Appellants, Doris Dickerson, individually and as representative of the estate of Jerry Dickerson, and Longhorn Pest Control, challenge the trial court’s granting of summary judgment and several other orders in favor of appellee, Laura Campos.[1] By four issues, appellants argue that the trial court erred in: (1) granting Laura’s no-evidence motion for summary judgment; (2) sustaining Lauraâ€... More...   $0 (08-04-2011 - TX)

Following a catastrophic rejection of her transplanted kidney in May of 2006, plaintiff-appellant Blanca Valdez-Huerta, by and through her mother, Hope Huerta, (collectively, “Huertaâ€�), brought this diversity jurisdiction action against BioScrip Pharmacy Services, Inc. (“BioScripâ€�) in the District of New Mexico. Huerta asserted claims under New Mexico law for strict products liability, neg... More...   $0 (07-12-2011 - NM)

Minnesota homeowners brought this action1 against Zurn Pex, Inc. and Zurn Industries, Inc (Zurn) alleging that brass fittings used in the company's cross linked polyethylene (PEX) plumbing systems are inherently defective. In pretrial motions the homeowners sought class certification for their consumer protection, warranty, and negligence claims, and Zurn moved to strike the testimony of two of th... More...   $0 (07-06-2011 - MN)

We are presented with one of the most expansive class actions ever. The District Court and the Court of Appealsapproved the certification of a class comprising about one and a half million plaintiffs, current and former female employees of petitioner Wal-Mart who allege that thediscretion exercised by their local supervisors over payand promotion matters violates Title VII by discriminat-ing again... More...   $0 (06-20-2011 - CA)

This appeal arises from a medical malpractice lawsuit in which the plaintiff, Deborah M. Dawkins (Ms. Dawkins or plaintiff) alleged negligent diagnosis and treatment by the defendant, Dr. David Siwicki (Dr. Siwicki or defendant) during an emergency room visit in August 1998, after the plaintiff fell and injured her wrist. The complaint was filed in August 2001 and trial commenced in March 2007.1 T... More...   $0 (06-17-2011 - RI)

This is an appeal from a judgment in a civil action which cast costs against the prevailing party. The Defendants, Bayer CropScience, LP, and its employee, Michael Redlich, were ordered to pay court costs of $326,307.09, even though it garnered a favorable verdict in the court of appeals and a subsequent denial of writs by the Louisiana Supreme Court. Phillips v. G & H Seed Co., 08-934 (La.App. 3 ... More...   $0 (06-15-2011 - LA)

By two issues, appellant J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc., d/b/a J.C. Penney Styling Salon (“J.C. Penneyâ€�) contends that: (1) the trial court abused its discretion when it denied J.C. Penney’s motion to exclude the testimony of appellee’s expert witness, Nancy Heupel King; and (2) there was insufficient evidence at trial to support findings of negligence and damages against J.C. Penney. We ... More...   $0 (05-26-2011 - TX)

In this toxic tort case alleging exposure to benzene, plaintiffs-appellants Sue and Ray Pluck appeal the district court’s order granting summary judgment to defendant-appellee BP Oil Pipeline Company (“BPâ€�). The Plucks challenge the district court’s grant of BP’s motion in limine to exclude the testimony of their specific-causation expert, Dr. James Dahlgren, as unreliable under Daubert ... More...   $0 (05-12-2011 - OK)

In 2006, Polk County, pursuant to a contract with the State of Wisconsin, laid and compacted six inches of gravel on Highway 65. Kelli Elmer was killed and Courtney Doolittle was severely injured when Kelli lost control of her van as it entered the gravel lift[1] later that day.

¶2 Timothy and Terry Elmer, Kelli’s representatives, and Jerome and Kathrin Doolittle, Courtney’s re... More...   $0 (05-03-2011 - WI)

¶1 Petitioners, Adecco Inc.,1 and American Home Assurance (collectively, Employer), seek review of a workers' compensation court order awarding benefits for psychological overlay to Respondent, Patricia Dollar (Claimant). For the reasons set forth below, we sustain the workers' compensation court's decision. We deny Claimant's motion to tax costs.

BACKGROUND

¶2 In September 2004, C... More...   $0 (04-22-2011 - OK)

Appellee PBM Products, LLC (PBM) filed this action pursuant to the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1125(a), against Appellant Mead Johnson & Company, LLC (Mead Johnson) alleging that Mead Johnson distributed more than 1.5 million direct-to-consumer mailers that falsely claimed PBM’s baby formula products were inferior to Mead Johnson’s baby formula products. After a jury found that Mead Johnson had en... More...   $0 (04-20-2011 - VA)

I On March 11, 2007, seven-year-old M.J.H. rode her bicycle into the path of an oncoming Ford F-150 pickup truck driven by Brandon Moore. Although Moore took evasive action, he was unable to avoid hitting the child, who was severely injured as a result of the impact. M.J.H.'s mother, acting individually and on behalf of M.J.H., brought this diversity action against the manufacturer of the truck, F... More...   $0 (04-18-2011 - )

¶1 Roderick Earsel Webster was tried by jury and convicted of First-Degree Murder, under 21 O.S.Supp.1988, § 701.7(A), in Oklahoma County, Case No. CF-2007-7326. In accord with the jury's recommendation, the Honorable Virgil Black, District Judge, sentenced Webster to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Webster appeals his conviction and is properly before this Court.

