In three cases consolidated in the trial court, the Estuary Owners Association
(EOA) and individual owners of condominiums built on the site of a former bulk fuel
distribution terminal sued successive owners and developers of the property, as well as
contractors involved in constructing the condominiums, over alleged contamination of
the soil and groundwater at the site and imprope

Plaintiff FilmOn.com (FilmOn) is an Internet-based
entertainment media provider. Defendant DoubleVerify, Inc.
(DoubleVerify) provides authentication services to online
advertisers. FilmOn sued DoubleVerify for trade libel, slander,
and other business-related torts, alleging DoubleVerify falsely
classified FilmOn’s websites under the categories “Copyright
Infringement-File S

Philadelphia, PA - Defunct Philly Hospice’s Owners/Operators to Pay Millions to Settle Civil False Claims Suit

Matthew Kolodesh, Alex Pugman, Svetlana Ganetsky, and Malvina Yakobashvili have agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle False Claims Act allegations that they and their now-defunct company, Home Care Hospice, Inc. (HCH), falsely claimed and received taxpayer dollars for hospi

Section 663 of the Code of Civil Procedure allows an aggrieved party in a
civil case to move the trial court to vacate its final judgment. The question in this
case is whether an order denying one of those motions is appealable even if it
raises issues that could have been litigated via an appeal of the judgment. We
answered yes to this question over a century ago. (See Bond v. Uni

NylondaJazz Sharnese appeals a take-nothing judgment following a bench trial in her suit against Jose Lopez, Miguel Angel Silva, and Rebecca Rodriguez. Sharnese challenges the trial court’s exclusion of evidence she tried to present at trial. She also contends the trial court erred by failing to file findings of fact and conclusions of law, granting judgment in favor of appellees, and demonstratin

This appeal arises from two townhome duplex owners, Alfred “Corky” Belanger and Michael Drennan, who brought breach of contract, trespass, negligence, and diversion of water claims against their homeowners association and its management company.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Lakeside Village
Lakeside Village is a gated townhome community comprised of 498 units by a lake in Rockwall

I. INTRODUCTION
Between 1999 and 2010, Albert Wilcox made a series of loans to James Hardwick.
In 2013, Hardwick filed this action to recover usurious interest and prevent Wilcox from
foreclosing on property securing his loans. Wilcox countersued for breach of contract
and judicial foreclosure. The trial court entered judgment in favor of Hardwick, finding,
among other things,

In this construction defect lawsuit by a homeowner, the jury found the general
contractor -- defendant Estate of William G. Davidson, formerly Davidson Construction
(Davidson) -- negligent and liable for some, but not all, alleged violations of building
standards under the Right to Repair Act, Civil Code section 895, et seq. (the Act). The
estate is a proper party where the deceden

San Diego, CA - Federal Jury Convicts Imperial Beach Man in Fatal Stabbing of his Texas Boyfriend

On the second anniversary of his victim’s death, David Enrique Meza of Imperial Beach was convicted by a federal jury this morning of fatally stabbing his boyfriend 24 times, slashing his throat twice and dumping his body in a ravine near Rosarito Beach, Mexico in order to inherit the boyfri

We are confronted here with issues concerning the scope of a guaranty given to
secure the buyer’s obligations under a master agreement and various subsidiary
agreements involving the purchase and sale of a motorcycle dealership. In addition, we
address the circumstances under which the liability of the guarantor, by virtue of
subsequent actions by the seller, may be exonerated.

This action arises out of a series of events that began at a
Los Angeles middle school, where Katia Julian taught
mathematics, and ended at Mission Community Hospital, where
Julian was involuntarily detained for mental health evaluation
and treatment. After her release, Julian sued the Los Angeles
Unified School District (LAUSD), the Los Angeles Unified School
Police (LAUSP

SUMMARY
Since January 1, 2008, Civil Code sections 1098 and 1098.5
have governed the circumstances under which certain fee
payments, imposed when real property is transferred, may or
may not be collected.1 In Marina Pacifica Homeowners Assn. v.
Southern California Financial Corp. (2014) 232 Cal.App.4th 494
(Marina Pacifica I), this court determined that a monthly
“assig

This is an appeal by State Savings & Loan Association (State) from a judgment entered after a trial on remand pursuant to our opinion in State Savings & Loan Association v. Kauaian Development Co., 50 Haw. 540, 445 P.2d 109 (1968). Based on the record, we treat the instant appeal as an appeal primarily from the trial court's order denying State's motion for a new trial.

