In 2007, Heart Tronics, Inc., a medical device company,
purchased directors and officers liability insurance policies from
AXIS Insurance Company (AXIS) and Houston Casualty
Company (HCC). The AXIS policy has been exhausted.
Under the HCC policy, HCC agreed to pay defense
expenses incurred by Heart Tronics’s officers and directors, and
individuals serving in functionally eq... More...   $0 (04-07-2017 - )

¶1 This lawsuit arises from a crash landing on January 28, 2011,
during the flight of an experimental kit aircraft—a RANS S-6ES—from
Sedona to Buckeye, Arizona. The plane was piloted by Kevin Wetherilt,
who was the only person onboard the plane at the time of the crash, and
owned by Patten Harvey (collectively, “Plaintiffs”). The aircraft’s elevator
control bracket assembly app... More...   $0 (04-06-2017 - AZ)

Carl Eckhardt appeals the trial court’s summary judgment awarding his sister, Darnell Nesrsta, damages on her conversion claim. Eckhardt argues he raised a fact issue as to his affirmative defense of quasi-estoppel and conclusively established Nesrsta’s claim is barred by the statute of limitations. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
BACKGROUND
When Eckhardt and Nesrsta’s fathe... More...   $0 (04-06-2017 - TX)

Congress enacted the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (“ISDEAA”) to help Indian tribes assume responsibility for programs or services that a federal agency would otherwise provide to the tribes’ members. 25 U.S.C. §§ 5301 et seq. The transfer of authority from the Department of the Interior (“DOI”) to a tribe is memorialized in a “self-determination contract.” The ISDEAA i... More...   $0 (04-04-2017 - DC)

This is an appeal from an order denying a motion for new trial following a post-answer
default judgment. Because the defendant presented uncontroverted proof entitling him to relief, we
must reverse.
BACKGROUND
Appellant Bruce Hitt is a real-estate broker and investor who, at relevant times,
owned a San Angelo restaurant then known as the “Stillwater Bar & Grill.”1 In 2013, Hit... More...   $0 (03-29-2017 - TX)

This is an appeal from the trial court’s denial of a motion to compel arbitration and
stay proceedings filed by appellant Santander Consumer USA, Inc. The trial court granted the
motion as to appellee Mario A. Mata and denied it as to the remaining appellees, Centroplex
Automobile Recovery, Inc.; Blake Thornton Vandusen; John F. Thompson d/b/a Centroplex
Automobile Recovery, Inc.; ... More...   $0 (03-29-2017 - TX)

Plaintiff is an electrical utility company headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. Compl. ¶ 1. It provides electrical services to both residential and commercial customers in Missouri and Kansas. Id. On or about August 19, 2005, the United States, acting through the General Services Administration (“GSA”), entered into a contract with plaintiff for the delivery of electrical utility services t... More...   $0 (03-28-2017 - NJ)

¶ 1 This case requires us to determine the scope of the “covered profession” clause of a “Professional Liability Errors & Omissions Insurance” policy (Policy). Houston Casualty Company (Houston Casualty) issued the Policy to Utah County Real Estate, LLC (Prudential), a real estate brokerage. While working as a real estate agent for Prudential, Robert Seegmiller approached the plaintiffs in this ac... More...   $0 (03-23-2017 - UT)

Plaintiff/appellee GeoSteering LLC sued defendant/appellant Sergey Efremov seeking a temporary restraining order, a temporary injunction, a permanent injunction, and damages. The trial court entered a temporary injunction in GeoSteering’s favor, and Efremov brought this interlocutory appeal.
2
BACKGROUND
The service of “geosteering” involves monitoring drilling operations using real-ti... More...   $0 (03-15-2017 - TX)

Appellants, Maria Flores and Mitzie Tarin, appeal from an order in which the
trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Appellees, Elizar Benavides and
Belinda Benavides. We affirm.
1The parties have been before this court previously in Tarin v. Benavides, No. 11-11-00258-CV,
2014 WL 357771, at *1 (Tex. App.—Eastland Jan. 30, 2014, pet. denied) (mem. op.).
2
In a sing... More...   $0 (03-09-2017 - TX)

Lexington, KY - Winchester Man Sentenced To 24 Months For Illegally Hacking Into Website And Lying To Federal Agents

A Winchester, Ky., man, who previously admitted to hacking and taking control of a high school sports website, to gain publicity for his online identity and harass and intimidate the website owner and others, has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison.

