Aqua Vac Systems, Inc. ("Aqua Vac") appeals from the district court's entry of final judgment on a jury verdict finding it liable for $707,266.00 in damages resulting from its failure to give adequate notice to Maytronics, Ltd. ("Maytronics") prior to terminating a distributorship agreement between the two companies. Aqua Vac also appeals the district court's award of $91,081.71 in pre-judgment in... More...   $707266 (01-04-2002 - FL)

This matter is before the court on an appeal from the district court's denial of several motions filed by appellant American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees ("AFSCME"). AFSCME's motions sought judgment as a matter of law, a new trial, and remittitur. The plaintiff, Jeremias Silva, worked at one time as a union organizer for AFSCME. He brought several claims against AFSCME: (1) ... More...   $0 (12-20-2001 - NM)

In this action alleging racial discrimination in violation of 42 U.S.C. SS 1981 and 1983, and Title VII, the jury returned a verdict in favor of Janet Evans, finding that her employer, the Port Authority of New Jersey, discriminated against her when it failed to promote her to the position of client manager in 1994. Evans was awarded back pay, front pay, and compensatory damages. The Distric... More...   $1445000 (11-28-2001 - NJ)

Sheri Callantine (Callantine) brought the instant action after her termination by Staff Builders, Inc. (Staff Builders). A jury returned a verdict in favor of Callantine on her state law claims for wrongful termination and for failure to provide a service letter as required by Missouri state law. The jury awarded Callantine $2,807.85 in actual damages and $180,000 in punitive damages on the wr... More...   $0 (11-27-2001 - MO)

The named defendant, the city of Waterbury (defendant), appeals1 from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after a jury trial, in favor of the plaintiff, Patrick Bovat, in his action to recover damages for personal injuries he sustained in an automobile accident that resulted from the defendant’s breach of its duties under the municipal defective highway statute, General Statutes... More...   $65629 (11-23-2001 - CT)

The named defendant, the city of Waterbury (defendant), appeals1 from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after a jury trial, in favor of the plaintiff, Patrick Bovat, in his action to recover damages for personal injuries he sustained in an automobile accident that resulted from the defendant’s breach of its duties under the municipal defective highway statute, General Statutes... More...   $0 (11-20-2001 - CT)

Division Two holds: Where Armon (1) presented evide... More...   $92365 (11-20-2001 - MO)

Plaintiff Bocci was a long-time user of defendant Key's prescription asthma medication Theo-Dur, a timed-release theophylline product. In October 1990, Bocci was prescribed the antibiotic ciprofloxacin for a skin rash, but failed to tell the prescribing physician that he was taking Theo-Dur. On October 27, 1990, Bocci went to an urgent care clinic where Edwards worked complaining of nausea, vomiti... More...   $0 (11-16-2001 - OR)

On April 8, 1990, David Peralta was injured in an automobile accident with a vehicle driven by Jorge Perez and o... More...   $0 (11-07-2001 - FL)

In this wrongful death action, the dispositive question to be decided on appeal is whether the circuit court erred in remitting portions of a jury verdict for the plaintiff. Because we conclude that the circuit court failed to consider the evidence relevant to damages in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, we will reverse the judgment of the circuit court and reinstate the jury... More...   $1200000 (11-02-2001 - VA)

1 On August 24, 1989, plaintiffs Curtis B. and Inez Preece Campbell, sued State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company for damages arising from State Farm's decision to try a third-party automobile accident case in which Mr. Campbell was the defendant, rather than accepting offers to settle for the policy limits of Mr. Campbell's insurance policy. The jury found in plaintiffs' favor, awarding th... More...   $145000000 (10-19-2001 - UT)

In this suit for negligence, a jury found in the plaintiffappellant’s favor and awarded $1,596,000 to the estate of sixteen-year-old Bobby Haight, who ultimately died after an automobile collision at the intersection of 26th Street and Benning Road, N.E. At the time, the intersection was controlled by a malfunctioning traffic signal light, and the jury found appellee, the District of Col... More...   $1596000 (10-18-2001 - DC)

