This appeal arose from an accident at a steel rolling mill that permanently disabled one of the workers there. The circumstances of that accident were unusual. Industrial grease was propelled in a jet with enough energy to penetrate and pass through the human body like a bullet. That jet hit and disabled plaintiff Leonard Lapsley. At trial the jury found that the accident was caused by a design de... More...   $0 (07-31-2012 - IN)

This negligence action grew out of a highway collision in Iowa. Kala Holtkamp was driving at night with her fiancé, Christopher Davis, and her two year old son, K.H., when she collided with the rear of a semi truck driven by Vanya Ilieva Atanasova. Davis was killed, K.H. was seriously injured, and Holtkamp fractured a vertebra in her neck. Holtkamp, K.H.'s father, and representatives for Davis an... More...   $0 (07-24-2012 - IA)

Tulsa Personal Injury Lawyer Stan Monroe represented Jeffrey and Rebecca Horvath in asserting their claims against Southwest Airlines Co. on premises liability theories claiming that on April 18, 2009, was on a Southwest flight from Las Vegas to Tulsa via Denver. When the flight was called, Plaintiffs approached the gate where the ticket agent requested that they collapse their baby stroller and c... More...   $0 (07-24-2012 - )

COMES NOW the Plaintiff, AMBER KING, an individual, by and through counsel of record, Neal Stauffer and Timothy P. Clancy of STAUFFER & NATHAN, P.C., and for her causes of action against the defendants allege and state as follows Plaintiff, Amber King is a resident of Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma.

2. Defendant James Ray Cumbie is a resident of Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma.

3. D... More...   $0 (07-16-2012 - OK)

Appellants Melissa Maiberg Estacio De Freitas, individually and on behalf of the Estate of Andre Estacio De Freitas (Maiberg) and Carla Maria Correa Aguiar, individually and on behalf of the Estate of Adriano Emerim Pinna, and as next friend of Luiza Aguiar Pinna, a minor, and Arthur Aguiar Emerim Pinna, a minor (Aguiar) (collectively the Heirs) appeal from the trial court’s take-nothing judgmen... More...   $0 (07-13-2012 - TX)

Plaintiffs James Brooks and Donald Hamlette, corrections officers at the Correctional Unit in Rustburg, Virginia, sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the defendants unlawfully fired them for exercising their First Amendment rights to free speech. The Supreme Court has been quite clear, however, that "‘complaints about . . . the employee’s own duties’" that are "filed with an employer... More...   $0 (07-09-2012 - VA)

After Juston Pohl was injured in an automobile accident in Furnas County, Nebraska, he brought this negligence action against the county. Pohl alleged that the accident was caused by the county's failure to have a properly placed and maintained road sign at the scene. The county responded that the accident was caused by Pohl's own negligent driving. The case was tried to the court1 which found bot... More...   $0 (06-26-2012 - NE)

In this personal-injury action resulting from an automobile-train collision, Plaintiff-Appellant Rebecca Hampton appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment to the Defendants-Appellees. But Hampton’s claim, which the Defendants-Appellees removed to federal court, lacks any basis for federal subject-matter jurisdiction. Accordingly, we vacate the district court’s judgment and... More...   $0 (06-19-2012 - KY)

Vickey Parish Thomas sued Christopher Lee Rowley and Yellow Cab Co. of Oklahoma, LLC claiming:

1. The Plaintiff, Vickey Thomas, is a resident of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, and the State of Oklahoma. The Defendant, OFF Investments, Ltd, dlb/a Yellow Cab Co., does business in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, State of Oklahoma. The Defendant, Christopher Lee Rowley, is a resident of Guth... More...   $1 (06-17-2012 - OK)

Anand L. Daniell filed this action for malicious prosecution based on an unlawful detainer allegedly filed against him by the previous owner of his apartment complex and by the previous property manager. The defendants in this action include the alleged current owners and current property manager, who Daniell claims are liable as successors in interest.

The current owners and the current pr... More...   $0 (06-14-2012 - CA)

For more than a decade, James Nation served as CEO of The Spring Air Company, which owned and licensed the “Spring Airâ€� mattress brand name. Nation and Spring Air parted ways in 2007, and Nation won a generous severance package entitling him to $1.2 million in payments spread over 15 months provided he did not work for Spring Air’s competitors through December 31, 2008. Spring Air paid Natio... More...   $0 (06-04-2012 - IL)

Plaintiff and class representative Eric Ortega had a restricted policy of automobile insurance in which the insurer, defendant Topa Insurance Company (Topa), provided two tiers of physical damage coverage, paying all of the reasonable costs incurred at the insurers‟ preferred repair facility (PRF), but only 80 percent of the reasonable costs incurred at an unapproved repair facility selected by ... More...   $0 (05-24-2012 - CA)

