Appellant Charles H. Dise (“Dise”) filed this maritime action to recover for injuries he sustained when a skiff piloted by him and owned by his employer, Appellee Express Marine, Inc. (“EMI”), allided with a bridge piling, and as a result of allegedly negligent medical treatment he received at the University of South Alabama Medical Center (“USA Medical”) in the wake of the allision. D... More...   $0 (11-17-2011 - AL)

The Federal Employee Compensation Act, or FECA, provides disability benefits to federal employees who are injured on the job. But there’s a catch. If a third party is responsible for the employee’s injury, the Secretary of Labor can require the employee to bring a civil action against that third party.

And if the employee obtains a judgment, he must refund to the United States any FECA ... More...   $0 (11-17-2011 - AK)

During a routine traffic stop in Seat Pleasant, Maryland, police removed Obie Lee Powell, who was a passenger, from the vehicle and performed an officer-safety patdown on him. Based on evidence obtained by police after the patdown, a federal grand jury indicted Powell for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm ... More...   $0 (11-14-2011 - )

The Estate of William Brownell and others sued Ford Motor Company on a products liability theory claiming that an April 9, 2004, crash that killed two members of the Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church and injured two more was caused by a defective and unreasonably danagerous 15-passenger E-350 Econoline van that began to shake, the result of a tread separation on the same type of tire that Goodyear, tw... More...   $73000000 (11-11-2011 - CA)

¶ 1 Defendants Sean D. Anderson and Frank A. Fratto appeal a ruling of the circuit court of
Cook County granting a postjudgment motion for a new trial. Sean Anderson and Fratto
contend that the trial court’s ruling should be reversed because the jury’s verdicts were not
legally inconsistent or against the manifest weight of the evidence; thus the order granting
a new trial was... More...   $0 (11-10-2011 - IL)

Alverna Brown, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Oral George Brown (the “decedent”), appeals from final summary judgments granted in favor of nine different defendants. The two issues on appeal are: (1) whether the circuit court erred in granting summary judgment to these nine defendants, which includes five Broward Sheriff’s Office (“BSO”) deputies a n d four Broward County Fi... More...   $0 (11-09-2011 - FL)

A jury convicted Sorrell "Joe" Honea of aiding and abetting the manufacture of 1,000 or more marijuana plants, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2, but acquitted Honea of conspiring to manufacture 1,000 or more marijuana plants, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846, and aiding and abetting the possession of 100 or more but less than 1,000 marijuana plants with in... More...   $0 (11-04-2011 - )

A jury convicted Sorrell "Joe" Honea of aiding and abetting the manufacture of 1,000 or more marijuana plants, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2, but acquitted Honea of conspiring to manufacture 1,000 or more marijuana plants, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846, and aiding and abetting the possession of 100 or more but less than 1,000 marijuana plants with in... More...   $0 (11-04-2011 - )

Plaintiffs David Duncan, Lynne Y. Duncan, Michael V. Fillebrown, Gerald Lung, Jeannie Lung, the Lung Family Revocable Trust, Richard Marino, Angela Marino, Weldon K. Schapansky, individually and as the sole beneficiary of the Grabe, Schapansky, Moss, Levy & Julian DDS PC 401 Retirement Plan, Noah Sever, Linda Washington, Carl D. West, and Chung C. Faulkner (hereafter collectively, plaintiffs) appe... More...   $0 (10-28-2011 - CA)

Having had his negligence complaint dismissed on two grounds, the plaintiff appeals both an adverse summary judgment and the dismissal order. He argues the trial court erred in applying the applicable statutes of repose and in dismissing the action as a sanction for violation of multiple court orders. We find no error and affirm.

While the plaintiff was dusting crops, the right wing of his ... More...   $0 (10-26-2011 - FL)

¶ 1 Following an automobile collision that resulted in plaintiff Ester Soria’s loss of vision, plaintiff sued various defendants, alleging that their negligence caused her injuries. Defendant, Chrysler Canada, Inc. (Chrysler Canada), the assembler of the vehicle in which plaintiff was a passenger, moved to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction (735 ILCS 5/2- 301 (Wes... More...   $0 (10-24-2011 - IL)

A worker was involved in a fight in a logging camp bunkhouse. He did not file a report of injury related to the fight for over a year. When he finally filed a report of injury, he alleged that he had injured his hip, lower back, and ear in the fight. His employer controverted benefits because he did not give timely notice of the injury. The worker then alleged that he had verbally informed his sup... More...   $0 (10-21-2011 - AK)

¶1 Plaintiff Walter Fasch (Fasch) was injured in a single-vehicle ATV accident that occurred within a construction area on U.S. Highway 59 between Rock Springs and Angela, Montana, near Miles City. Fasch filed a negligence action in the Sixteenth Judicial District, Rosebud County, against the Montana Department of Transportation (DOT), M.K. Weeden (Weeden), the construction contractor, and Weeden... More...   $0 (10-18-2011 - MT)

