Richard Feiner & CO., Inc., v. H.R.I. Indus., Inc. Co. |
Copyright and Trademark Infringments - Plaintiff sued H.R.I. Industries for using copyrighted materials without the plaintiff's permission. H.R.I. printed a still frame copy of a motion picture and published it in their newspaper. The defendant asserts it thought the motion picture was available through public domain. H.R.I. filed a motion to dismiss and for alternate summary judgment. Feiner $0 (06-03-1998 - NY) |
Unknown v. Unknown |
Plaintiff was performing punching operations on a circa 1967 15-ton press brake in order to form parts to be used in the construction of a newspaper rack. Plaintiff had fashioned about 1,000 such parts the day of the accident over three hours when her right hand inadvertently was placed in an open area beneath the descending ram of the press when she activated the ram with a foot pedal. The press $0 (01-12-1999 - CA) |
State of Oklahoma v. Robert S. Kerr, IV |
First degree rape. The State charged that defedant, a University of Oklahoma student, forced himself on a co-ed after a fraternity party where both had been drinking. Kerr admitted that he had too much to drink on the night of the incident according to newspaper reports but the sex was consentual. $0 (12-07-1998 - OK) |
Vincent Ramunno v. MBNA Corp. and Gannett Co Inc., et al. |
Libel claim against Defandant for calling Ramunno a "land speculator" and owner of "poorly maintained" rowhouses in an open letter Cawley wrote to the mayor and city council of Wilmington. Ramunno, an attorney for 30 years and a millionaire housing developer, told Reuters that he neither sought nor received any money in the settlement. The Gannett newspaper group owns 87 daily newspapers with $610000 (04-13-1998 - DE) |
State of Oklahoma v. James Eric Childress |
Murder in the first-degree of 21-year-old Jason Wilson on September 21, 1994 when Wilson apparently encountered Defendant butchering a slaughtered calf on Wilson farm atop Jeremiah Mountain. Wilson was shot in the head several times and was found by his father. Defendant admitted shooting Mr. Wilson after he was caught skinning a calf owned by Wilson but claimed that he shot Wilson because he $0 (09-15-1997 - OK) |
Money Management Analytical Research (MMAR Group, Inc.) v. Dow Jones & Company, Inc., and Laura Jereski |
Plaintiff claimed that false statements published by Defendant in its newspaper forced Plaintiff out of business. Plaintiff claimed that a number of statements made in an article were not true. $22700000 (03-20-1997 - TX) |
Sharon Brower v. Flint Ink. |
Patent Infringement - Formula for soybean-based newspaper ink. $48700000 (06-01-1996 - MI) |
Richard Krist v. Jackson County Health Department and Kevin Besey |
Retaliatory discharge claim by former Jackson County, Michigan Health Department employee who wrote a letter to the Citizen Patroit newspaper questioning the qualifications of the health department director's qualifications. $0 (11-12-1997 - MI) |
United States of America v. Verne Merrill, Charles Barbee and Robert Berry |
Attempted bank robbery, bombing the Spokesman-Review newspaper, bombing a Planned Parenthood office, bombing a bank, two bank robberies, conspiracy, two counts interstate transportation of stolen vehicles, and possession of hand grenades. $0 (04-02-1997 - WA) |
State of Colorado v. Jorg Peter Schmitz |
Vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of an accident. Defendant was accused of driving a BMW which was owned by Spicer Breeden, heir to the Boettcher fortune, which was involved in a hit and run accident which resulted in the death of a Rocky Mountain News newspaper reporter Greg Lopez on March 17, 1996. The case was widely covered in the Colorado press. Defendant denied that he was drivin $0 (03-18-1997 - CO) |