William Fisher brought this action against his former employer, Lufkin Industries, Inc., alleging, inter alia, that Lufkin violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et. seq., by discharging him in retaliation for his complaint that his direct supervisor racially harassed him.1 Following a two-day evidentiary hearing, the presiding magistrate judge, acting as a special

In August 2009, Petro was arrested and charged with domestic abuse
assault causing bodily injury. It was alleged Petro had assaulted his wife in front
of their two children. As a result, DHS became involved with the family and a
founded child abuse assessment—for denial of critical care—resulted. The State
filed petitions alleging the children were children in need of assis

Plaintiffs-Appellants Mathew Carabajal and his son, V.M.C., through
Mathew and V.M.C.’s mother, Arianna Martinez, appeal from the district court’s
judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellees Officers Joshua Thornton and Michael
Sutton, and Defendant-Appellee City of Cheyenne (“the City”). On appeal,
Plaintiffs challenge the district court’s grant of a motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’

Just after 7:00 p.m. on February 19, 2012, Fran Smith and her 14
year-old daughter Kelise were walking home from church southbound along
the west side of University Avenue in Monroe. This two-lane road does not
have a sidewalk or a paved shoulder; instead, the area beyond the edge of the
paved road is a mixture of gravel and grass. The grassy shoulder is sloped
downward f

McAlester, OK - Lashaun Michelle Simpson sued the City of McAlester on a governmental tort claim negligence theory.

1. NEGLIGENCE

Docket
Date Code Description Count Party Amount
02-25-2015

F & E PETITION

Document Available at Court Clerk's Office
$ 163.00
(Entry with fee only) $ 6.00
(Entry with fee only) $ 2.00

In 2002, Perry pleaded no contest to two counts of rape. Initially, Perry was charged with eight crimes including sexual exploitation of a child, alleging he had child pornography (photographs) in his possession. Prior to sentencing, Perry moved to withdraw his plea. At sentencing, the district court denied Perry's motion to withdraw his plea and sentenced him to 294 months' imprisonment. Although

King was sentenced to death for the 2008 murder of Denise Amber Lee.
King v. State, 89 So. 3d 209, 212 (Fla. 2012). This Court detailed the facts of the
murder and subsequent trial in King’s initial appeal:
[O]n January 17, 2008, at approximately 3:30 p.m., Nathan Lee returned to his home on Latour Avenue in North Port, Florida, to find his wife, Denise Amber Lee, missing. The do

Tulsa, OK - Dewey Man Pleads Guilty To $8.2 Million K2 Conspiracy

John Ray James of Dewey, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Claire V. Egan to his role in a conspiracy related to the purchase and sale of $8.2 million of synthetic cannabinoids, also known as K2, at three retail smoke shops in Tulsa, Owasso and Claremore in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371.

At his chang

Muskogee, OK - Plaintiffs Get $750,000 Judgment Against United States in Wrongful Death Case.

Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

Having considered this record as a whole, the court enters its findings of fact and conclusions
of law pursuant to Rule 52(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. To the extent a finding of fact
constitutes a conclusion of law, the c

¶1 In Panos v. Smith’s Food & Drug Centers, Inc., 913 P.2d 363 (Utah Ct. App. 1996), the court of appeals held that when a judge issues an order dismissing a case for failure to prosecute, but fails to explicitly provide that the case is dismissed with prejudice or pursuant to Utah Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b), the presumption is that the case is dismissed without prejudice.

¶2 Today we

Norman, OK - Jackie Watkins, as guardina ad litem for Jane Doe, sued Central State Griffin Memorial Hospital, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Nicholas Schiavo, Dr. Asma Mudassir on a governmental tort claim medical negligence (medical malpractice) theories claiming that Jane Doe, as an innocent, young-adult, pregnant in-patient receiving mental health treatment a

In this appeal, Defendant Ron Lusk raises a single issue: whether the district court erred in concluding it had personal jurisdiction over him. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.
I

Eryetha Mayberry and Rachel Mary Kingsbury both died in residence at the Quail Creek Nursing Home in Oklahoma City (Nursing Home), which was owned by the Westlake Nursing Home Limit

