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Scott L. Heagney v. Lisa A. Wong; City of Fitchburg





This case concerns a suit that
Scott Heagney, a past applicant for the position of the police
chief of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, brought against the City of
Fitchburg ("Fitchburg") and its mayor after the mayor decided not<

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Rickie Patton and Cathleen Marquardt v. Barry Johnson and Steven Johnson, d/b/a The Johnson Law firm






Over time, this case has become
a procedural motley. In its current iteration, defendantappellant
Barry Johnson emphasizes his association with the
Johnson Law Firm (JLF) in attempting to compel the plaintiffs,
Ric

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Sharmalee Goonewardene v. ADP, LLC

Under the Labor Code, an employee who believes he or
she has not been paid the wages due under the applicable labor
statutes and wage orders may bring a civil action against his
or her employer. (See, e.g., Lab. Code, § 1194; Martinez v.
Combs (2010) 49 Cal.4th 35, 49-51; see also Lab. Code, § 2699.)
This case presents the question whether, when an employer
hires an indepen

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VERIZON WIRELESS PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, LP vs CHRISTOPHER BATEMAN




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In 2011, Mr. Bateman obtained cell phone service from Verizon. Mr. Bateman agreed to the terms of Verizon's Customer Agreement. The

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STATE OF MISSOURI, ex rel., CITY OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI v. THE HONORABLE KEVIN D. HARRELL, JUDGE FOR THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF MISSOURI




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For purposes of the City’s motion to dismiss, we assume that the facts alleged in Chastain’s Amended Petition are true, and we give him the benefit of

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Sharmalee Goonew Ardene v. ADP, LLC

Opinion of the Court by Cantil-Sakauye, C. J.
Under the Labor Code, an employee who believes he or
she has not been paid the wages due under the applicable labor
statutes and wage orders may bring a civil action against his
or her employer. (See, e.g., Lab. Code, § 1194; Martinez v.
Combs (2010) 49 Cal.4th 35, 49-51; see also Lab. Code, § 2699.)
This case presents the quest

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Lena Russell v. United States of America




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Jackson, MS - Lena Russell sued the United States of America on a Federal Tort Claims Act personal injury negligence theory.

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STATE OF KANSAS v. DARRELL L. WILLIAMS





This case comes before us on an order of partial remand from the Kansas Supreme Court. See State v. Williams, No. 114,778, 2017 WL 4558234 (Kan. App. 2017) (unpublished opinion), rev. granted 309 Kan. __ (December 17, 2018). The Kan

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Anthony K. Booth v. United States of America





Plaintiff-Appellant Anthony K. Booth claims that a
United States agency negligently caused his father’s death
while Booth was a minor. Because Booth was a minor, his
mother, acting as his representative, sued the United States
pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (

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Frieda Aaron v. Maureen O'Connor and Mark R. Schweikert





A large group of plaintiffs brought medical malpractice claims in Ohio state court against a doctor who operated on them and against several hospitals where he worked. The plaintiffs allege that the judge presiding over their case, Judge Mark R. Schweikert, and Chief Justice Maureen O

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In Re: Celexa and Lexapro Marketing and Sales Practices Litigaiton






These consolidated appeals
arise out of two so-called "off-label" prescription-drug-marketing
cases aggregated for pretrial proceedings in the District of
Massachusetts by order of the multidistrict litigation panel.

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The Estate of Adriano Roman, Jr. v. City of Newark




Newark police officers forcibly entered and searched the apartment of Adriano Roman’s girlfriend. App. at 386, 391, 459, 486. They arrested Roman, who was present in the apartment, after they found drugs in a common area that was shared by multiple tenants. Id. at 399, 479. Though he

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Ever Bodoya v. American Eagle Express, Inc. d/b/a AEX Group





Plaintiff delivery drivers Ever Bedoya, Diego Gonzalez, and Manuel Decastro (collectively, “the Drivers”) filed a putative class action against Defendant American Eagle Express, Inc., (“AEX”), alleging that AEX misclassified them as independent contractors when they are actually

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Kareem Bellamy v. City of New York, John J. Gillen and Michael F. Solomeno





Kareem Bellamy filed this action in the Eastern District of New
16 York under New York state law and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 following the
17 vacatur of his state convictions for murder in the second degree unde

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Derrick Green v. United States Postal Service




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Greenbelt, MD - Derrick Green sued the United States Postal Service on a Federal Tort Claims Act personal injury auto negligence theory.

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Sandra L. Carey v. United States of America




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Bangor, ME - Sandra L. Carey sued the United States of America on a Federal Tort Claims Act personal injury negligence theory.

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Lieutenant John Kaminskas and Chief Daniel Vaniska of the Union County Police Department v. State of New Jersey, Department of Law and Public Safety, Office of the Attorney General




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This civil action arises out of a criminal matter. In 2006, Emmanuel
Mervilus was arrested and charged with firs

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Kari Jensen v. Trine Jensen




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Kari Jensen appeals the trial court’s order quashing service
of a summons and cross-complaint on her sister, Trine Jensen.
Trine, a resident o

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Douglas Echols v. Spencer Lawton





This appeal requires us to decide whether a district attorney enjoys qualified immunity from a complaint that he defamed a former prisoner in retaliation for seeking legislative compensation for his wrongful convictions. After Dougla

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David Lee Henson, et al. vs. Uptown Drink, LLC, Assurance Company of America




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Maxwell Henson, an off-duty employee of Uptown Drink, a Minneapolis bar, was
fatally injured on the evening of March 23, 2011.

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Maurice Lewis v. City of Chicago, et al.





Maurice Lewis spent more than two years in pretrial detention in the Cook County Jail based on police reports falsely implicating him for unlawfully pos-sessing a firearm. After the charges against him were dropped, Le

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State of Nebraska v. Jahhme D. Jackson





On May 11, 2017, Jackson was charged by information with assault in the second degree, a Class IIA felony, in violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-309 (Reissue 2016). The charge arose from an incident on October 18, 2016, at the Nebrask

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Charlotte Robinson v. Dovol, Inc. and C.R. Bard, Inc.





C.R. Bard, Inc., manufactures a sur-gical mesh patch used to repair hernias by implantation. The patch consists of two pieces of mesh that surround a flexible plastic ring. During a hernia repair, the patch is folded to fit through a small incision, then the plastic ring sprin

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Jayone Foods, Inc. v. Aekyung Industrial Company, Ltd.

This appeal arises out of a wrongful death suit brought by
the family of Sunja An against a number of business entities,
alleging that a humidifier cleaning agent manufactured in Korea
and sold in California caused An’s death. One of the defendants
named in the action is appellant Jayone Foods, Inc. (Jayone), a
California importer and distributor of Korean consumer products

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USA v. Henry Alfano





The cruise lasted from August 31 to September 7, 2008. Beberman had booked two cabins fo

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