There were several individuals who served as Receiver for the City of Central Falls during the period of time preceding the filing of these cases and during the pendency of the cases. We shall simply make a generic reference to “the Receiver.” On November 14, 2013, by order of this Court, Allan M. Shine, Esq. (the Trustee) was substituted as Appellee in the place of the Receiver in all three of ... More...   $0 (07-16-2015 - )

We begin with a brief summary of the regulation of the initiative petition signature collection process to provide context for our discussion of the relevant facts. The powers of initiative and referendum reserved by the people in Article IV, section 1, of the Oregon Constitution allow them to enact statutes, adopt or reject bills passed by the legislature, and adopt amendments to the state consti... More...   $0 (07-16-2015 - )

WILMINGTON – United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced today that JAMES RODREQUIAS PRESSLEY, 43, of Dunn, North Carolina, was sentenced to life imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release. PRESSLEY was convicted by a federal jury on July 30, 2014 on 13 drug related and money laundering counts including Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute 280 grams or ... More...   $0 (07-15-2015 - NC)

Wilmington, NC - Dunn Man Sentenced To Life For Narcotics Distribution

WILMINGTON – United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced today that JAMES RODREQUIAS PRESSLEY, 43, of Dunn, North Carolina, was sentenced to life imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release. PRESSLEY was convicted by a federal jury on July 30, 2014 on 13 drug related and money laundering counts includ... More...   $0 (07-15-2015 - NC)

Soo Line Railroad Company and G-4, LLC appeal from a summary judgment declaring Soo Line does not own an interest in the minerals in and under certain Mountrail County property and G-4 does not hold a valid leasehold interest in the property. Soo Line and G-4 argue the district court erred in finding seven private deeds conveyed only easements and not a fee simple title to Soo Line's predecessor-i... More...   $0 (07-15-2015 - )

These consolidated cases come before this Court on
appeal from a decision of the Providence County Superior Court, which contained three distinct
holdings. First, the Superior Court granted the Central Falls Receiver’s1 motion for partial
1 There were several individuals who served as Receiver for the City of Central Falls during th... More...   $0 (07-14-2015 - )

These consolidated cases come before this Court on
appeal from a decision of the Providence County Superior Court, which contained three distinct
holdings. First, the Superior Court granted the Central Falls Receiver’s1 motion for partial
1 There were several individuals who served as Receiver for the City of Central Falls during the... More...   $0 (07-12-2015 - )

Samuel Jahnke (Jahnke) brought suit against Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc., due to BCBS's refusal to pay medical bills he incurred for his treatment, including surgery, of a brain tumor. BCBS denied benefits for the medical costs
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associated with the surgery because the costs had been incurred during the policy's 240day waiting period for the treatment of tumors and growth... More...   $0 (07-08-2015 - )

Damien Zepeda appeals from his convictions and
sentence on one count of conspiracy to commit assault with
a dangerous weapon and to commit assault resulting in
serious bodily injury; one count of assault resulting in serious
bodily injury; three counts of assault with a dangerous
weapon; and four counts of use of a firearm during a crime of
violence. We affirm.
The crim... More...   $0 (07-07-2015 - AZ)

Plaintiffs, who were hired as unpaid interns, claim compensation as
employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York Labor Law.
Plaintiffs Eric Glatt and Alexander Footman moved for partial summary
judgment on their employment status. Plaintiff Eden Antalik moved to
certify a class of all New York interns working at certain of defendants’
divisions between 2005 and 2... More...   $0 (07-02-2015 - NY)

Plaintiff Delton R. Fair was working on the railroad. After he injured his back and
knee while trying to throw a switch, he brought this action against BNSF Railway
Company (BNSF) under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) (45 U.S.C. § 51 et
seq.), alleging that he was injured as a result of BNSF’s negligence. A jury found in
Fair’s favor and awarded him a total of $3... More...   $0 (06-30-2015 - CA)

A jury found that the defendant, the
Hartford Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation, acted
negligently and recklessly when it assigned Father Ivan
Ferguson, an alcoholic whose admitted acts of child
molestation were understood to be linked to his drinking,
to serve as the director of Saint Mary’s Elementary
School in Derby (Saint Mary’s School), where he sexually
abus... More...   $0 (06-27-2015 - CT)

John A. Kasel sustained injuries at a motel while he was
an employee of Union Pacific Railroad Company (Union
Pacific). Kasel sued Union Pacific and the motel. After the
parties settled, Union Pacific asserted a contractual right
of subrogation to the extent of medical payments made on
Kasel’s behalf by a third-party administrator. The contract in
question created a lien ... More...   $0 (06-26-2015 - NE)