U.S. ... More...   $0 (03-08-2017 - KY)

John Earley, Jr. was the named insured on an aircraft insurance contract (the
Policy) with U.S. Specialty Insurance Company (U.S. Specialty). Earley and Michael
Schlarb died during an instructional flight when an aircraft listed in the Policy crashed
shortly after takeoff. U.S. Specialty sought a declaratory judgment that the Policy doesn’t
cover any potential claims arising from t... More...   $0 (03-05-2017 - CO)

Josephine Douglas-Peters1 appeals the trial court’s final judgment in favor of Forest Law, P.C. d/b/a Cho, Choe & Holen, P.C.,2 as assignee of Choe, Holen, Yoo & Burchfiel, P.C.,3 on its claim against Douglas-Peters for breach of a legal representation retainer agreement and awarding it $90,453.21 in damages. Douglas-Peters raises four issues on appeal, arguing: (1) the evidence is legally and fac... More...   $0 (03-03-2017 - TX)

I. INTRODUCTION
Carlos Medina-Velasquez, a native and citizen of Honduras, petitions for
review of an order by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”). The BIA
affirmed an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision to deny Medina-Velasquez’s
*
In accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 43(c)(2), Jeff Sessions is substituted
for Loretta E. Lynch as the respondent in this action.
**Thi... More...   $0 (03-03-2017 - )

Derrick Sandoval was convicted of various drug crimes. He contends the
district court made a number of errors that undermined the fairness of his trial.
Because he did not object at the time, we review most of his arguments for plain
error. In sum, we conclude the district court did not plainly err in (1) allowing
opinion testimony from the detectives who investigated the drug ring... More...   $0 (03-02-2017 - )

This case involves an insurance dispute between
plaintiffs and defendant, Allstate Property and Casualty
Insurance Company (Allstate). After a theft at their home,
plaintiffs filed claims with Allstate, their insurance carrier,
under two policies. More than two years after the loss,
Allstate denied coverage for the loss and plaintiffs brought
an action against Allstate rela... More...   $0 (03-01-2017 - OR)

We address a second appeal from an action by a contractor
seeking damages arising out of its construction of a house.
Following our remand, the district court determined that the
election of remedies doctrine and judicial estoppel required a
dismissal of the contractor’s claims. Because the claims were
consistently premised on the existence of a contract, no election
was re... More...   $0 (02-28-2017 - )

EISMANN, Justice.
This is an appeal out of Shoshone County from a judgment: (a) denying recovery on an alleged oral promise to grant the Plaintiffs a right of first refusal with respect to a parcel of real property they were leasing, (b) denying recovery on an alleged oral promise to purchase the Plaintiffs’ buildings that were located on that property, and (c) finding that the Plaintiffs were... More...   $0 (02-24-2017 - ID)

This dispute between two clergymen — each claiming to be the Bishop of The
Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina — comes to us a second
time. Bishop Charles G. vonRosenberg initiated this action, seeking declaratory and
injunctive relief. He alleges that Bishop Mark J. Lawrence has violated the Lanham Act
by falsely advertising himself to be the Bishop of the... More...   $0 (02-22-2017 - SC)

After water damaged a building it was renovating, Gerald H. Phipps, Inc.,
d/b/a GH Phipps Construction Company, (“GHP”) sought coverage under its
builders’ risk insurance policy. GHP’s insurer, Travelers Property Casualty Company
of America (“Travelers”), denied the claim, and GHP sued for breach of contract,
common law bad faith, and statutory bad faith. GHP also sought a declarat... More...   $0 (02-17-2017 - CO)

Appellant Deborah Logsdon appeals from the trial court’s summary
judgment granted in favor of appellee Mark E. Logsdon. Because we conclude
the trial court did not err, we affirm the trial court’s judgment. See Tex. R. App.
P. 43.2(a).
1See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
2
I. BACKGROUND
A. DIVORCE AND LIQUIDATION OF ASSETS BY AUCTION
Deborah and Mark married in 1984 and join... More...   $0 (02-16-2017 - TX)

Tulsa, OK - Damian A. Laber sued the State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, d/b/a University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and the State of Oklahoma on breach of contract theories claiming to have been damaged as a result of said allege breach.

Issue # 1. Issue: BREACH OF CONTRACT (CONTRACT)
Filed By: LABER, DAMIAN
Filed Date: 07/31/2013
... More...   $87500 (02-16-2017 - OK)