Susan Davey brought this employment discrimination action against her former employer, Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMC), alleging LMC discriminated against her on the basis of gender in 1992 and retaliated against her in 1993 for complaining about the discrimination when LMC selected her for layoff during a reduction in force. Davey amended her complaint to include another retaliation claim based... More...   $413210 (08-29-2002 - CO)

Gonzales owns copyrights on several designs intended to be imprinted on T-shirts. With-out bothering to get a license from him the defendant pro-duced and sold temporary tattoos that copy his designs, infringing four of his copyrights. When he discovered the infringements he sued the defendant, which promptly stopped producing and selling the infringing tattoos. By agreement of the parties ... More...   $0 (08-23-2002 - IL)

The appellants, Dorothy and Paul Hawkins, seek reversal of an order entered by the Circuit Court of Kanawha County on January 29, 2001. In that order, the court denied the Hawkins' motion for attorney fees and costs under the Magnuson-Moss Act. The court also refused to allow the Hawkins to amend their complaint to assert bad faith and unfair trade practices claims against Ford Motor Company. More...   $10715 (08-08-2002 - WV)

This personal injury case requires us to examine the scope of the immunity from liability that the Oregon Tort Claims Act (OTCA) grants to certain kinds of discretionary decisions of a public body. The case arose when plaintiff Gary Garrison (1) was injured when he fell from a raised concrete slab onto a lower slab at a Deschutes County (county) refuse transfer station. Plaintiffs brought the pres... More...   $0 (06-21-2002 - OR)

1. "'"The purpose of the words 'and leave [to amend] shall be freely given when justice so requires' in Rule 15(a) W.Va. R.Civ.P., is to secure an adjudication on the merits of the controversy as would be secured under identical factual situations in the absence of procedural impediments; therefore, motions to amend should always be granted under Rule 15 when: (1) the amendment permits the pre... More...   $0 (06-19-2002 - WV)

Under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801, the Department of Commerce formulated a series of plans and regulations to protect the dwindling stock of groundfish in the Gulf of Maine. These included closing certain areas to fishing. Appellant, The Gulf of Maine Fishermen's Alliance ("GMFA"), is an association of commercial fishermen who have been severely impacted by the regula... More...   $0 (06-11-2002 - ME)

Gafcon, Inc. (Gafcon) sued its liability insurer Travelers Property Casualty Corporation (Travelers), Travelers' in-house law firm Ponsor & Associates, and Ponsor lawyer Roger von Kaesborg (collectively Ponsor) seeking, among other relief, a judicial declaration that (1) Travelers' use of employee attorneys to defend its insureds constitutes the unauthorized practice of law; (2) insurance comp... More...   $0 (06-07-2002 - CA)

Jen-Rath Co., Inc., dba Jensen Homes, (Jen-Rath) brought this action against KIT Manufacturing Company (KIT) alleging, among other things, breach of contract and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing related to KIT's cancellation of an agreement by which Jen-Rath was an exclusive dealer of KIT's manufactured homes. The case was submitted to a jury solely on those two is... More...   $225000 (06-03-2002 - ID)

This appeal arises from a claim of negligence by plaintiff Christine McNall against defendant Bernadine Frus. Defendant, a licensed social worker, testified in the child custody proceeding between plaintiff and her former spouse. Plaintiff alleged that defendant, without interviewing plaintiff or her children, testified in that proceeding that plaintiff suffered from alcoholism and was a neglectfu... More...   $0 (05-31-2002 - IL)

In this case, an insurance company took its small stake in the outcome of a personal-injury claim, $20,000 worth of liability coverage purchased by one of its customers, and transformed it into a multimillion-dollar judgment against the carrier. For reasons that are not entirely clear, John Moss, executive vice president of Warrior Insurance Group(1), the person primarily responsible for this a... More...   $0 (04-23-2002 - IL)

Johnson alleges she was constructively demoted on account of her race. When HPD changed its administrative structure to accommodate a new 911 emergency call system, HPD eliminated the supervisory dispatcher position held by Johnson, but continued to employ Johnson in a similar position without decreasing her pay, seniority, or benefits. Thus, Johnson suffered no adverse employment action. Led... More...   $0 (04-23-2002 - AR)

On October 20, 1998, plaintiff, Robert Bruemmer, filed a class action complaint against the defendant, Compaq Computer Corporation, asserting consumer fraud and breach of contract causes of action under the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (Consumer Fraud Act) (815 ILCS 505/1 et seq. (West 1998)) and the Uniform Commercial Code (810 ILCS 5/1-101 et seq. (West 1998)). Pl... More...   $0 (04-03-2002 - IL)

