This intellectual property case pits the sport of extreme kayaking against the iconic American timepiece, Timex. In an effort to update its image, Timex Corporation ("Timex") arranged with Polar Bear Productions ("Polar Bear") to produce film footage featuring some of the stars of whitewater kayaking, paddling through exotic locales in North and South America and using equipment bearing

North Star Steel Company, a subsidiary of Cargill, Inc., operated a division called Universal Tubular Services, Inc., which produced seamless pipe. Cargill decided to sell the tubular division and retained an investment broker to assist with the sale. Among the factors considered in choosing a buyer were the purchase price, whether the parties reached a definitive agreement, and whether th

A jury found defendant CB Richard Ellis, Inc. (defendant)1 liable to Helen A. Carter (plaintiff) for age and sex discrimination based on her claim that defendant's company-wide administrative reorganization had caused a disparate impact on women employees and those over the age of 40. The jury also found defendant liable for breach of an "oral or implied employment agreement" not to demot

The defendants, New Hampshire International Speedway, Inc. (Speedway) and Leslie Wheeler, appeal a jury verdict from the Superior Court (Smith, J.) awarding the plaintiff, Mary Carignan, $1.2 million in damages. We affirm in part, vacate in part and remand.

The jury could have found the following facts. On August 23, 1998, Speedway owned the New Hampshire International Speedway, a racetra

Marsha Hardeman filed this action against the City of Albuquerque; the former Mayor, Jim Baca; and her former supervisor, city employee Theresa Trujeque, alleging violations of her First and Fourteenth Amendment rights and seeking damages under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983. Specifically, Ms. Hardeman alleged 1) that she was terminated from her employment as a Department Director of the Albuq

Plaintiff, Connie Hess, filed a complaint against defendant, Michelle Espy, for injuries she allegedly sustained when defendant's vehicle rear-ended plaintiff's vehicle. Following a trial in the circuit court of Winnebago County, the jury returned a verdict in plaintiff's favor and awarded her damages in excess of $190,000. The trial court denied defendant's posttrial motion. On appeal, defend

This appeal arises out of the internecine dispute between two former employees, the defendants, Samad Aghamohammadi and Pamela Markham, and their former employer, the plaintiff, Label Systems Corporation (Label Systems), as well as its president, Kenneth P. Felis. Label Systems commenced this action against the defendants,1 who counterclaimed against Label Systems and filed a third party

In this case, we granted leave to appeal to consider whether MCL 257.401(3), which caps the amount of a lessor's liability in motor vehicle leases of thirty days or less, violates plaintiff's rights under the Michigan Constitution to a jury trial,1 equal protection,2 or due process.3 We

1 Const 1963, art 1, § 14.

2 Const 1963, art 1, § 2.

3 Const 1963, art 1, § 17. hold that

These appeals arise from an action filed by the plaintiff, Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C., a law firm, against the defendants,1 former airline pilots, seeking to recover legal fees incurred in representing the defendants in three cases. The plaintiff's third amended revised complaint alleged breach of contract (count one) and sought damages in quantum meruit (count two). The defendants f

This is a diversity action, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a), in which the real party in interest -- plaintiff-appellee Moises Muñiz Crespo -- sued Dr. Salvador Rovira-Martino (Dr. Rovira) for medical malpractice. (1) The case was tried to a jury from May 7 through May 15, 2003, culminating in a verdict for $2,000,000 in compensatory damages. After reducing the award to take into account sums paid by other

Plaintiff Thomas M. Siebel sued defendants Carol L. Mittlesteadt and E. Rick Buell, II, for malicious prosecution based on defendants' legal representation of a former employee of Siebel Systems, Inc. (SSI), where Siebel was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The trial court granted summary judgment to defendants on the ground that Siebel had failed to achieve a favorable termination of the

This appeal arises out of a negligence action brought by the plaintiff, John Murdock, a former officer for the Hartford police department, against the named defendant, Joseph Croughwell, the former chief of the Hartford police department, and the defendant city of Hartford (city), to recover damages for injuries sustained in an off-duty, physical altercation with a fellow police officer,

