3 of the plaintiffs are over forty, they are protected under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (" ADEA"). See 29 U. S. C. § 631( a). They sued KAPL, its president, John Freeh, and its parent com... More...   $0 (09-10-2003 - NY)

Appellant, Haggar Clothing Company a/k/a Haggar Apparel Company ("Haggar"), appeals a jury verdict finding that it discharged appellee, Altagracia Hernandez, in retaliation for filing a worker's compensation claim. See Tex. Lab. Code Ann. § 451.001 (Vernon 1996). In seven issues, Haggar challenges the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence supporting the jury's findings of: (1) retaliati... More...   $1400000 (08-21-2003 - TX)

Republic Services of South Florida, L.P. (Republic Services), the defendant in the lower tribunal, 1 appeals an order granting in part a motion for additur filed by the appellee/plaintiff, Judith Poucher. Republic Services contends that the trial court erred as a matter of law in finding the jury's verdict inconsistent; and in granting the motion for additur in the amount of $20,000.00 for ... More...   $4960 (08-12-2003 - FL)

Dr. Arthur S. Daus ("Appellant") appeals from a jury verdict against him based on medical negligence related to two surgeries performed on Madonna J. Williams ("Respondent"). Appellant asserts five points of trial court error. The first three points essentially claim that Respondent failed to make a submissible case on some of the categories of damages awarded to Respondent. In Point IV, Appellant... More...   $1000000 (07-30-2003 - MO)

This appeal requires us to decide whether an ultimate outcome charge should be given in a civil trial where the plaintiffs were not negligent and the jury's task was to allocate causative fault among joint tortfeasors.See footnote 11 The trial judge instructed the jury that plaintiffs may recover the full amount of their damages from any defendant found to be sixty percent or more responsible f... More...   $1640000 (07-24-2003 - NJ)

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") brought this action against Kohler Company based upon former employee John Reynolds's claim that race discrimination motivated Kohler to fire him after a company-policy violation 1 Reynolds worked at Kohler's Searcy, Arkansas, plant, doing business under the name Sterling Plumbing Group. The EEOC filed claims for discrimination and reta... More...   $0 (07-14-2003 - AR)

This case involves claims of race discrimination at the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System (AFPLS) brought by Appellees, seven Caucasian female librarians, against Appellants, members of the AFPLS Board of Trustees and the Director of the AFPLS. Appellees (the Librarians) claim Appellants transferred them from their jobs at Central Library to dead-end jobs at branch libraries because of ... More...   $17000000 (06-12-2003 - GA)

The Jenkses owned a 735-acre tract of land in Brazoria County. The land had been owned by the Jenks family since 1906 and was used for agricultural purposes. WesTTex desired to construct a 12-inch oil and gas pipeline on the Jenkses' property. After it could not reach an agreement with the Jenkses, WesTTex petitioned the county court to condemn a 50-foot-wide strip of land on the property for t... More...   $5244 (05-23-2003 - TX)

This is an appeal from a final judgment in a smokers' class action law suit seeking damages against cigarette companies and industry organizations for alleged smoking related injuries. The final judgment awarded $12.7 million in compensatory damages to three individual plaintiffs, and $145 billion in punitive damages to the entire class. We reverse with instructions that the class be decer... More...   $0 (05-21-2003 - FL)

J. Hue Henry, an attorney, represented a client in a Gwinnett County case against Quorum Health Resource... More...   $0 (05-19-2003 - GA)

Plaintiff Curtis Bennett filed suit against his former employer, defendant Emerson Electric Company, alleging various federal and state claims, including breach of implied contract of employment. Bennett prevailed on his breach of contract claim at trial, and the district court subsequently denied Emerson's post-trial motion for judgment as a matter of law, for new trial, or for remittitur. Eme... More...   $679667 (05-19-2003 - KS)

The defendants, Mark Richens, Kenneth J. Robert, Robert Carterud and the department of transportation of the state of Connecticut (department), appeal1 from the judgment of the trial court rendered for the plaintiff, Francisco DiMartino, on: (1) a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the alleged violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983,2 concerning his rights to freedom of speech and equal pr... More...   $300000 (05-19-2003 - CT)

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-2825(1) (Reissue 1998) of the Nebraska Hospital-Medical Liability Act limits recoverable damages in medical malpractice actions to $1,250,000. The district court determined that the damages limitation was unconstitutional because it denied the appellees Colin M. Gourley and his parents, Michael J. Gourley and Lisa A. Gourley, equal protection of the law and a right to a jur... More...   $1250000 (05-16-2003 - NE)

