Plaintiff-appellee Jane Gagliardo ("Gagliardo") sued Connaught Laboratories, Inc. ("CLI") for employment discrimination in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. After a trial, the jury found CLI's dismissal of Gagliardo violated both the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. S 12101 et seq., and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Ac

Marlin was injured on July 20, 1991, while he was installing stainless steel piping at Kraft's plant in Champaign. Marlin and another Nogle employee, Mike Mills, were standing on a "manlift" and welding flanges to a pipe. Marlin's foreman, Mike Law, attempted to deliver some equipment to him by bringing it in the basket of a forklift that was owned by Kraft and operated by another Nogle employee.

American Golf Corporation ("AGC") appeals from a judgment on a jury verdict in favor of Robert Hogate ("Hogate") in a premises liability action. AGC claims that the trial court erred in denying its motion for judgment nothwithstanding the verdict because Hogate failed to prove a breach of duty by AGC, and Hogate failed to make a submissible case against AGC. Finding no duty, we reverse. In review

This is a personal injury action arising from the collision of Glen Munns' car with a dead horse on the road. The horse had been hit and killed by a truck belonging to Swift Transportation Co., Inc. Following trial, Swift Transportation and its driver who had killed the horse were found 80% at fault for Munns' accident. Swift moved the district court for a new trial. The district court denied S

Jeffrey and Marta Morrison contend the trial court erred by granting summary judgment against them on their malicious prosecution claim. The court ruled the underlying suit by a buyer - for damages allegedly stemming from construction defects the Morrisons failed to disclose when selling their condominium - was not so untenable that no reasonable attorney would pursue it. We affirm. We decline

John Bullington, a citizen of Idaho employed as a meat inspector by the United States Department of Agriculture ("USDA"), brought suit in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas against IBP, Inc. ("IBP"), a Delaware corporation doing business in the State of Kansas. In his complaint, Bullington alleged that on June 24, 1997, while working within the scope of his employment with

As a rule, the statute of limitations for a malicious prosecution action begins to run on the date judgment is entered in the trial court. It is tolled while the case is on appeal. If the judgment is affirmed, the statute begins to run again when the Court of Appeal issues its remittitur.

Here we hold that when reversal of a trial court judgment in the Court of Appeal gives rise to a possibl

Defendants Michael Lomont and Associated Pathology Consultants-Gottlieb, S.C., appeal a judgment of the circuit court of Du Page County entered in favor of plaintiffs, Laura and Ronald Lawler. Following a jury trial, Laura was awarded $3,800,000 and Ronald was awarded $50,000. * * * The instant appeal arises out of a medical negligence action. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants had failed to prope

Defendants appeal as of right from the entry of judgment in the amount of $29,332,686 following the jury's verdict in plaintiffs' favor in this wrongful death action. We reverse, vacate the judgment, and remand for entry of judgment in favor of defendants, holding that under the circumstances defendants owed no legally cognizable duty to protect plaintiffs' decedent from the homicidal acts of

During the spring of 1998 Steven Albrechtsen, a professor in the Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Coaching at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, suffered two reverses: he was told that he could not teach two particu-lar summer workshops that year (losing about $1,210 in pay), and he did not receive an $86 merit increase in his salary for the next year. He respon

Alisa L. Holmes appeals from a judgment reducing the damages awarded her by a jury after a trial before Judge Huck. Appellant brought the present action against her former employer, appellee West Palm Beach Housing Authority ("WPBHA"), for, inter alia, gender-based denial of a promotion (the "discrimination claim"), retaliatory termination in response to her complaints of gender bias (the "retalia

James and Sharon Vaughn ["the Vaughns"] appeal a final judgment awarding a money judgment in favor of Paul Munn ["Munn"]. Munn, who purchased a home from the Vaughns, obtained a verdict for breach of contract and fraud in connection with the sale. The Vaughns contend on appeal that there was no evidence of fraudulent nondisclosure but, mainly, the Vaughns claim the damage award was excessive.