Due to the procedural posture, all facts and inferences that may be reasonably drawn from the evidence are resolved in Lumry's favor because the district court decided this case against him on summary judgment. Thoroughbred Assocs. v. Kansas City Royalty Co., 297 Kan. 1193, 1204, 308 P.3d 1238 (2013); O'Brien v. Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc., 294 Kan. 318, 330, 277 P.3d 1062 (2012). Our f

Columbus, OH - Jury Awards $2 Million To Plaintiff In Products Case Against DuPont

Kenneth Vigneron, Sr. sued E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company on a products liability theory claiming to have been injured and damaged as a direct result of exposure to the chemical C-8 manufactured and sold by DuPont was unreasonably dangerous and caused him to develop testicular cancer.

Defenda

Oklahoma City, OK - Oklahoma House of Representatives Settled Sexual Harassment Claim

Hollie Anne Bishop sued the State of Oklahoma on a governmental tort claim theory claiming that she had been sexually harassed by Republic Representative Dan Kirby. Bishop worked for Kirby as an administrative assistant.

Ms. Bishop claimed that Kirby, age 58, started harassing her shortly afte

The facts are straightforward. On October 1, 2015, the State charged Steele with one count of possession of methamphetamine and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. The crimes allegedly were committed on September 30, 2015. On October 8, 2015, Steele pled no contest to possession of methamphetamine in exchange for dismissal of the other charge. At the sentencing hearing on November 13, 2

Pemberton Township contracted with the Pemberton First Aid
and Rescue Squad (Pemberton Rescue Squad) -- a private, non
profit organization -- to provide back-up emergency medical
services for the municipality. Defendant Brandon Morrison
served as a volunteer EMT on the Pemberton Rescue Squad and as
the Squad’s treasurer. Defendant was charged with official
misconduct

Jonathan Davis appeals from the district court’s order requiring payment
of restitution for his conviction of operating while intoxicated (OWI) (marijuana),
first offense, in violation of Iowa Code section 321J.2 (2013). Davis previously
appealed his conviction, and we affirmed. State v. Davis, No. 14-1976, 2016 WL
1677591, at *1 (Iowa Ct. App. Apr. 27, 2016). After a hearin

Los Angeles, CA - Ally Financial Agrees to Pay $52 Million to Resolve Investigation into Improper Conduct Related to Issuance of Mortgage-Backed Securities

Ally Financial Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $52 million to settle allegations that its subsidiaries acted improperly in relation to 10 subprime residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) in 2006 and 2007.

A sett

Plaintiff Eric Halbach (Halbach) suffered serious injuries when he fell as a result of uneven pavement on a public sidewalk adjacent to a commercial building owned by defendant 100 & 200 Clarendon Street, LLC (Clarendon), and
operated, leased, and maintained by one or more of the remaining defendants (collectively, Normandy). Halbach and his wife, Kathleen Halbach, subs

The record discloses the following undisputed facts. In the spring of 2006, defendant invited various contractors to submit bids in connection with the purchase and removal of three abandoned railroad bridges that spanned Arthington, Polk, and Lexington Streets in Chicago. Among those invited to bid was Happ’s, Inc., a scrap contractor that had worked with defendant and other railroads for 25 year

This case is a continuation of litigation that has been ongoing between these parties
both in Arkansas and across the nation. UFCW is a national labor organization. OUR
Walmart is a subsidiary of UFCW; it is an association of current and former Walmart
employees (“associates”) and their supporters whose purpose is, in part, to help associates on
issues related to their employ

The facts in this litigation are not clear. According to Mr. Bernard, a “blow-out” occurred on his property in October, 2014. The Lafayette Utilities
1Declinatory exceptions of insufficiency of citation and service of process, dilatory exceptions of vagueness, nonconformity of the petition, and lack of procedural capacity, and a peremptory exception of no cause of action were filed by various

Tulsa, OK - Tulsa County Settles Sexual Harassment Case With Former Sheriff's Department Employee

There are five dates or date ranges that are significant in this litigation. We
will give first an overview of their importance and then discuss each in more detail.
Next, we will provide an overview of the parties’ trial theories and discuss the key
rulings made by the trial court related to experts and the jury charge.

A. Significant historical dates

The first