Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with Medicare fraud.

Miami resident Lawrence Duran, the owner of a mental health care company, American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), was sentenced today to 50 years in prison for orchestrating a $205 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services (HH... More...   $0 (09-16-2011 - FL)

In this appeal, we consider whether a limited liability company ("LLC") must be joined as a necessary party in a derivative action brought by a member.

I. Facts and Proceedings

In 1998, Motel Investments of Christiansburg, LLC ("MIC") was formed for the purpose of building and operating a hotel in Christiansburg, Virginia. The original members of MIC were the Michael E. Siska Revocab... More...   $0 (09-16-2011 - VA)

Lee C. Hunt, Jr. appeals the judgment denying his claims for breach of contract, specific performance, unjust enrichment, quantum meruit, and conversion against the Estate of Anna M. Hunt and Billie A. Gammill, as personal representative of the estate and in her individual capacity (collectively, "Estate").1 Lee contends he presented sufficient evidence to prevail on his claims. He also contends t... More...   $0 (09-13-2011 - MO)

Rosalind Brooks appeals the dismissal of her action against a former employer alleging race, sex, and age discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII. The district court concluded Brooks has not filed a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) within 300 days of her termination, as required to exhaust her claim, see 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1), a... More...   $0 (09-09-2011 - MO)

The issues on appeal arise from a conflict between a father and his son— Silverio Gonzalez Plaza (father) and Silverio Antonio Gonzalez Plaza (son). Son and other defendants appeal from a non-final order appointing a receiver and enjoining son and other defendants from allegedly fraudulently disposing of money father claims is his. The funds at issue were transferred to Tecno-FL, a subsidiary co... More...   $0 (09-07-2011 - FL)

Street in San Antonio, Texas, the trial court found the fair market value to be $3.65 million with approximately $2.4 million in equity. Two mortgage payments must be made every month in the amount of $9,294.63 and $2,352.55. As for the antique telephones, David testified that before he married Dalal, he owned about 1,000 phones. Over the years, David’s collection grew to be one of the largest p... More...   $0 (09-07-2011 - TX)

Trust] with respect to all matters relating to the Lease of the Premises, and supersede[d] any and all other agreements between the parties hereto relating to the lease of the Premises." Shortly thereafter, SPLR received a check from the Trust for $4,000.00, dated February 7, 1998.3

The Easement Agreement

On February 17, 1998, SPLR and the Trust entered into a second written agreemen... More...   $0 (09-06-2011 - TX)

Southwest Aviation Specialties, LLC sued Randy L. Bibb and Christopher A. Albrecht on breach of contract, embezzlement and conversion, negligence, usurpation of business opportunity, breach of fiduciary duty, abuse of process, malicious prosecution and false reports of crimes theories.

The claims made and defenses asserted are not available.... More...   $1 (09-01-2011 - OK)

Appellant Larry Robert Guerrero (Robert) appeals from the trial court’s interlocutory order granting a temporary injunction. In relevant part, the trial court ordered Robert to deliver possession of a 2004 Ford Thunderbird automobile to appellee William Satterwhite Jr. By a single issue, Robert contends that the trial court erred in granting the temporary injunction because the order granted S... More...   $0 (08-31-2011 - TX)

Appellants Mark Rotella Custom Homes, Inc. d/b/a Benchmark Custom Homes (“MRCH”) and Mark Rotella (collectively with MRCH, “Rotella”) and Cole & Cole, P.C., and Robert R. Cole, Jr. (collectively “Cole”) filed a motion for rehearing en banc. We deny the motion for rehearing en banc, but we withdraw our opinion of April 7, 2011, and substitute the following in its place.

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Sarah and Gale Illig (collectively, "Illig"), on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, brought suit against Union Electric Company ("Union") in Missouri state court, alleging claims of inverse condemnation and trespass under Missouri law.

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) regulates "the construction, operation, and abandonment of most railroad lines in the United States."... More...   $0 (08-31-2011 - MO)

This is an appeal from the trial court’s orders granting Tenison Oil Company and Hess Corporation’s motions for sanctions. We reverse and remand.