LITTLE ROCK, AR – Jason Woodring, 38, of Jacksonville, Arkansas, was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment on charges related to his attacks on central Arkansas’ power grid between August and October 2013. In addition to the term of imprisonment, Woodring will be required to pay $4,792,224.06 in restitution to Entergy for Woodring’s attacks on the power lines and electrical tower near Cabot, Ar... More...   $0 (06-24-2015 - AR)

Under the United States Department of Agriculture’s California Raisin Marketing Order, a percentage of agrower’s crop must be physically set aside in certain yearsfor the account of the Government, free of charge. The Government then sells, allocates, or otherwise disposes of the raisins in ways it determines are best suited to maintaining an orderly market. The question is whether the Takings... More...   $0 (06-22-2015 - CA)

Petitioner on review, Jackson County (the county),
seeks reconsideration of our opinion in Eclectic Investment,
LLC v. Patterson, 357 Or 25, 346 P3d 468 (2015), in which
we affirmed the Court of Appeals and trial court decisions
denying the county’s common-law indemnity claim. We
concluded that, “[i]n cases in which the Oregon comparative
negligence statutes apply and i... More...   $0 (06-12-2015 - OR)

After plaintiff and appellant Jessica Chan’s mother died from internal
hemorrhaging related to Coumadin use following heart surgery, Chan successfully sued
defendant and respondent Peter Curran for medical malpractice. Neither the sufficiency
of the evidence to support the malpractice verdict, nor any other issue associated with the
trial and the rendition of the jury verdict, is... More...   $0 (06-09-2015 - CA)

This case presents an issue of first impression in Kansas. We are asked to decide whether the judicially created firefighter's rule (previously referred to as the "fireman's rule") applies to law enforcement officers. We find that the public policy expressed by the Kansas Supreme Court in Calvert v. Garvey Elevators, Inc., 236 Kan. 570, 694 P.2d 433 (1985), applies equally to firefighters and law ... More...   $0 (06-04-2015 - KS)

Petitioners Eduardo Garcia, Garcia Transportation GP, and Luis Torres-Garzon seek relief from the April 25, 2014 order of respondent court (Michael P. Vicencia, Judge) granting the motion of real party in interest Southern Counties Express, Inc. to compel arbitration of Petitioners’ wage and hour complaints to the Labor Commissioner.3 We grant the requested relief in part and remand to the trial... More...   $0 (06-02-2015 - CA)

Challenged in this case are land and water use permits allowing intensive
mineral exploration on State land. The main question we address is whether the
Department of Natural Resources (DNR) had to give public notice before issuing the
permits. Because the Alaska Constitution requires public notice when interests in land
are transferred, the answer to this question depends on wheth... More...   $0 (05-29-2015 - AK)

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Lawrence Macera, 65, of Rensselaer, pled guilty in U. S. District Court to Theft of Government Property, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian. Sentencing is set for September 23, 2015 in Albany before District Judge Mae D’Agostino

In entering his guilty plea, Macera admitted that between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2010, he stole approximately ... More...   $0 (05-28-2015 - NY)

ALBANY, NY – Lawrence Macera, 65, of Rensselaer, pled guilty on May 26, 2015 in U. S. District Court to Theft of Government Property. Sentencing is set for September 23, 2015 in Albany before District Judge Mae D’Agostino
In entering his guilty plea, Macera admitted that between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2010, he stole approximately $54,041 of railroad benefits from the Railroad Ret... More...   $0 (05-28-2015 - NY)

Brooklyn, NY - Saddiq al-Abbadi, a Yemeni national, pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder U.S. nationals abroad, providing and conspiring to provide material support to al-Qaeda, and using a machine gun in furtherance of those crimes. The guilty plea proceeding took place before United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis. At sentencing, al-Abbadi faces a maximum of life imprisonment.
<... More...   $0 (05-26-2015 - NY)

DALLAS — Brian J. Polito of Allen, Texas, appeared yesterday before Chief U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis and pleaded guilty to an information charging one count of mail fraud stemming from his operation of an oil and gas investment fraud scheme, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.

Polito faces a maximum statutory penalty of 20 years in fed... More...   $0 (05-22-2015 - TX)

Rebecca Terrell, acting pro se, appeals the trial court’s order granting the pleas to the
jurisdiction of appellees Commissioner of Education Michael L. Williams, Texas Education Agency
(the Commissioner), and Pampa Independent School District. For the following reasons, we affirm
the trial court’s order.1
BACKGROUND
Terrell was employed by the School District under a proba... More...   $0 (05-21-2015 - TX)