DaimlerChrysler Corporation, formerly known as Chrysler, appeals from the judgment entered against it awarding Gerald Salitros $100,000 in punitive damages and $445,516 in front pay on his claim that Chrysler retaliated against him for exercising his rights under the Americans With Disabilities Act. Chrysler also appeals the district court's award to Salitros of $128,268.52 in attorney's fees

Chrysler Financial Company, L.L.C. ("CFC") appeals from a judgment entered in accordance with verdicts reached following jury trial in favor of William E. Flynn, Jr. ("Bill") on CFC's petition for replevin and Bill's counterclaim counts for trespass, conversion, and breach of contract, and in favor of Bill's wife, Grace A. Flynn ("Grace"), on her counterclaim count for negligent infliction of emot

Southwestern Bell Telephone Company appeals from a jury verdict finding it guilty of monopolistic behavior in violation of Oklahoma state law and assessing damages of over $7 million, trebled to over $20 million. At issue is Southwestern Bell's domination of the Oklahoma pay phone market, a market it legally monopolized, under the oversight of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC), until Novem

A jury found against Xiaomei
Yang and Xu Liu on various copyright-infringement,
breach-of-contract, breach-of-fiduciary-duty, and conversion
of property claims. Yang and Liu now appeal. First,
Yang and Liu argue that the district court erred in denying
their renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law or for a new trial and that it erred when it allowed Price
Waterhouse

A jury awarded Susan Anderson compensatory and punitive damages against Central Bering Sea Fishermen's Association and its president, Carl Merculief, based upon her claims of constructive retaliatory discharge, promissory estoppel, and defamation. The Association and Merculief challenge various aspects of the damages awards. We agree that the jury's award of lost earnings is excessive; however,

A school bus ran off the roadway and rolled over, injuring passenger Shawn Crouse. Shawn's mother sued the bus driver and the driver's employer, Laidlaw Transit, Inc.; a jury awarded Crouse $19,259 in compensatory damages and $3.5 million in punitive damages. The trial court remitted the punitive award to $500,000 and entered judgment for Crouse. Laidlaw appeals, challenging the punitive award

Plaintiff Nelson Robles claims that police officers Antonio DeBar-ros and James Rozar violated his state and federal constitutional rights by tying him to a metal pole in a deserted parking lot and abandoning him there for approximately 10 minutes. He seeks damages from the officers and from Prince George’s County, Maryland ("PGC") pursu-ant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as well as under the Mar

David Gonzales started work at Dillard's Department Store in August 1994. Although he really wanted to work in the electronics department, he accepted a position as a commissioned salesperson in the ladies' shoe department. Gonzales's supervisor was Daniel Tellez. In the beginning, Gonzales was excited about his job, but he became uncomfortable with Tellez's behavior after a few months. Gonzal

This is a medical-malpractice action brought by the Estate of Floy Elrod, deceased, against general surgeon Stephen B. Williamson, M.D. Floy Elrod, age sixty-six at death, was survived by her husband of forty-seven years, Tullis Elrod, and two adult sons, Steven Craig Elrod and John Stanley Elrod. At trial, the jury found that Dr. Williamson was negligent. The jury awarded Tullis Elrod $500,000 fo

Defendant, Greenwood Auto Center, appeals from portions of a judgment awarding damages and attorney fees to plaintiff, Carmen Moreno, in an action brought for fraud, conversion, and violation of the Vehicle Leasing Act (the act). (Civ. Code, § 2985.7 et seq.)1 In the published portion of the opinion, we discuss whether prejudgment interest may be recovered in a conversion action where defendan

The defendant, Pace Membership Warehouse, Inc. (Pace), 1 has appealed the denial of its motion for a new trial, or alternatively, for remittitur, in this personal injury case in which a total judgment in excess of $300,000 was awarded to the plaintiff, Ralph Sweet (Sweet). On appeal, Pace argued that the trial justice erred by excluding certain evidence of Sweet's activities following the peri

Catharina Costa is a trailblazer. She has worked most of her life in a male-dominated environment, driving trucks and operating heavy equipment. At Caesars, a well known casino in Las Vegas, she worked in a warehouse and, along with members of her bargaining unit, Teamsters Local 995, oper-ated the forklifts and pallet jacks to retrieve food and bever-age orders. Costa was the only woman in

Plaintiff Philip J. McConkey brought this action alleging that in 1996 he was fraudulently induced by defendant Alexander & Alexander Services, Inc. (A&A), an international insurance brokerage company to leave his position with Ross & Company (Ross), an insurance brokerage company in Montclair, to accept a position at A&A as its Director of Insurance Services Practice for Greater New York. Seven m