The defendants, Noto Brothers Construction, LLC, and Anthony Noto and Heidi Noto, appeal from the order of the trial court granting the application for a prejudgment remedy filed by the plaintiffs, Dennis Rafferty and Eugenia Rafferty. The defendants claim that the court improperly (1) permitted the plaintiffs to proceed on an application for a prejudgment remedy that failed to comply with ... More...   $0 (03-25-2002 - CT)

The primary issue presented by this appeal is whether a cause of action for breach of a seller's agreement to repair any product defect that occurs during a warranty period accrues upon delivery of the product or only after the seller fails to perform the agreed repairs. We conclude that such a cause of action does not accrue until the seller fails to perform the required repair within a reasonabl... More...   $0 (03-15-2002 - NJ)

Delmar and Helen Taylor, the appellants and plaintiffs below, appeal the August 1, 2000 order of the Circuit Court of Randolph County which granted post-verdict judgment as a matter of law on behalf of the appellee and defendant below, Elkins Home Show. The Taylors raise several issues on appeal to this Court. After careful consideration of these issues, we affirm the judgment of the circuit court... More...   $0 (11-01-2001 - WV)

Plaintiff Russell L. Lipinski appeals from an order of the trial court dismissing with prejudice his second amended complaint against defendants Martin J. Kelly Oldsmobile, Inc. (Kelly Oldsmobile), and General Motors Corporation (GM). Plaintiff argues that the trial court erred in dismissing count I for failure to state a cause of action under the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Pra... More...   $0 (10-19-2001 - IL)

Defendant Pfizer Inc. ("Pfizer") appeals a district court order awarding attorneys' fees to plaintiffs Susan Kanter and Sharon Plunk ("Plaintiffs") under 28 U.S.C.§ 1447(c). The district court awarded those fees after Pfizer and its three co-defendants removed Plaintiffs' state-law class action from California court and the district court remanded. Because we agree with the district court tha... More...   $0 (09-10-2001 - CA)

In April of 1998, Gary and Delores Cunningham (the Cunninghams) purchased a new mobile home manufactured by Fleetwood from Ronnie Smith's Home Center, Inc. (Ronnie Smith's). The mobile home came with a manufacturer's warranty, and, as a part of the sales transaction, the Cunninghams executed an arbitration agreement with Ronnie Smith's. (1) Shortly after the purchase and installation of the home, ... More...   $0 (06-06-2001 - AL)

¶1 This appeal arises from a well-publicized decision by the Oklahoma City Police Department (OCPD) to remove the Academy Award-winning film The Tin Drum from public access after a state judge opined in an ex parte hearing that the movie contained child pornography in violation of Oklahoma law. Michael Camfield, whose rented copy of the movie was obtained from him at his apartment by three OCPD o... More...   $0 (05-04-2001 - OK)

This case, which involves the sale of a mobile home alleged to be defective, was born in state court in 1995 when the purchasers, whom we will call the Millers, sued several individuals and entities allegedly responsible for the substandard home. After 3 years of litigation in state court and six amendments to their complaint, the Millers filed a seventh amended complaint which added, fo... More...   $0 (05-01-2001 - IL)

On June 13, 1996, plaintiff purchased a 1996... More...   $0 (03-30-2001 - IL)

Premises Liability - Slip and Fall - Plaintiff slipped and fell in a water accumualtion on the sidewalk at Waterford Apartments. The Plaintiff asserted that the water had been present for approximately 2 months, was 3 1/2 to 5 ft. long and the width of the sidewalk and that she had stepped over the water for those two months to get to where she parked. The water accumualtion was apparantly ... More...   $200000 (10-18-2000 - OK)

Breach of Contract - Bouten Construction Company (Bouten) entered into an agreement to build the Wallace Inn (Inn) for H. F. Magnuson Company (Magnuson) on land owned by M & L Land Company (M & L) in Wallace, Idaho. The contract, signed on June 17, 1988, was a "cost plus" agreement with a set "Guaranteed Maximum Price" ... More...   $1790643 (11-15-1999 - ID)

Termination of Residential Tenancy - Defendant leased an apartment from HAP (Housing Authority of Portland). On February 11, 1998, Charles Moss, a superintendent for a construction company working on contract for HAP, met with defendant to discuss construction work that was taking place at the apartment building. Defendant became angry, directed obscene and threatening language at Moss, and ... More...   $0 (10-27-1999 - OR)

SEPTA's employees were performing work on its utility poles on the north side of Girard Avenue. Prior to beginning the work, SEPTA's foreman inspected the poles on the north side of the Avenue and found no problems. Nevertheless, one of the poles on the north side of the avenue broke and fell. This pole fell and struck a light pole owned by the city of Philadelphia which in turn fell onto wires. T... More...   $0 (07-22-1999 - PA)