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¶1 Roderick Earsel Webster was tried by jury and convicted of First-Degree Murder, under 21 O.S.Supp.1988, § 701.7(A), in Oklahoma County, Case No. CF-2007-7326. In accord with the jury's recommendation, the Honorable Virgil Black, District Judge, sentenced Webster to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Webster appeals his conviction and is properly before this Court.

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Erika Garcia was convicted of knowingly making false statements to a federally licensed firearms dealer (“FLFDâ€�), that is, acting as a straw buyer. She appeals her conviction and sentence on two grounds, claiming the district court: (1) abused its discretion by admitting portions of a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (“ATFâ€�) agent’s expert testimony; and (2) clearly erred by impo... More...   $0 (03-28-2011 - NM)

We granted certiorari in this case to review the court of appeals’ decision that overturned the trial court’s exclusion of two medical experts’ testimony.1The court of appeals held that the trial court abused its discretion when it applied an incorrect legal standard -- the reasonable medical probability standard -- as a preliminary matter in its reliability analysis to determine the admissi... More...   $0 (03-21-2011 - CO)

The plaintiff, Ramiro Rodriguez, appeals from the decision of the workers’ compensation review board (board) affirming the decision of the workers’ compensation commissioner (commissioner) to dismiss his claim for benefits for injuries he suffered in an accident while installing a roof for the defendant E.D. Construction, Inc.1 On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the board improperly affirmed... More...   $0 (02-18-2011 - CT)

Troy Banister sued Chicago police officers Craig Burton and Marc Moore along with the City of Chicago (we’ll refer to all the defendants, collectively, as “the Cityâ€�) alleging deprivation of his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. A jury returned a verdict in favor of the City. Banister now appeals the admission of the testimony of one of the City’s main witnesses, the City’s failure t... More...   $0 (02-14-2011 - IL)

¶1. In this wrongful death, product liability case, the jury awarded the plaintiffs $4.5 million, or $1.5 million for each of three decedents, finding that the automobile at issue was defective in both its design and manufacture. In an effort to convince this Court to reverse the trial judgment and to render judgment in its favor, Hyundai challenges the reliability of the plaintiffs’ three exp... More...   $0 (02-10-2011 - MS)

The Weitz Company, LLC, sued MH Washington, LLC, MacKenzie House, LLC, and Summit Steel Fabricators, Inc., for breach of contract. The jury returned verdicts for Weitz against MH Washington/MacKenzie House (for $981,976) and against Summit Steel (for $326,839). The jury also found for MH Washington/MacKenzie House on its breach-of-contract counterclaim against Weitz (for $285,400.07). The district... More...   $0 (01-07-2011 - MO)

Uniloc USA, Inc. and Uniloc Singapore Private Lim-ited (collectively, “Unilocâ€�) appeal from the decision of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island granting Microsoft Corporation’s (“Microsoftâ€�) motion for judgment as a matter of law (“JMOLâ€�) of non-infringement and no willful infringement of asserted claims of Uniloc’s U.S. Patent No. 5,490,216 (“’216... More...   $0 (01-04-2011 - RI)

Renia A. Cornwell died at a railroad grade crossing when the vehicle she was driving hit a locomotive owned and operated by Union Pacific Railroad Company. Her husband, Dennis R. Cornwell, brought a wrongful death action against Union Pacific alleging negligent, reckless, and intentional wrongdoing in the operation and maintenance of the locomotive’s horn as well as in the construction and maint... More...   $0 (01-03-2011 - OK)

No one’s memory is perfect. People forget things or get confused, and anyone can make an innocent misstatement or two. Or maybe even three or four. But not 868 of them. In this case, the plaintiff’s attorneys, William and Karen Amlong, filed a sixty-three page errata sheet containing 868 attempted changes to their client’s deposition testimony, which was the sole source of evidentiary suppor... More...   $0 (12-28-2010 - FL)

The named plaintiff, Eric Klein,1 appeals, following our grant of his petition for certification, from the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the trial court’s judgment, rendered after a jury verdict in a medical malpractice action, in favor of the defendant, Norwalk Hospital. The plaintiff claims that the Appellate Court, without reaching the merits of his individual claims, improperly c... More...   $0 (12-21-2010 - CT)