald, is a resident of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, and was at all times material to the events descri... More...   $1 (01-13-2013 - OK)

Barbara Fortman seeks to recover as a bystander for the emotional distress she suffered when she witnessed the tragic death of her brother Robert Myers while they were scuba diving off the coast of Catalina Island. At the time of the accident, Fortman thought her brother had a heart attack. She later learned that a plastic flow-restriction insert manufactured by defendant Förvaltningsbolaget Insu... More...   $0 (01-12-2013 - CA)

The sole issue in this certified appeal is whether a motorist, who is lawfully stopped in his own lane of travel while awaiting an opportunity to make a left turn, owes a legal duty to oncoming motorists to keep the wheels of his vehicle straight to ensure that he will not be propelled into the travel lane of oncoming traffic in the event that another motorist crashes into him from behind. The de... More...   $0 (01-10-2013 - CT)

Scott B. English sued David Bradford Beaver on an auto negligence theory claiming:

1. On or about February 2, 2012, the plaintiff was driving his vehicle northbound on S. Sunnylane near the 10,800 block when the rear-ended the plaintiff. The events took place in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Cleveland County.

2. At the time of the crash, the defendant was driving under the influence of al... More...   $0 (01-06-2013 - OK)

Raife Crayton sued James Henry on an auto negligence theory, American Waste Control on a respondeat superior theory and Mid Continent Casualty Company on an under insured motorist theory claiming:

1) On October 27, 2011 a Petition was filed in case number CJ-2011-6176 alleging the instant cause of action against Defendants arising out of a motor vehicle accident.

2) On the same date,... More...   $0 (01-01-2013 - OK)

Timothy Dwight Davis sued Jack Barnes on an auto negligence theory claiming:

1. That defendant is a citizen and resident of Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma. That the accident which is the subject matter of this action occurred in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. This Court has jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter herein.

2. That on or about February 17, 2011 at approximately 8... More...   $1 (12-30-2012 - OK)

WHEREAS, on November 5, 2009, Seong Bae Choi filed a class action complaint in Seong Bae Choi, et al. v. Toyota Motor Corp., et al., No. 2:09-8143 (C.D. Cal.), alleging, among other things, that Toyota (as defined below) designed, manufactured, distributed, advertised and sold certain automobiles containing an alleged defect that allegedly would allow sudden unintended acceleration of the vehicle ... More...   $1000000000 (12-27-2012 - CA)

A judge denied a motion to stay or dismiss on the ground of forum non conveniens a product liability action by plaintiffs Delbert Williamson, Alexa Williamson, through Delbert as her guardian ad litem, and the Estate of Thanh Williamson. (Code Civ. Proc., § 410.30, subd. (a); all further statutory references are to this code.) Later, a second judge granted a renewed motion for the same relief and... More...   $0 (12-26-2012 - CA)

This appeal provides us with an opportunity to clarify the requirements of the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act (“ILSA”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1701-20, a statute that, while enacted more than forty years ago, has received little attention from the federal courts until recently. In basic terms, ILSA protects individual buyers or lessees who purchase or lease lots in large, uncompleted housin... More...   $0 (12-21-2012 - NY)

John Laneri was employed as a pilot by Worldwide Aircraft Services, Inc. ("Worldwide"), from May 2007 until July 6, 2011. The events that led to Laneri's separation from Worldwide began when he was scheduled to fly a client to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Laneri was then to fly to Aspen, Colorado, to pick up another client, whom he was to fly to Huntsville, Alabama. Under Federal Aviation Administration ... More...   $0 (12-10-2012 - FL)

Henry Ruppel filed suit against CBS in Illinois alleging CBS’s predecessor-in-interest, Westinghouse Corporation, caused the mesothelioma from which he currently suffers. Westinghouse had included asbestos in the turbines it supplied to the United States Navy, and Ruppel was allegedly exposed to it during his Naval service and later when he worked on an aircraft carrier as a civilian. CBS remove... More...   $0 (12-04-2012 - IL)

Appellant, Jessica Bhan, challenges the trial court’s August 4, 2010 order, entered after a jury trial, appointing Danet and Kranz as the sole managing conservators of Bhan’s minor child.1 In her first two issues, Bhan contends that the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support the jury’s finding that her appointment as sole managing conservator would significantly impair the... More...   $0 (11-30-2012 - TX)