A jury returned verdicts in favor of plaintiff Timothy King against defendant U.S.
Bank National Association (U.S. Bank) for defamation, wrongful termination in violation
of public policy, and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing,
awarding King almost $24.3 million in compensatory and punitive damages. U.S. Bank
filed a motion for judgment notwithstanding ... More...   $0 (07-29-2020 - CA)

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Markey Keyon Smith with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: ABDOM, ASSAULT AND BATTERY - DOMESTIC - BY STRANGULATION, in violation of 21 O.S. 644.J
Date of Offense: 03/01/2020
Party Name Disposition Information
SMITH, MARKEY KEYON Disposed: DISMISSED, 07/17/2020. Dismissed- Request of the State
Count as Disposed: ASSAULT AND BATTERY -... More...   $0 (07-22-2020 - OK)

Proposition 65, also known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement
Act of 1986 (Health & Saf. Code, §§ 25249.5-25249.13), requires the Governor to
publish a “list of those chemicals known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive
toxicity.” (Health & Saf. Code, § 25249.8.) In 2013 the Carcinogen Identification
Committee (Committee) voted to list the chemical diisononyl ... More...   $0 (07-12-2020 - CA)

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Angel Luis Estrella with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: ABDOM, DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND BATTERY BY STRANGULATON, in violation of 21 O.S. 644.1
Date of Offense: 03/22/2020
Party Name Disposition Information
ESTRELLA, ANGEL LUIS Disposed: CONVICTION, 07/10/2020. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND BATTERY BY STRANGULATO... More...   $0 (07-10-2020 - OK)

This case is about preemption and causation:
whether the Medical Device Amendments (MDA) to the federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) preempt the state-law
products liability claims at issue here, and whether Rexina Mize
and her husband, Minh Nguyen, sufficiently pled causation to
survive Mentor Worldwide LLC’s demurrer to those claims. We
conclude that the tort claim... More...   $0 (07-06-2020 - CA)

On March 5, 2018, the State filed a complaint in the county court for Lancaster County
against Washburn, alleging that, by using or threatening to use violence, force, physical
interference, or obstacles, she intentionally obstructed, impaired, or hindered law enforcement or
the preservation of the peace by a peace officer contrary to Neb. Rev. Stat. � 28-906 (Reissue
2016). Wash... More...   $0 (06-29-2020 - NE)

Plaintiff Sofia Wilton Barriga filed this lawsuit against 99 Cents Only Stores LLC,
(99 Cents) on her own behalf and on behalf of similarly situated current and former
nonexempt employees of 99 Cents hired before October 1, 1999, and who worked the
graveyard shift after January 1, 2012, until the conclusion of her lawsuit, pleading various
Labor Code violations and violation of the... More...   $0 (06-28-2020 - CA)

Plaintiff Sofia Wilton Barriga filed this lawsuit against 99 Cents Only Stores LLC,
(99 Cents) on her own behalf and on behalf of similarly situated current and former
nonexempt employees of 99 Cents hired before October 1, 1999, and who worked the
graveyard shift after January 1, 2012, until the conclusion of her lawsuit, pleading various
Labor Code violations and violation of the... More...   $0 (06-28-2020 - CA)

Defendant and appellant Bauer Media Group USA, LLC,
an entertainment magazine publisher, appeals from the denial of
its special motion to strike the first amended complaint of
plaintiffs and respondents Richard Simmons and Teresa Reveles
(i.e., an anti-SLAPP motion under Code of Civil Procedure section
425.16.).
The well-known Simmons describes himself as “a health
and ... More...   $0 (06-22-2020 - CA)

Cleveland, OH - The United States of America charged Travone D. Edwards, age 26, with robbing a credit union.

According to the criminal complaint filed in this matter, on February 28, 2020, a lone suspect, later identified as Edwards, entered the GenFed Financial Credit Union (GFCU) located on Oberlin Ave in Lorain, Ohio. Edwards gave a note to the bank teller demanding that the teller “P... More...   $0 (06-16-2020 - OH)

Matthew Boermeester was expelled from the University of
Southern California (USC) for committing intimate partner violence
against Jane Roe.1 The superior court denied his petition for writ of
administrative mandate to set aside the expulsion. He appeals,
contending, among other things, that the process leading to his
expulsion violated his right to a fair hearing. We conclude ... More...   $0 (06-01-2020 - CA)

Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP suits) are meritless
lawsuits designed to punish parties for protected activities (the right to petition or free
speech). A party can move to strike a SLAPP suit by filing an anti-SLAPP motion.
(Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16.)1
There is a two-prong test: the moving party must show the
lawsuit arises from its protected activiti... More...   $0 (05-27-2020 - CA)