Life Insurance Company of North America (LINA) appeals the district court's1 ruling that LINA abused its discretion in denying death benefits to Dawn McClelland based upon her husband Anthony's life insurance policy. LINA also appeals the district court's award of attorney fees. We affirm the district court's decision on the award of benefits, but remand for further proceedings with regard to the ... More...   $0 (05-24-2012 - MN)

The facts in this opinion are drawn from the allegations in the complaint. No trial has occurred. Neither party has presented evidence, and no facts have been found by a factfinder. Because this case comes to us as an appeal from a denial of a motion to dismiss, the applicable standard of review requires us to presume that the allegations in the complaint are true. Our decision to include in this ... More...   $0 (05-24-2012 - TN)

Over the course of six months, Appellant Kenneth Kidwell, a sixteen-year veteran of the Danville, Illinois police department, publicly criticized several departmental officials at two police officers’ union meetings. Roughly during that same time period, Kidwell also committed several violations of departmental policy and was punished accordingly with, among other things, a written reprimand and... More...   $0 (05-23-2012 - IL)

Plaintiff John Seals crashed into an electric utility pole owned by defendant Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) and First Energy Corporation.1 The pole was located on private property a few feet off a road maintained by defendant Morris County in Washington Township. Plaintiff claims that JCP&L is liable for negligently placing the pole in a dangerous location where it was foreseeable that a ve... More...   $0 (05-14-2012 - NJ)

Alisha Tucker appeals from a temporary injunction prohibiting her from relocating her minor child from the residence they share, without the consent of the child’s father, Wayne Liebknecht, or a prior court order. This Court has jurisdiction. Fla. R. App. P. 9.130(a)(3)(B); see Chi. Title Ins. Agency of Lee Cnty., Inc. v. Chi. Title Ins. Co., 560 So. 2d 296 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990) (reiterating that o... More...   $0 (05-04-2012 - FL)

This products liability case arises out of severe and permanent injuries sustained by plaintiff Karen Bartlett after taking sulindac, a generic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug ("NSAID") manufactured by (among others) defendant Mutual Pharmaceutical Company ("Mutual"). Sulindac is known to cause, in rare instances, a hypersensitivity reaction called Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and its more gener... More...   $0 (05-02-2012 - MA)

This case presents the question whether the product alteration or modification defense provided to manufacturers and sellers in products liability actions by section 99B-3 of our General Statutes applies only if the one who altered or modified the product is a party to the litigation at the time of trial.1 By its plain language, section 99B-3 protects manufacturers and sellers from liability for i... More...   $0 (04-23-2012 - NC)

These companion appeals arise out of a personal-injury suit brought by a former Gloucester High School (GHS or school) student who was injured in a fight with another student on school grounds. On the morning of the fight, an assistant principal at the school received a report that the fight would occur sometime that day. He did not act on the report before the fight.

The injured student su... More...   $0 (04-20-2012 - VA)

Appellant, Jessica Bhan, challenges the trial court’s August 4, 2010 order, entered after a jury trial, appointing appellees, Bryan James Danet and William Todd Kranz, as the sole managing conservators of Bhan’s minor child, J.A.B.[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 mana... More...   $0 (04-12-2012 - TX)

¶1 Respondent/Appellant Peter M. Chacon (Husband) appeals portions of the trial court's "Orders of the Court and Decree of Dissolution," filed on December 23, 2009 (Decree). He also appeals the trial court's May 27, 2010 order1 awarding attorney fees to Petitioner/Appellee Susan L. Chacon (Wife).

¶2 Husband asserts the trial court erred by: (1) refusing to transfer the case from Creek Cou... More...   $0 (04-05-2012 - OK)

This case involves allegations of fraud and misrepresentation in the issuance of securities related to oil and gas interests. Following a jury verdict for plaintiffs, defendants-appellants/cross-appellees Ohio Kentucky Oil Corporation (“OKOâ€�) and Carol L. Campbell, both individually and as executrix of the Estate of William M. Griffith, appeal numerous rulings of the district court. Plaintiffs... More...   $0 (04-04-2012 - OH)

William Coultas and others sued General Electric Co. on products liability theories claiming that the engines in the Sikorsky helicopter were defective and unreasonable and, as a direct result, the helicopter that Coultas was flying crashed and burned in 2008. The accident occurred shortly after it lifted off on a proposed flight to California to participate a forest fire operation. Plaintiffs cla... More...   $65000000 (03-30-2012 - OR)

Marjorie Gayle Hendrix, the appellant, was injured in an automobile accident caused by Charles Robert Burns, one of the appellees. In the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Mrs. Hendrix sued Mr. Burns and Candice Marie Burns, his wife, the other appellee, alleging battery and negligence against Mr. Burns and negligent entrustment against Mrs. Burns.

Mrs. Hendrix prayed a jury trial. Before... More...   $0 (03-29-2012 - MD)