Charlotte, NC - The United States of America charged Ramonda Byrd and Divine Financial Solutions with filing false tax returns.

A Charlotte, North Carolina, tax return preparer pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting in filing a false tax return.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Ramonda Byrd owned and operated Divine Financial Solutions, a Charlotte, Nort... More...   $0 (01-14-2020 - NC)

After prevailing in the trial court on a petition for writ of
mandate, Juan Antonio Villarreal, Jr., filed a motion for attorney
fees under the private attorney general doctrine. (Code Civ.
Proc., § 1021.5.)1 The trial court concluded that Villarreal had
not established that the benefit the writ petition achieved was
conferred on a sufficiently large enough class of persons to ... More...   $0 (01-13-2020 - CA)

Savannah, GA - The United States of America charged Chase Anthony Davis with arson.

A Savannah man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for setting fires in a historic Savannah restaurant.

Chase Anthony Davis, 31, of Savannah, was sentenced to 60 months in prison in U.S. District Court, said Bobby L. Christine, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. Dav... More...   $0 (01-11-2020 - GA)

Tampa, FL - The United States of America charged that Punch It Performance and Tuning and Michael Paul Schimmack violated the Clean Air Act.

The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Punch It Performance and Tuning and Michael Paul Schimmack — and other companies and individuals close to Schimmack (Defendants) — resolving alle... More...   $0 (01-11-2020 - FL)

Defendants and appellants Sony Music Entertainment
(Sony), John Branca, as co-executor of the estate of Michael J.
Jackson (the Estate), and MJJ Productions, Inc. (collectively
Appellants) appealed from an order of the superior court partially
denying their motion to strike under the anti-SLAPP statute.
(Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16.)
1 We previously issued an opinion in
t... More...   $0 (01-09-2020 - CA)

Jamien Rae Jensen, individually and as parent and next friend of minor and as Personal Representative of the Wrongful Death Estate of unborn child: next friend of D.J. deceased C.J., Margaret Johnson, Frank Johnson, Crancesca Johnson, Justin Johnson, Holly Johnson, Dominique Johnson, Raymond Jensen, Sr., Louise R. Jensen, Katrina Jensen, Raymond Jensen, Jr., Murphy Jensen, Nicole Jensen, Ryan Jens... More...   $0 (01-06-2020 - AZ)

Nashville, TX - Franklin Rodney, St., As Administrator of the Estate of Franklin Rodney, Jr. deceased, and L'Oreall Julian, Legal guardian and next friend of Arien Wynter, sole surviving Minor Child and next of kin of Nicholas Wynter, deceased, sued Stanislaw A. Turczyn, Bartosz Biernat, Rush, Inc. and Gdansk Transport, Inc. on personal injury, wrongful death, auto negligence and respondeat superi... More...   $1 (01-06-2020 - TN)

Nashville, TN - Beverly Young and Warren Young sued the Estate of Gloria Allison Ball on personal injury auto negligence theories.... More...   $1 (01-06-2020 - TN)

Nashville, TN - The United States of America charged Medsurant Holdings, LLC with violation of the False Claims Act.

Medsurant Holdings, LLC, of West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle the United States’ allegations that it had violated the False Claims Act.

Mesurant Holdings, which operates under the trade name Medsurant Health, is the largest indep... More...   $0 (01-07-2020 - TN)

Philadelphia, PA - The Family and Estate of Jozef Dudek, age 2, sued Ikea on a products liability theory claiming that a 70-pound Malm dresser was defective and unreasonably dangerous and one of them turned over on Jozef and killed him.

The Consumer Product Safety Administration reported in 2018, that between 2000 and 2017, 28,000 tip-over-related injuries and 542 deaths were reported rel... More...   $50000000 (01-07-2020 - PA)

ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS; petition for a writ of mandate to challenge an order
of the Superior Court of Tulare County, Bret D. Hillman, Judge.
McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth, Steven M. McQuillan,
Todd W. Baxter and Laura A. Wolfe for Petitioner.
No appearance for Respondent.
Todd B. Barsotti and Peter Sean Bradley for Real Party in Interest.
-ooOooReal party in i... More...   $0 (01-06-2020 - CA)

Texarkana, AR - Linda Watson and David Watson, special Administrator and Personal Representative of the
Estate of Royce Sidney Watson, Deceased, sued Jason Ray Alexander and Southwest Arkansas Electrical Cooperative on personal injury, auto negligence and respondeat superior theories.... More...   $0 (01-02-2020 - ar)

James Dalessandro and his counsel, Paul Samuel Levine,
(collectively, appellants) appeal from a postjudgment order
denying Dalessandro’s motion to compel the production of
documents and imposing $3,456.70 in sanctions against Levine
for discovery abuses. We affirm.
PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
The underlying litigation involves residual payments owed
by Eric Mitchell to Daless... More...   $0 (01-04-2020 - CA)