Richard Weed, a securities lawyer,
wrote false opinion letters so that his two co-conspirators could
sell stock to the public in a "pump and dump" scheme.1 In
connection with this conduct, he was convicted of securities fraud,
wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit both. Following the jury's
guilty verdict, Weed moved for a judgment of acquittal. He argued
that the evidence w... More...   $0 (10-11-2017 - MA)

Plaintiff David Johnson filed a putative class-action suit against Defendant KeyBank National Association in 2010, alleging that KeyBank improperly manipulated the order of debit card transactions in customer accounts in order to maximize collection of overdraft fees. This appeal relates not to the substance of Johnson’s suit but to the enforceability of an arbitration provision contained in the a... More...   $0 (10-01-2017 - FL)

Chippewa Falls, WI - Jury Returns Defendants' Verdict in Personal Injury CAse

Colin Turner sued Chippewa Valley Music Festival, Seekjoy Productions, LLC and Bounce Back, LLC d/b/a US Airbag on negligence theories claiming that he was injured and/or damaged when he jumped into an airbag at an attraction at the Country Fest in Cadott in 2013

Court Record Events
Date Event Court... More...   $0 (09-26-2017 - )

The City of South San Francisco approved a conditional-use permit allowing an
office building to be converted to a medical clinic for use by Planned Parenthood Mar
Monte, Inc. (Planned Parenthood), the real party in interest. The City determined that its
consideration of the permit was categorically exempt from the California Environmental
Quality Act, Public Resources Code section... More...   $0 (09-19-2017 - CA)

John King and Tammy Drummond (collectively, “Relators”) appeal the
district court’s grant of summary judgment to Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., on
their False Claims Act (“FCA”) claims and a subsequent ruling that partly
granted court costs to Solvay. For the reasons explained below, we AFFIRM.
2
I. Background
Relators are both former Solvay sales and marketing employees. Th... More...   $0 (09-15-2017 - TX)

This case involves claims of breaches of fiduciary duty and
legal malpractice against lawyers hired to defend insureds in a civil action where
the insurance company provided the defense.^ The insureds claim the lawyers
violated their professional responsibilities by failing to disclose a potential conflict
^ The Court of Appeals and the parties in their briefing characterized the i... More...   $0 (09-14-2017 - WA)

Mary and Roger Lee sued Mathews Township, South Dakota, and three
members of the Township Board of Supervisors—William Driscoll, Greg Albrecht,
and William Albrecht (collectively, the individual defendants)—alleging claims
under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. The defendants moved for dismissal and
summary judgment, which the district court denied in part and granted in part. TheMore...   $0 (09-07-2017 - SD)

Appellants Miguel Ponce and Chrystal Ponce filed a motion for rehearing of our July 13, 2017 memorandum opinion and judgment. We deny the motion
1See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
2
for rehearing but withdraw our July 13, 2017 opinion and substitute the following in its place.
In one legal sufficiency issue and five factual sufficiency issues, the Ponces appeal the trial court’s judgment f... More...   $0 (08-25-2017 - TX)

This is yet another case that has its roots in the devastation Hurricane Katrina wreaked on New Orleans. Resilient as the city is, it swiftly began to rebuild. That effort presented attractive opportunities for investors and developers looking to turn a profit. This case involves one such opportunity that went sour.
This lawsuit that followed resulted in a bench trial. One of the defendants ap... More...   $0 (08-22-2017 - LA)

Appellants Savannah Gonzalez and Krystal Gonzalez assert that the trial court erred in granting appellee Stephanie Gonzalez’s motion for summary judgment.1 We reverse the trial court’s judgment and remand.
BACKGROUND
Savannah and Krystal are the shareholders of W.D. Properties, Inc., a company which owned a building in Dallas. On January 26, 2007, W.D. Properties forfeited its Texas corpor... More...   $0 (08-22-2017 - TX)

Savannah, GA - Jury Awards Widow $4.5 Million For Death of Husband In Med Mal Case

Tammy Rogers, the widow of Thomas Frank Rogers sued Tattnall Hospital Co. d/b/a Optim Medical Center-Tattnall and Dr. Joseph Hand and another physician on medical malpractice theories claiming that her husband died after spinal surgery as a direct result of substandard care provided by the nurses and doctor... More...   $0 (08-19-2017 - )

Controlled substances continue to
cast a dark shadow over a large segment of American society. That
situation is made even worse by the proliferation of new
permutations of such substances. Synthetic cathinones,
colloquially known as bath salts, represent one of these
permutations, and we recently had occasion to warn that their
illegal use was becoming a mounting problem i... More...   $0 (08-15-2017 - ME)