In our pr

El Paso, TX - El Paso Man Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison in Connection with Murder-For-Hire Plot

Emmanuel Velasco Gurrola, age 30, was sentenced to life in federal prison for his role in a murder-for-hire plot.

Senior United States District Judge David Briones imposed a life-imprisonment sentence on each count to which Velasco Gurrola pleaded guilty prior to trial: three co

El Paso, TX - Samuel Velasco Gurrola Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Murder-For-Hire Plot Involving His Wife, Her Father and Her Sister

Sentence comes one day after his brother, Emmanuel Velasco Gurrola, received a life sentence for his role in the plot

Samuel Velasco Gurrola was sentenced to life in federal prison for his role in a murder-for-hire plot.

On Octob

Christopher Riegel and various entities affiliated with him––My Three Sons, Ltd., My
Three Sons Management, LLC, Prestonwood OB/GYN Associates, P.A., Christopher Riegel,
M.D., P.A.––appeal the trial court’s dismissal of their lawsuit against appellees for failing to
comply with an order compelling arbitration of the dispute. In five issues, appellants complain
the trial court erred

The issue presented on appeal is whether the defendant Briarwood Condominium Association had the power to impose fines and file a lien against plaintiff's property for violating Association rules without resorting to judicial process.
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Plaintiff's son drove a truck onto the yard and let his puppy run lose while he and a helper loaded Plaintiff's belongings into the truck.
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Chalcombe Court is a condominium community in Charlotte, North Carolina. The community is governed by its mandatory-membership Homeowners Association (the Association), acting through its Board of Directors (the Board). The community and the Association are further governed by the Declaration of Unit Ownership and Bylaws and the General Rules and Regulations (the condominium documents).

The Unit Owners Association of BuildAmerica-1, a condominium, filed its bill to enforce liens recorded against condominium units owned by Harry F. Gillman and Saundra K. Gillman based upon fines it had levied for alleged violations by them of its rules and regulations. It also sought to enjoin the Gillmans from bringing their garbage trucks onto the common elements of the condominium. The Gillman

Appellant Nemoria Coria purchased a home from appellees Christopher Jide Ogidan and
Moses Gbolabo. She later sued appellees for breach of contract and DTPA violations. The trial
court entered a take-nothing judgment in favor of appellees. In four issues, appellant argues the
trial court erred by (1) entering a take nothing judgment when the undisputed evidence
established appellees

Appellee Dale Foster sued his business partner, appellant Robert Hynds, for
fraud, breach of contract, and other claims arising out of an investment opportunity
in an oil and gas field in Alabama. Foster moved for summary judgment on his fraud


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and breach of contract claims. After the trial court rendered summary judgment in
Foster’s favor, ordering res

The Harbours Condominium Association, Inc., ("Association") appeals from the trial court's denial of the Association's request for a money judgment and to foreclose on a condominium lien against a condominium owner, Angela Hudson. On appeal, the Association presents five issues for review, which we restate as:

1. Whether the trial court erred when it entered a personal judgment ag

Defendant West NY Suites, L.L.C., appeals from the Law Division's judgment following a bench trial finding it liable on

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a breach of contract claim brought by plaintiff 5907 Boulevard, L.L.C, and awarding damages and attorney's fees. We affirm.

In summary form, the parties entered into a contract for the sale of an apartment building from plaintiff to defen

Plaintiff Global Quest, LLC appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendants on all but one count of plaintiff’s amended complaint and to defendant Horizon Yachts, Inc. on its counterclaim for foreclosure of a promissory note. Plaintiff appeals from the district court’s entry of partial final judgment pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.1 We reve