PER CURIAM: In an April 27, 2011 opinion in the above-captioned appeal, Gallop v. Cheney, 642 F.3d 364 (2d Cir. 2011) (“Gallop I”), this Court (1) affirmed the order of the District Court dismissing plaintiff-appellant April Gallop’s complaint as frivolous1 and (2) ordered Gallop and her counsel of record, Dennis Cunningham, Mustapha Ndanusa, and William Veale, to show cause in writing with... More...   $0 (10-16-2011 - )

¶1 Tonna Lee Bowen appeals the trial court’s denial of her motion for summary judgment and grant of Analisa Palmer’s (formerly known as Analisa Bowen) motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

¶2 In its ruling, the trial court determined that the statute of limitations did not bar Analisa’s claim in light of the equitable discovery rule; that Bruce J. Bowen’s 2001 amendment to the B... More...   $0 (10-14-2011 - UT)

The respondent, Parade Residence Hotel, LLC (Parade), appeals, and the petitioner, Harborside Associates, L.P. (Harborside), crossappeals, the decision of the Superior Court (McHugh, J.), which partially affirmed and partially reversed the decision of the Portsmouth Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) to grant Parade variances to install two parapet and two marquee signs on its hotel and conference c... More...   $0 (09-22-2011 - NH)

1 DUNCAN, J.
2 At issue in this case is whether it is in the best interests of the children for
3 mother, their custodial parent, to relocate with the children from Oregon to California.
4 After multiple hearings on the matter, the trial court awarded mother custody and
5 accepted her proposed parenting plan, which allowed her to move to California with the
6 children. Father a... More...   $0 (09-21-2011 - OR)

Matthew Sullivan appeals the dismissal of Aircraft Belt, Inc. (ABI), Mena Aircraft Interiors, and Pacific Scientific (collectively Respondents) from his civil case for damages arising from an airplane crash. Sullivan argues the trial court erred in dismissing Respondents for lack of personal jurisdiction. Sullivan also contends the trial court erred in failing to allow him to conduct jurisdictio... More...   $0 (09-21-2011 - SC)

2 At issue in this case is whether it is in the best interests of the children for
3 mother, their custodial parent, to relocate with the children from Oregon to California.
4 After multiple hearings on the matter, the trial court awarded mother custody and
5 accepted her proposed parenting plan, which allowed her to move to California with the
6 children. Father appeals; he conten... More...   $0 (09-21-2011 - OR)

All Roads Paving, Inc. sued Adkins Trucking & Excavating, Inc., Highland Hills, LLC and SMC Consulting Engineers, P.C. that on March 31, 2010 Highland Hills hired All Roads as the general contractor to assist with deleveopment of its property in Cleveland County. That on April 19, 2010, All Roads hired Adkins Trucking and Excavation, Inc. as a sub-contractor by entering into a Standard Sub-Contrac... More...   $0 (09-16-2011 - OK)

January 2009, Defendant-Appellant Robert Andrew Blechman and a codefendant, Itsik (“Issac”) Yass, were tried together in the District of Kansas on charges of mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to commit mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. Evidence introduced at trial showed that Yass operated a business that he used to temporarily halt home foreclosures by “attaching... More...   $0 (09-14-2011 - KS)

Federal law enforcement officers seized funds from passengers who were temporarily in the Atlanta airport changing planes. The travelers, Gina Fiore and Keith Gipson, explained that the funds were legal gambling proceeds, not evidence of drug transactions. Their story turned out to be true. Fiore and Gipson claim the seizure and later efforts to institute forfeiture proceedings were unconstitution... More...   $0 (09-12-2011 - NV)

Jose Benitez and his wife, Lucila Benitez, appeal from a post-trial order setting aside the jury verdict and granting a motion for directed verdict in favor of the defendants below, Joseph Trucking, Inc., and Estela Hernandez. We conclude there was sufficient evidence to support the jury verdict and accordingly reverse.

The Benitezes filed a negligence action against the defendants after Jo... More...   $0 (09-09-2011 - FL)

Following a train crash that allegedly exposed a small town to cancer-causing agents, the Plaintiffs-Appellants sought damages on behalf of a putative class. The district court granted summary judgment for the train company, CSX Transportation (CSX), because the Plaintiffs had not established general or specific causation and, as a matter of law, any increased risk of cancer or other diseases was ... More...   $0 (09-08-2011 - OH)

The principal issue in this case is whether New Jersey or Pennsylvania law applies to an automobile insurance dispute between Amica Mutual Insurance Company (“Amica”) and Edward and Maureen Fogel, individually and as guardians ad litem of Marcy Fogel and Carrie Fogel, and as administrators of the estate of Melissa Fogel (collectively, the “Fogels”). Amica issued the policy to the Fogels w... More...   $0 (09-08-2011 - PA)