This appeal arises out of an action brought by the plaintiffs, Laurence Scanlon and Louise Scanlon, against the named defendant, Connecticut Light and Power Company (defendant), among others,1 alleging that the defendant’s negligent installation and maintenance of certain electrical equipment caused harm to the plaintiffs’ dairy herd, thereby causing economic loss to the plainti... More...   $600000 (10-16-2001 - CT)

Defendants, Marion G. Kaufman Trust, Jack Kaufman and Marion G. Kaufman (the Kaufmans), appeal as of right from a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff, from the trial court’s partial denial of defendants’ motion for directed verdict, and its denial of defendants’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV), new trial, or remittitur. Plaintiff, Lane Colby, cross-appea... More...   $0 (10-12-2001 - MI)

At issue in these consolidated appeals is whether appellant, the District of Columbia, is liable for the deaths of the driver and a passenger in a motor vehicle which was struck by the driver of another vehicle who was being pursued in a high speed chase by police officers of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Donna Love, who was driving, and her seven year old neph... More...   $3772153 (10-04-2001 - DC)

Hillcrest Foods, Inc., d.b.a. The Waffle House, appeals from a judgment entered against it on a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress brought by Reginald Middlebrooks and seven other plaintiffs. (2) Hillcrest argues that it is entitled to judgment as a matter of law for numerous reasons, that the Middlebrooks group was not entitled to punitive damages, and that the district court ... More...   $500000 (09-27-2001 - GA)

Paul Cummings brought this suit in Massachusetts Superior Court, alleging that defendant-appellant-cross-appellee Standard Register, Co. discriminated against him on the basis of age in violation of Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B, § 4. Standard Register removed the case to the federal district court for the district of Massachusetts and, after a ten-day trial, a jury found in favor of Cummings and award... More...   $990000 (09-18-2001 - MA)

This case presents the single question of when post-judgment interest begins to accrue on a money judgment for tort damages, based on a jury verdict, when the judgment is subsequently reduced, via a remittitur, by the trial court. The defendant, Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland, asks us to determine whether the Circuit Court erred as a matter of law in awarding post-judgmen... More...   $2133283 (09-14-2001 - MD)

1 Defendant/Appellant Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages, Inc. (SWBYP) seeks review of the trial court's order denying SWBYP's motions for new trial and/or remittitur after the jury's verdict for Plaintiff/Appellee Dr. Brett Boatsman on Boatsman's negligence claim. In this appeal, SWBYP challenges the trial court's order for error in the admission of evidence at trial, in the jury's verdict for compen... More...   $100000 (09-07-2001 - OK)

{1} This is a case involving error by a court clerk, neglect by a courier service, the result that a complaint was not file-stamped prior to the expiration of the statute of limitations, and a trial court's practical ruling permitting the case to proceed, which we affirm notwithstanding Defendant's several technical, procedural arguments. Defendant appeals from a judgment, finding it liable fo... More...   $700000 (09-06-2001 - NM)

On April 17, 1997, Bielicki, Romana, and Vigil were routinely finishing ... More...   $2133500 (09-06-2001 - NM)

In this personal injury action, the defendants, David Cranford and the Salvation Army,1 appeal from the judgment, rendered after a jury trial, in favor of the plaintiff, Kathleen Ipacs. The defendants claim that the trial court improperly (1) denied their posttrial motion challenging the verdict as against the weight of the evidence, and (2) failed to instruct the jury on the plaintiff̵... More...   $1309000 (09-04-2001 - CT)

This case requires that we address the manner in which a trial court treats an uninsured motor-ist settlement in relation to a subsequent award of dam-ages by a jury for a single indivisible injury by joint tortfeasors. The plaintiff, Carol Collins, was injured in a multicar accident, and brought an action against the defendants, Raymond A. Sardinas and Raymond D. Sar-dinas, 1 and her unins... More...   $0 (08-28-2001 - CT)

Plaintiffs sought damages for the wrongful death of their son, Conor Foster. He was electrocuted and died on November 10, 1995, when he touched a floor lamp at his home. Aside from damages, the only issue presented in the jury trial was which of the Defendants imported the lamp which the parties agree was defective. The jury returned a verdict against Defendant-Appellant Catalina Industries, Inc. ... More...   $15000000 (08-07-2001 - MO)

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... More...   $85564 (08-01-2001 - CA)