Respondent James P. Baldwin (Baldwin), a prominent real estate developer,
is no stranger to the complicated world of business entity structuring. Over the course of
his lifetime, he has formed and held interest in hundreds of corporations, partnerships and
limited liability companies. This appeal concerns one of those limited liability
companies, JPB Investments LLC (JPBI).
App... More...   $0 (08-13-2017 - CA)

This insurance coverage dispute arises from a massive explosion that occurred
when an unmarked petroleum pipeline was struck by an excavator. Numerous lawsuits
were filed against a range of defendants, including the pipeline owner and the staffing
agency providing personnel to the pipeline. After settling the lawsuits against the
pipeline owner, an excess insurer for the pipeline s... More...   $0 (08-12-2017 - CA)

The National Credit Union Administration Board accused Stan and Bara Jurcevic and their privately owned company, Stack Container Service, of fraudulently obtaining loans from St. Paul Croatian Federal Credit Union. In response, the district court enjoined Stan Jurcevic from disposing of all of his assets, save living expenses, before the trial over these allegations. It also dismissed the Board’s ... More...   $0 (08-11-2017 - OH)

Merced, CA - Jury Convicts Two On Murder Charges

The People of the State of California charged William White, age 38, and Victor Hernandez, age 27, with first-degree murder and two counts of home invasion robbery with gun for robbing and killing Juan Carlos Alvarez, in 2014.

The State charged that White, Hernandez, Yepez and two other Hernandez brother went to the home of Juan Ca... More...   $0 (08-10-2017 - CA)

High Mountain Ranch Group, LLP (High Mountain), filed a petition for declaratory judgment against Elbert L. Niece, GT Land LP (GT Land), Mary Hernandez,1 and the Estate of Manuel Saucedo, Sr. (Saucedo), among others,2 seeking a judgment determining that the Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions (DCRs) on Lot 34 in Austin’s Glenbrook Addition3 is illegal, void, and/or unenforceable, and alterna... More...   $0 (08-04-2017 - TX)

This is an interlocutory appeal of the trial court’s denial of appellants Apple Tree Café Touring, Inc. and Erica Wright’s motion to dismiss appellee Paul Levatino’s defamation claim under the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA), an Anti-SLAPP statute. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. §§ 27.001–27.011 (West 2015). We reverse, in part, that portion of the trial court’s order awarding Levati... More...   $0 (08-03-2017 - TX)

N.F. appeals from a final judgment rendered after a jury trial on A.S.’s personal injury lawsuit against him. In two issues, N.F. challenges the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence supporting causation and future medical expenses. In a third issue, N.F. contends the trial court erred in refusing to strike a portion of A.S.’s expert’s causation testimony. For the reasons that follow, we a... More...   $0 (08-02-2017 - TX)

¶ 1 Defendant, Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (Mitsubishi), appeals the judgment of
the trial court in favor of plaintiffs, Sara J. Foster, surviving widow of John C. Foster, and
Jacob C. Foster, Nicholas C. Foster, Cody J. Foster, Chad L. Foster, and Ian A. Foster by Sara
J. Foster, their mother and guardian (collectively hereinafter Sara), to enforce an arbitration
award o... More...   $0 (08-02-2017 - IL)

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... More...   $0 (07-27-2017 - CA)

According to the minutes of evidence, on New Year’s Eve of 2015, Des
Moines police officer Emily Shoff-Salsbery saw the Toyota Camry driven by
Steele turn without signaling. As the officer closed in on the Camry, Steele made
several abrupt turns. Steele then sped through a residential neighborhood.
Before Shoff-Salsbery could activate her lights, Steele drove down a dead-end... More...   $0 (07-24-2017 - IA)

New Orleans, LA - Former Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force Officer Pleads Guilty to Firearm and Conversion Charges

A former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) task force officer pleaded guilty on July 20, 2017 to unlawfully possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and later conspiring to misappropriate money seized by the DEA during the execution of a search.... More...   $0 (07-21-2017 - LA)

Plaintiff Marianne Irvin and her late husband, Richard Irvin (respectively,
Marianne and Richard), obtained a judgment of legal separation a few months before his
death. Notwithstanding the separation, the couple‘s agreement dividing their assets
reflected Richard‘s intent that Marianne would receive the pension benefits available to a
surviving spouse after his death. Defendant Co... More...   $0 (07-16-2017 - CA)

Joseph Housworth raises several issues on appeal from his convictions in a jury trial of 12 crimes, mostly related to distributing illegal drugs. Two of Housworth's appellate claims are well taken.

First, he argues that there's insufficient evidence to support his conviction for intimidation of a witness. We agree. Intimidating a witness means dissuading a witness from testifying, and a... More...   $0 (07-13-2017 - KS)