Background Facts

James E. Brackens along with numerous other individuals[1] filed suit against Tenison Oil Company and Hess Corporation[2] in 2010. They claimed to own an undivided interest in 150 acres of land that they contend was ... More...   $0 (08-25-2011 - TX)

Appellants Essex Crane Rental Corp. and Vincent A. Morano (collectively, “Essex”) appeal the trial court’s judgments in favor of appellees Eric G. Carter d/b/a Eric G. Carter & Associates, David W. Farley, and Kenneth Beverly, and the trial court’s order granting Beverly’s motion to quiet title. In four issues, Essex contends that the trial court (1) improperly sustained Beverly’s obj... More...   $0 (08-25-2011 - TX)

Plaintiff Ligia Jaqueline Vaca, as trustee of the trust for the benefit of the minor children Martin Hinojosa, Paula Hinojosa and Pamela Hinojosa, appeals from a judgment entered after the court sustained a demurrer to her complaint without leave to amend. The court found plaintiff‟s claims were time-barred. We agree and affirm. The complaint shows plaintiff‟s fraud and related causes of actio... More...   $0 (08-22-2011 - CA)

Fleet Equipment Leasing, LLC sued Rick Crenshaw d/b/a J.D. Delivery on a conversion theory.

The claims made and defenses asserted are not available.... More...   $1 (08-18-2011 - OK)

Appellant Kojo Wih Nkansah, pro se, appeals from orders granting a motion to dismiss, a plea to the jurisdiction, and a motion for summary judgment in favor of Appellees University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), James Spaniola, Dana Dunn, Philip Cohen, Rod Hissong, and Sherman Wyman and from an order denying his motion for new trial. We will affirm.

UTA dismissed Nkansah from its S... More...   $0 (08-18-2011 - TX)

Contracts for the sale of real property often contain mortgage contingency clauses. In this case, the mortgage contingency clause required the purchasers to apply for a mortgage commitment ‘‘at the prevailing rate . . . and [to] pursue the same diligently.’’

On July 10, 2007, the plaintiffs, G. William McCoy and Karen S. McCoy, filed a three count complaint against the defendants, J... More...   $0 (08-13-2011 - cT)

This case presents one purely legal question: which statute of limitations applies when a person who received health care services funded by Medi-Cal during her or his lifetime dies with assets held in trust, and the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) seeks to recover the Medi-Cal payments from the trustee and distributees of the trust. Appellants, the trustee and distributees of the trust,... More...   $0 (08-11-2011 - CA)

Larry Plancich (Plancich) sued United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) for (1) failing to pay overtime compensation (Labor Code, §§ 510, 1194, 1198); (2) failing to provide meal and rest breaks (Labor Code, §§ 226.7, 512); (3) failing to keep, maintain, and furnish accurate wage statements and time records (Labor Code, §§ 226, 226.3, 1174, 1174.5); (4) conversion (Civ. Code, § 3336); (5) a prelim... More...   $0 (08-11-2011 - CA)

Michele SimmsParris brought this action under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681–1681x, to recover for the reporting of what she asserts was false information about her mortgage repayments. The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, determining that SimmsParris had not properly presented her claim as required by the FCRA, granted summary judgmen... More...   $0 (07-28-2011 - NJ)

2 Plaintiff conducted a rabbit breeding operation on property located in
3 Jackson County. In 2001, plaintiff pleaded no contest to animal abuse, and, in
4 conjunction with the criminal proceedings, the county seized her rabbits. The county
5 housed, treated, and fed the rabbits before declaring them abandoned, at which point the
6 county gave them away. In 2003, plaintiff filed an... More...   $0 (07-27-2011 - OR)

James N. Kufdakis, M.D. sued Brandon Jackson dba Web Jack Company on a breach of contract, trespass to chattel, conversion theories.

Defendant counterclaimed alleging breach of contract... More...   $1 (07-25-2011 - OK)

Debra Parks, the Appellant, filed a one-count complaint in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City alleging that she had been “wrongful[ly] terminat[ed] . . . in violation of public policy” from her job at Alpharma, Inc., the Appellee, a pharmaceutical company incorporated in Delaware, which had been headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey until being acquired in November of 2008 by King Pharmac... More...   $0 (07-19-2011 - MD)

In September 2009, Ashleigh Pruell and Amy Gordon filed this putative class action in Massachusetts Superior Court against named hospitals in the Caritas Christi hospital network and two of its senior executives (collectively, "Caritas"). Pruell and Gordon, employees of Caritas, purport to represent a class of over 12,000 Caritas hospital employees and claim that they and other class members were ... More...   $0 (07-14-2011 - MA)

[¶1] Appellant, Anthony Smith, appeals from an Order and Judgment awarding damages to Appellee, Lewis Auto Body, for costs incurred in connection with the repair and storage of his vehicle. Mr. Smith contends the district court erred in awarding damages for storage beyond the date that his insurer demanded release of the vehicle.

We reverse.

ISSUE

[¶2] Mr. Smith presents the... More...   $0 (07-13-2011 - WY)