Skydive Arizona owns and operates one of the largest skydiving centers in the world. Defendants Butler, Quattrocchi, Atlanta SC, Inc., CASC, Inc., and IGOVincent, Inc. (collectively, SKYRIDE) operate an Internet and telephone-based advertising service, making skydiving arrangements for customers, and issuing certificates that can be redeemed at various drop zones around the country. Skydive Arizon... More...   $0 (03-12-2012 - AZ)

The defendants, Hudson River International, LLC (tenant) and Laboratorio Lucas Nicolas S.L. (guarantor), appeal from a Superior Court judgment ordering the payment of damages to the plaintiff, 275 Washington Street Corp., as trustee of the Washington Street Realty Trust II (landlord), for breach of a commercial lease (lease). [FN4] The tenant concedes that it likely will owe damages for abandoning... More...   $0 (03-09-2012 - MA)

Defendant Trancos, Inc. (Trancos) appeals from a judgment awarding statutory damages and attorney fees to plaintiff Daniel Balsam under Business and Professions Code1 section 17529 et seq. (Anti-spam Law). Balsam cross-appeals from portions of the judgment denying him relief under the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, Civil Code section 1750 et seq. (CLRA), and finding Trancos‘s chief executive offi... More...   $0 (02-24-2012 - CA)

Dallas County condemned a portion of appellees' See Footnote 1 property for the purpose of widening Trinity Mills Road in Carrollton. Following a jury trial, the trial court rendered judgment and awarded the County a permanent easement and street right-of-way over a portion of Crestview's real property. It also awarded Crestview the stipulated value of the portion taken, plus damages to the re... More...   $0 (02-16-2012 - TX)

City of Siloam Springs sued The Kansas City Southern Transport Company, Inc. on an eminent domain theory seeking to acquire some right, title or interested in real property owned by Defendant by condemnation.... More...   $0 (02-14-2012 - AR)

Joan H. Riebel, Harold J. Harris, and Brian W. Harris (Landowners) appeal an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County (trial court) that overruled their key preliminary objection to Bear Creek Township‟s (Township) Declaration of Taking.2 The trial court held that the Township‟s taking of land for a charter school and a recreational area was authorized by The Second Class Township ... More...   $0 (02-13-2012 - PA)

State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Department of Transportation sued Steve J. Melton on an eminent domain theory seeking to acquire by condemnation certain rights, title and interest in real property owned by Defendant.

Gary Fleener, Mike Craddrock and Jim Barton were appoint commissioners by the Court. ... More...   $1 (02-10-2012 - OK)

The City of Jenks sued Roger E. Sparkman and La Vella Sparkman on eminent domain theoris seeking to acquire certain rights, title and interest in real property owned by Defendants by condemnation for public use. The property in question was located at 711 South Elm, Jenks, Oklahoma.

The Court appointed George O'Conner, Max Tankersley and Lance Larey to service as commissioners and to assess... More...   $353700 (02-09-2012 - OK)

A recent Google search for ―youth sports‖ showed 379,000,000 results. ―Safety in youth sports,‖ 66,800,000. ―Problem parents in youth sports,‖ 21,600,000. And ―problem coaches in youth sports,‖ 108,000,000. Subjects of tremendous interest.

Plaintiff Lawrence Hecimovich, by profession an attorney, was in 2008-2009 the volunteer basketball coach of a fourth grade basketball te... More...   $0 (02-09-2012 - CA)

Three years after suffering a collapsed lung following a medical procedure, Shannon Ranucci filed a Notice of Intent to File Suit (Notice) against Corey K. Crain, M.D. Ranucci subsequently filed an affidavit of a medical expert. The circuit court granted Dr. Crain's motion to dismiss Ranucci's Notice for failure to file the medical expert's affidavit timely. Ranucci appeals, arguing the circuit... More...   $0 (01-25-2012 - SC)

Three years after suffering a collapsed lung following a medical procedure, Shannon Ranucci filed a Notice of Intent to File Suit (Notice) against Corey K. Crain, M.D. Ranucci subsequently filed an affidavit of a medical expert. The circuit court granted Dr. Crain's motion to dismiss Ranucci's Notice for failure to file the medical expert's affidavit timely. Ranucci appeals, arguing the circuit... More...   $0 (01-25-2012 - SC)

Donna K. Baldwin filed an action in Hillsborough County against Pinellas County (the County) for the inverse condemnation of her land located wholly within Hillsborough County. The County moved to dismiss the action for improper venue, claiming its home venue privilege. The circuit court denied the motion, and the County appeals.1 Because Ms. Baldwin's complaint for inverse condemnation invoked th... More...   $0 (01-20-2012 - FL)

The City of Laredo appeals a judgment awarding attorney’s fees to the appellees (“Montano Family”) after a jury found that the City of Laredo intended to condemn property owned by the Montano Family for an unauthorized use. The City of Laredo challenges: (1) the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence to support the attorney’s fees awarded to the Montano Family; (2) the authority to ... More...   $0 (01-19-2012 - TX)

