Marshall Johnson is the beneficiary of a right to
periodic payments under a structured settlement agreement.
Petitioner J. G. Wentworth Originators, LLC (J. G.
Wentworth) brought this special proceeding under ORS
33.857 to 33.875 (2005),1 seeking to purchase at a discount
Johnson’s right to one future annuity payment and a portion
of a future lump sum payment. The trial cou

Robards was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder for the 2006
deaths of Frank and Linda Deluca. Robards, the couple’s personal trainer,
murdered them during the course of a robbery in which he stole personal
belongings of the Delucas, including a safe containing more than $88,000. The
Delucas died of multiple sharp force wounds, and their home was set on fire aft

On December 9, 2000, Severina Fernandez was found stabbed to death in
her Miami apartment. The case went cold until 2004, when DNA from blood left
at the crime scene was determined to match Victor Guzman’s DNA. As a result,
Guzman was indicted for first-degree murder, stood trial, and was convicted. The
jury recommended a sentence of death by a vote of seven to five, and the

On December 7, 2012, officers from the Cedar Rapids Police Department
responded to a call from Cusic in which he admitted killing Labkon with a
crowbar. Officers found Labkon in her bedroom. A pill container was on her
chest and a sheathed dagger was underneath her pillow.
Cusic was arrested. On the drive to the police station, he was sleepy and
slow to respond to offi

After 40 years of employment at Memorial Hermann hospital, Dr. Samia
Khalil sued Memorial Hermann Health System for defamation, tortious
interference with an existing contract, conspiracy, and intentional infliction of
emotional distress. Khalil, age 77, also sued for age discrimination. Memorial
2

Hermann sought to dismiss several of her claims under summary dismiss

Long Canyon Phase II and III Homeowners Association, Inc. (“the HOA”) appeals
from an interlocutory order denying its motion to dismiss a suit by Chris and Lisa Cashion. The
parties have for several years disputed whether the Cashions’ alleged landscaping activities in a
drainage easement violate the HOA’s rules. After the HOA sent the Cashions a notice of intent to
sue for non-com

Jhon was killed on August 31, 2013. Appellant and several others spent that
day in and around the Victoria Apartments on Covington Square Drive in Houston.
At trial, the State presented several videos from the apartment complex and a
nearby convenience store, as well as testimony from people that appellant spent the
day with, one witness to the shooting, and another person wh

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Chicago, IL - Sports Memorabilia Executive Pleads Guilty to $9.5 Million Fraud Scheme

The owner of a sports memorabilia company admitted that he conducted a fraud scheme using forged documents and phony sports memorabilia, including a doctored Heisman Trophy and fake baseball cards that he used as collateral on loans.

JOHN ROGERS, 44, of North Little Rock, Ark., pleaded guilty to

St. Louis, MO - Jury Returns Defendant's Verdict in Talcum Powder Case

Dona Daniels, age 55, sued Johnson & Johnson on a products liability theory claiming to have developed ovarian cancer as a direct result of using talcum powder sold by Johnson & Johnson from 1978 to 2013. She was diagnosed with ovarian and uterine cancer in 2013.

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Tulsa, OK - Third Mistrial Declared in Trial of Former Policeman Charged with Murder

The State of Oklahoma charged Shannon James Kepler with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM11, MURDER - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7
Date of Offense: 08/05/2014
Party Name Disposition Information
KEPLER, SHANNON JAMES
Count # 2. Count as Filed: SWIK, SHOOTING WITH

In June 2009, as part of a federal law-enforcement investigation known as
“Operation Cerberus,” FBI and Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) agents
arrested twenty-three people and searched twelve properties in and near three Utah
cities—Blanding, Monticello, and Moab. The operation targeted persons possessing
and trafficking in Native American artifacts illegally taken from the Four

In April 2014, the Missoula, Montana, home Kaarma and his partner Janelle
Pflager (Pflager) shared with their infant son was burglarized two times. Each time the
burglar entered the garage through the partially open garage door. Concerned about
safety, Kaarma and Pflager installed security cameras in and around their garage,
changed how they parked their cars, started locking

On July 26, 2006, at approximately 4:00 p.m., Willie Davis, Jr., drove his
girlfriend, Cinee Tinsley, to the home where she lived with her mother and
siblings. As Davis turned onto Tinsley’s street, he noticed Dubose’s younger
brother walking in the street. Davis swerved in an attempt to hit Dubose’s younger
brother with the car, but was unsuccessful. Dubose’s younger brothe

At the trial, Wanda Brown testified that she and Bobbie Hill, who was the victim and the Defendant‘s mother, had been friends since the 1960s. Ms. Brown and the victim went to a fair on Friday, September 12, 1986, around 6:00 p.m. and returned to Ms. Brown‘s home around 10:30 p.m. The victim lived about six miles from Ms. Brown‘s home, and Ms. Brown assumed the victim drove home when she left th

Frederick Capps challenges the District Court’s Order
granting summary judgment in favor of Capps’ former
employer, Mondelez Global, LLC (“Mondelez”), one of the
largest manufacturers of snack food and beverage productions
in the United States. Specifically, Capps argues that the
District Court erred in granting Mondelez’s summary
judgment motion on Capps’ claims that Monde

Pecos, TX - Fort Stockton Teacher Pleads Guilty to Fraud Scheme

George Mariadas Kurusu, a 58-year-old Indian national and a Fort Stockton Independent School District (FSISD) teacher, pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with a wire fraud scheme involving the hiring of Indian nationals to teach in the United States.

Appearing before United States Magistrate Judge David

On August 31, 2014, the victim, an eighty-five year old female who lived alone, awaited the arrival of her daughter and son for lunch. Prior to their arrival, an intruder entered the home through the unlocked front door, exhibited a large knife, and demanded money. He searched the home and obtained a small amount of money, including several coins. Appellant fled the victim’s home. Moments late

On January 20, 2000, Sandra Berfield, the victim,
received a package containing a pipe bomb, which exploded when
she opened it, blowing her body asunder and killing her
instantly. A jury in the Superior Court found the defendant,
Steven Caruso, guilty of murder in the first degree on theories
of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity and cruelty.
The defenda

In the early evening of October 22, 2013, the
defendant's mother informed the Danvers police department that
the defendant, who was fourteen years old at the time, was
missing. Shortly after midnight on October 23, a Danvers police
officer located the defendant walking on a road in Topsfield and
transported him to the Topsfield police station, where the
backpack he

Defendant was convicted of two counts of child endangerment under ORS 163.575(1)(b), which prohibits knowingly permitting a minor “to enter or remain in a place where unlawful activity involving controlled substances is maintained or conducted.” The issue in this case is whether that statute is violated when a person knowingly possesses drugs in a container—here, a purse—while in a car with two ch