Following a one-month probationary period, Victor Hernandez was hired by the Montville Township Board of Education (Board) as a full-time night custodian at two of the township's elementary schools in January 1997. For twenty years prior to this job, Hernandez had been employed by Consolidated Edison as a custodian and later as a mechanic. During that employment, Hernandez attended OSHA seminar

The defendant Mark A. Battista's appeal seeks review of a Superior Court judgment denying his motion for a new trial after he was adjudged liable for compensatory and punitive damages in this civil suit. Battista asks this Court to grant a new trial on both liability and damages based on several errors which he claims were made by the trial justice. In the alternative, he asks that the pu

On appeal in this medical malpractice case, we revisit the thorny problem of assessing proximate cause in the context of harm generated by concurrent forces. More particularly, we are called on to apply the increased risk doctrine in a case alleging failure to diagnose cancer. On the facts before us, it is not known whether the cancer had metastasized at the time of the deviation. As a result,

Tanya Truman Hauss, the plaintiff in the personal injury action below, appeals the denial of her post-trial motion for additur. The defendant below, Benjamin Samuel Waxman, cross-appeals the trial court's denial of his motion for remittitur. We affirm, and write to explain our conclusion that Waxman's motion for remittitur was untimely filed because it was not served within ten days aft

Following a jury trial, plaintiff Dee Kotla obtained a judgment for wrongful termination against the Regents of the University of California dba the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (the Lab). The primary issue on appeal is whether the trial court committed prejudicial error by allowing a human resources management expert to opine that certain facts in evidence were "indicators" that the Lab d

This appeal stems from complex commercial litigation involving an airplane that made an emergency landing near Kansas City's Downtown Airport. The parties to this appeal include the airplane's owner/operator; the company that insured the airplane; and the company that hauled the airplane after the landing. The plane's owner/operator sued the insurance company and the hauler to recover damages purp

William Gomez received a jury award of $3.76 million in a negligence action against Construction Design, Inc. ("CDI"). The trial court remitted that award to $2.76 million and conditionally granted CDI a new trial if Gomez declined to accept the remitted award. Gomez accepted the reduced amount, and CDI appeals. Gomez cross-appeals, claiming that the remittitur was improper. The judgment is affirm

Home Pride Foods of Iowa (Home Pride) appeals from adverse jury verdicts and damage awards for fraud and violations of the Truth in Lending Act 15 U.S.C. §§ 1601-1649 (2001). We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for a new trial on the punitive damage issue.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings. A reasonable juror could find the following facts from the record: A Home Pride sa

Plaintiff Aerotech Resources, Inc. filed a diversity action against Defendants Dodson Aviation, Inc., Dodson International Parts, Inc., and Robert L. Dodson, Jr. See 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Plaintiff alleged (1) tortious interference with contract, (2) breach of fiduciary duty, (3) fraudulent promise of a future event, and (4) fraud by silence. After a two-week trial, the jury returned a verdict for

1 This is a personal injury case arising out of an automobile collision. Mari Ann Dyet (Dyet) was a passenger in her own vehicle which was being driven by her daughter, Charlotte Hansen (Hansen). Shane McKinley (McKinley) was driving the other car involved in the collision. A jury awarded Dyet damages and both parties appeal. The primary issues on appeal are the admissibility of evidence o

This is an appeal after the case was remanded for the district court to determine whether a real estate developer-broker who breached his fiduciary duties to his principal should forfeit all or a portion of the development fee that the developer-broker earned before the breach. The district court awarded the developer-broker 87.5% of his development fee and attorney fees, and the landowners

The defendants appeal and the plaintiff cross-appeals from a district court ruling on the plaintiff's demand for a jury trial. The district court granted a jury trial as to one issue, but denied it as to another. The defendants were granted an interlocutory appeal, and the plaintiff cross-appealed. We affirm on the defendants' appeal, reverse on the plaintiff's cross-appeal, and remand for furt

This is a personal injury case arising out of an automobile collision. Mari Ann Dyet (Dyet) was a passenger in her own vehicle which was being driven by her daughter, Charlotte Hansen (Hansen). Shane McKinley (McKinley) was driving the other car involved in the collision. A jury awarded Dyet damages and both parties appeal. The primary issues on appeal are the admissibility of evidence of r