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Maria Varnas v. Conner Thompson
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Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.
Maria Varnas sued Conner Thompson claiming he used excessive force when he shot and killed Brandon Lynch, age 27, in 2022.
Following the tragic death of her son, Plaintiff Maria Varnas filed this lawsuit, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as Special Administr... More... $0 (11-05-2024 - KS)
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Beau Galyean v. Thomas Guinn
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Dallas, Texas breach of contract lawyers represented the Plaintiff and Defendant.
Beau Galyean and Thomas Guinn purportedly entered an oral
partnership agreement, the purpose of which “was to build a brand of horses
that would be capable of earning high breeding fees.” After ostensibly
operating under the agreement for several years, Guinn repudiated the part... More... $0 (11-04-2024 - TX)
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William A. Grubb b. DXP Enterprises, Inc.
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Tulsa, Oklahoma breach of contract lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking a declaratory judgement.
In 2008 Plaintiff Bill Grubb signed an employment agreement with Defendant DXP Enterprises to lead the development and production of horizontal pumps. The agreement recited that the parties intended to create a new company to produce the pumps, and Grubb would own 10%. ... More... $0 (11-04-2024 - OK)
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Elizabeth A. Acevedo, et al. v. Professional Transportation, Inc., and Ronald D. Romain
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Evansville, Indiana employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theies.
Professional Transportation’s employees drive railroad workers to their job sites in passenger vans. In 2014 a group of current and former drivers brought a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201–219 (FLSA), s... More... $0 (10-31-2024 - IN)
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Shane Pelissier, et al. v. GEICO Insurance Company
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Manchester, New Hampshire insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiffs.
The plaintiffs sought compensation for damages arising out of a July 29, 2017 automobile accident. They assert that the other driver was at fault. The plaintiffs filed suit against the alleged tortfeasor prior to the expiration of the three-year statute of limitations for personal injury claims. ... More... $0 (10-31-2024 - NH)
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Tammy Kane v. Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P.
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Muskogee, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on premises liability negligence claim.
Premises liability law in Oklahoma holds property owners and occupiers responsible for maintaining their property safely to prevent injuries to people who enter it. Here are some key aspects of Oklahoma premises liability law:
Duty of care
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Mark Graham v. National Union Fire Insurance Company
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Muskogee, Oklahoma insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff in a bad faith breach of insurance case.
In Oklahoma, a bad faith breach of insurance contract occurs when an insurance company acts unreasonably or in an unethical manner in handling a claim. The insured must prove the following elements to make a bad faith claim:
The insured's loss was covered by the pol... More... $0 (10-30-2024 - ok)
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Shelley S. Hawkins v. Ace American Insurance Company
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Seattle, Washington insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking compensation for injuries sustained in a car wreck.
On November 16, 2016, Hawkins was driving her vehicle when she was rear ended by Fatemah Alsuwaidan. Moments later, Miguel's work van rear ended Alsuwaidan's vehicle, causing a second collision with Hawkins's vehicle. At the time of the collisio... More... $0 (10-28-2024 - WA)
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United States of America v. Christopher C. Brown
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Memphis, TN criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with $5.9 Million Insurance Fraud Scheme
Cordova Man Sentenced in Connection with $5.9 Million Insurance Fraud Scheme
Christopher C. Brown, 47, of Cordova, Tennes... More... $0 (10-27-2024 - TN)
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Brandy A. Read v. Oklahoma Flintlock Products, LLP
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Tulsa, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who was sexually harassed at work.
Plaintiff sued Defendant under Title VII, alleging one sexual harassment claim
and two retaliation claims. The district court denied Defendant’s summary judgment
motion. At trial, the jury found in Plaintiff’s favor on the harassment claim and
awarded her $1,... More... $0 (10-25-2024 - OK)
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Juan Manuel Aguilar, et al. v. Suegundo A. Aponte Caceda, et al.
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Dodge City, Kansas personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants.
On August 11, 2020, KDOT offered to pay the Apontes $63,605 to establish a right-of-way on property they owned along Highway 50 near Dodge City and to reimburse for damages that would occur during an impending highway expansion. The Apontes ultimately accepted the offer and signed a contract of ... More... $0 (10-25-2024 - KS)
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In the Matter of the Wrongful Conviction of Jason Mashaney
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Wichita, Kansas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking damages from the State of Kansas as a result of being wrongfully convicted.
In 2004, a jury convicted Mashaney of aggravated criminal sodomy and aggravated indecent liberties with a child for his alleged conduct in 2003 with his then-five-year-old daughter, A.A. He was sentenced to 442 months in prison. A Court ... More... $0 (10-25-2024 - KS)
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United States of America v. Daniel Avendano-Silva and Yesica Villanueava-Martinez
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Honolulu, Hawaii immigration criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with being in the United States without authorization.