Appellant, Charles Thielemann, challenges the county court at law’s order dismissing, for want of jurisdiction, his defamation claim[1] against appellee, Alan Kethan, and awarding Kethan sanctions.[2] In three issues, Thielemann contends that the county court at law erred in granting Kethan’s motion to dismiss and assessing sanctions, denying Thielemann’s motion requesting that the county c... More...   $0 (01-19-2012 - TX)

Lester M. Dean, Jr. challenges the entry of a personal judgment against him for an excess condemnation award which had been paid to Glacier Development Co., L.L.C. (Glacier), a limited liability company (LLC) of which Dean was the sole and managing member. Finding that the district court did not have jurisdiction to make the findings necessary to hold Dean personally liable for an LLC debt, we rev... More...   $0 (12-23-2011 - KS)

The plaintiff, AllenMatthew Kimathi, appeals from an adverse verdict in this medical malpractice action, contending the district court erred in denying motions for directed verdict and for new trial. Because there was conflicting expert testimony as to whether the standard of care was breached, the district court did not err in sending the case to the jury or abuse its discretion in denying the mo... More...   $0 (12-21-2011 - IA)

This case concerns a dispute over the location of the Bartolo Escobeda Survey and the ownership of the minerals being produced by oil and gas wells being operated by Comstock Oil & Gas, LP. One of the defendants in the trial court is an Indian tribe that is immune from suit in state court. As to the remaining defendants, we affirm the trial court‟s summary judgment that the plaintiffs take nothi... More...   $0 (12-15-2011 - TX)

Appellant and Cross-Appellee EOG Resources, Inc. appeals from an adverse judgment in favor of Appellee and Cross-Appellant James R. Hurt, Jr. Hurt appeals a postverdict ruling by the trial court. As to EOG’s appeal, we will reverse and render. As to Hurt’s appeal, we will affirm.

II. Factual and Procedural Background

EOG is an oil and gas exploration and develop... More...   $0 (12-15-2011 - TX)

Ernest T. Rossiello & Associates, P.C. successfully represented plaintiff Danielle Pickett in a Title VII retaliation suit against her employer, defendant Sheridan Health Care Center (“Sheridan”). The jury awarded $65,000 in damages to Pickett, and her attorneys then sought to recover attorneys’ fees in the amount of $131,665.88. The district court granted plaintiff’s fee request in part a... More...   $0 (12-15-2011 - IL)

Plaintiffs are owners of condominium units that are designated “Below Market Rate” (BMR units), and thus subject to restrictions imposed by the Below Market Rate Condominium Conversion Program (BMR Program) created by the City and County of San Francisco (the City), under authority of the state Subdivision Map Act (Gov. Code,

§§ 66410 et seq.) (SMA).1 Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit aga... More...   $0 (12-15-2011 - CA)

This appeal comes to us from two consolidated suits brought under the Uniform Trade Secrets Acts of Indiana and Missouri. Both suits involve information about the repair and overhaul of helicopter engines published by Appellee Rolls- Royce Corp. Rolls-Royce sought damages and injunctive relief for alleged trade secret violations. Appellant AvidAir Helicopter Supply Inc. sought a declaration that t... More...   $0 (12-13-2011 - MO)

This matter comes before us on cross-appeals from the District Court’s ruling on a petition for interim injunctive relief sought by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) pursuant to § 10(j) of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”), 29 U.S.C. § 160(j). For nearly forty years, since Eisenberg ex rel. N.L.R.B. v. Hartz Mountain Corp., 519 F.2d 138 (3d Cir. 1975), we have held t... More...   $0 (12-08-2011 - PA)

Appellee Mayson, who had been employed at a nonprofit facility, open to the public, that was run by religious entities associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Church), was discharged because he failed to qualify for a certificate that he was a member of the Church and eligible to attend its temples. He, with other individuals purporting to represent a class, brought an a... More...   $0 (12-07-2011 - DC)

The plaintiffs, Ashley Joffe (Joffe) and Plycraft Industries, a California corporation (Plycraft; collectively, plaintiffs) appeal from the judgment of dismissal entered by the trial court following its order sustaining without leave to amend the demurrer of two defendants1 to plaintiffs‟ cause of action for inverse condemnation.2 This case raises issues concerning the application of the Supreme... More...   $0 (12-02-2011 - CA)

This is an insurance coverage dispute between the County of Boise (the County) and its insurer, Idaho Counties Risk Management Program (ICRMP). ICRMP refused to defend the County in Fair Housing Act (FHA) litigation in federal court, which the County claimed breached its insurance agreement. The district court determined the FHA claims against the County were excluded from the policy and granted s... More...   $0 (11-30-2011 - ID)