Josephine Stiles is an elderly stroke victim who needed assistance caring for herself andher house. She sought Ricardo Acevedo's legal services to transfer title to her home to a healthcare worker in exchange for services. Instead of the transfer Stiles planned, Acevedo had Stiles sign a power of attorney; and title to Stiles' home was transferred to Ricardo's wife and legal assistant, Janet Ac... More...   $40000 (05-09-2003 - TX)

The events leading up to Mrs. Sauer's death... More...   $26000000 (05-02-2003 - AR)

The plaintiff-appellant in this case is Robert Dardinger, executor of the estate of his wife, Esther Dardinger. There are two defendants-appellees. The first is Community Insurance Company, an Ohio corporation that does business under the trade name Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield ("Anthem"). Anthem is a wholly owned subsidiary of the second defendant-appellee, Anthem Insurance Companies, ... More...   $41000000 (03-25-2003 - OH)

The named defendant,1 Winsted Memorial Hospital (hospital), appeals from the judgment of the trial court denying the hospital's postverdict motions to set aside the jury's verdict in favor of the named plaintiff, William Taylor. The hospital claims that the trial court improperly concluded that General Statutes § 52-5843 does not impose on a plaintiff a duty to investigate a potential cla... More...   $0 (03-18-2003 - CT)

Appellees, Domingo Orandy and Miguel Saldana, brought this action against appellant, Automek, Inc. D/B/A Auto Check #5, for conversion of a 1987 minivan. The jury found that Auto Check converted the minivan and awarded damages to Saldana in the amount of $3400 and to Orandy in the amount of $1700. Each appellee was also awarded attorney's fees. Auto Check sought a remittitur of the judgment. Th... More...   $0 (03-13-2003 - TX)

This is an appeal from a jury verdict rendered for plaintiffs/appellees/cross-appellants, Steverson & Company, Inc., individually and/or d/b/a Steverson Staffing Services (Steverson), on various breach of contract claims against Cindy Carter and Piper-Morgan Associates, Individually and d/b/a AEI Professional Temporaries, and Administrative Exchange, Inc., individually and d/b/a AEI Professional ... More...   $0 (03-06-2003 - TX)

Katharine Navarre, a former teacher in the South Washington County School District, sued the school district, her supervisors, and Northwest Publications d/b/a Pioneer Press for defamation and for intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. Navarre also asserted a claim against the school district for violating the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (MGDPA) by releasing... More...   $200000 (03-06-2003 - MN)

Tare [sic] off old roof, and sweep clean. Nail a base sheet, with special type galvanized nails. Hot mop one layer of fibergl... More...   $0 (02-20-2003 - TX)

This case arises from a dispute between the plaintiff, Oswald Carrol, and the defendant, Allstate Insurance Company, his property insurance carrier, concerning the origins of a fire at the plaintiff's home. The defendant appeals1 from a judgment for the plaintiff rendered after a jury trial, in which the jury awarded the plaintiff damages for intentional and negligent infliction of emotiona... More...   $500000 (02-17-2003 - CT)

This is a products liability suit. A jury awarded Brian Norman, individually and as sole administrator of the estate of Karen Leslie Vivienne Norman, deceased, and Mary Norman, individually, (the Normans) $65 million in compensatory damages in a suit the Normans brought against Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc. and Honda R&D Co., Ltd., after the Normans’ daughter, Karen Norman, drowned in... More...   $0 (02-07-2003 - TX)

Plaintiff Natalie Buckholtz brought this medical malpractice action against several defendants, including MacNeal Hospital (MacNeal), Yousuf Sayeed, M.D., and Janyce Blatt, C.R.N.A., after her father, Frank Stajszczyk, died at MacNeal following surgery. A jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff and the court entered judgment. Defendants(1) filed post-trial motions for judgment notwithstan... More...   $0 (01-31-2003 - IL)

Appellee, Miguel Agustin Calderon, began working at the Phelps-Dodge copper refinery in El Paso in 1954. While at Phelps-Dodge, Appellee worked as a laborer, helper, mechanic, welder, pipefitter, boiler maker, insulator, brick layer, blacksmith, sand blaster, and painter. He was exposed to Insulag, an insulating cement that included asbestos, almost daily during the 1950's and 1960's. Appellant... More...   $1894758 (01-24-2003 - TX)