Petitioners came separately to the United States from Mexico as minors. Both entered without legal authorization and remain here illegally, having been in the United States for decades. They have three children born in the ... More... $0 (10-25-2024 - HI)
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Abraham Anderson v. Alice Musick, et al.
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Sevierville, Tennessee specific performance real property lawyers represented Plaintiff and Defendant.
The Plaintiff sought specific performance related to a real estate transaction. The trial court denied relief, concluding that the series of papers introduced by the Plaintiff as a purported real estate contract between the parties did not constitute a valid contr... More... $0 (10-25-2024 - TN)
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Jennifer Schonfeld v. Thomas M. Tortorici and Andrew J. Nelson
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Chicago, Illinois personal injury auto negligence pedestrian accident lawyer represented the Plaintiff.
Plaintiff field a "personal injury action against Tortorici alleging that his negligence in operating his vehicle proximately caused her injuries. Schonfeld sought damages for medical expenses, loss of wages, pain and suffering, and loss of normal life. Plaintiff was struc... More... $0 (10-24-2024 - IL)
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Mona Ledet, et al. v. BP Products North America, et al.
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New Orleans, Louisiana personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant for wrongful death.
This litigation arises from the death of Clay Ledet, Sr., who succumbed to lung cancer in 2023 and who had been employed from 1994-2004 by the Hydril Company in its Westwego, Louisiana pipe yard. Decedent's wife and two children filed a wrongful death ... More... $0 (10-24-2024 - LA)
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Porfirio Mireles v. Leon Cuellar, Alenman Trucking, LLC and United Wisconsin Insurance Company
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an auto negligence theory of the injuries and/or damages suffered as a result of a truck wreck.
This case was filed in the 21st Judicial District Court, Livingston Parish.
The Defendants removed the case to federal court and the Plaintiff sought remand.
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Juwon Chambers v. Haza Foods of Louisiana, LLC and Pennsylvania Manufacturers Indemnity Company
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New Orleans, Louisiana personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff.
This case arises from a personal injury lawsuit filed by Plaintiff, Juwon Chambers, who alleges injuries sustained from a fall at a Wendy's restaurant owned and operated by Defendant, Haza Foods of Louisiana, LLC. At the time of the incident, Plaintiff, a subcontractor, was on the premise ins... More...
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Patsy Newton v. Dr. Kelly Shurm
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Monticello, Arkansas medical malpractice personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff.
In January 2012, Newton was referred by her treating physician to Dr. Shrum, a gynecologist practicing in Monticello, Arkansas, due to severe pelvic pain. While Newton had undergone a total abdominal hysterectomy in 2007, she had retained both her fallopian tubes and her ovaries, ... More... $0 (10-23-2024 - AR)
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United States of America v. Brian Harris Carlie
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Tulsa, Oklahoma receipt, distribution and possession of child pornography in Indiana County criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
From June 2023 through September 2023, Brian Harris Carlile, age 31, admittingly used his cell phone to possess, receive, and distribute images and videos that contained minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Many of the i... More... $0 (10-23-2024 - OK)
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Chris Thorngren v. Zurich American Insurance Company
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Tulsa, Oklahoma bad faith breach of insurance contract lawyer represented the Plaintiff.
Oklahoma law states that an insurance company acts in bad faith when it breaches its duty of good faith and fair dealing with its policyholder. To prove bad faith, the policyholder must show that the insurance company:
Unreasonably refused to pay the claim
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Verstile Roofing, LLC v. Tim Horacek
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Kearney, Nebraska breach of contract civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiff and Defendant.
Horacek incurred damage to his roof from a windstorm. Although Horacek requested that his insurance carrier MutualAid eXchange Insurance (MAX) pay for an entire roof replacement, MAX refused on the basis that the windstorm did not cause a total loss requiring a total roof ... More... $0 (10-22-2024 - NE)
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State of Oklahoma v. Rodney Shane Smith
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dumping trash on public / private property in violation of 21 O.S. 1761.1.
A. Any person who deliberately places, throws, drops, dumps, deposits, or discards any garbage, trash, waste, rubbish, refuse, debris, or other deleterious substance on any public property, on any private property of another without con... More... $0 (10-22-2024 - OK)
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Natasha Varner v. Family Dollar Stores of Georgia, LLC
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Atlanta, Georgia premises liability personal Injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff.
This case was filed in the State Court of Clayton County, 2022CV00173, and was removed to federal court by Family Dollar Stores of Georgia, LLC
Georgia premises liability law holds property owners and occupiers responsible for injuries that occur on their property due to their ... More...
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Diane Pooser v. Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P.
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Augusta, Georgia premises liability personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff.
This case was filed in the State Court of Richmond County Georgia, 2024RCCV00305, and was removed to federal court by Wal-Mart.
Georgia premises liability law holds property owners and occupiers responsible for injuries that occur on their property. This includes injuries that happ... More... $0 (10-21-2024 - GA)
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