On January 3, 1996, Donna Metcalf (Metcalf) transferred a 40-acre parcel of land
located near Lake Helena to Richard Thieltges (Thieltges) by warranty deed. The deed
stated that:
[Metcalf], for and in consideration of the sum of One Dollar and other valuable consideration... to her in hand paid by [Thieltges],... does by these presents grant, bargain, sell, convey, warrant and conf

On December 30, 2011, Joel Estaban Perez was
seriously injured while working for Kevin Spicer, doing business
3 Established by St. 1985, c. 572, § 55, the Fund "provide[s], among other things, a source of payment for an employee who suffers a work-related injury while working for an employer who does not have workers' compensation insurance in violation" of G. L. c

When Mary Rawls and Jeffrey Rawls divorced in 2008, their Divorce Decree incorporated their agreement to divide bonus compensation that would be paid to Jeffrey in 2008 and for the following six years. Mary later sued Jeffrey to recover her share of bonus compensation that Jeffrey received from 2008 through
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2011. She also brought a bill of review attacking the 2008 Decree and a petition

Pelco Construction Company filed suit against Chambers County, Texas, Kurt Amundson, and Amundson Consulting, Inc. over a construction contract. Chambers County counter-sued. The trial court granted summary judgment on liability in favor of Chambers County and Amundson Consulting on all claims in
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the suit. The parties then proceeded to trial on Chambers County’s damages for its breach of

This case requires us to resolve three issues
regarding a public construction contract that implements the
construction management at risk delivery method, pursuant to
G. L. c. 149A: (1) Does the owner who furnishes the plans and
specifications in a public construction management at risk
project give an implied warranty of their sufficiency for the
purpose intended,

Benzene was first discovered and isolated from coal tar in the 1800’s but, today, is derived mostly from petroleum. (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Toxicological Profile for Benzene (2007) [as of Sep. 1, 2015], p. 2 (Benzene Profile).) It is a colorless liquid with a sweet odor that is widely used in the United States in the manufacture of lu

Defendants Strike Holdings LLC and Strike Long Island, LLC (collectively, Strike) operated an indoor recreation facility that contained a go-kart racing track. On December 27, 2003, plaintiff rode as a passenger in a two-seat go-kart driven by her then boyfriend, third-party defendant, Lawrence Nadler. While driving on the track, they were allegedly bumped twice by other go-karts, allege

Tulsa, OK - Tulsa Industrial Authority (Title 60 public trust) and BOKF, NA d/b/a Bank of Oklahoma sued Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust (a Title public trust) on breach of contract theories claiming:

Tulsa Industrial Authority, an Oklahoma public trust (hereafter the “Industrial Authority”), and BOKF, NA (d/b/a Bank of Oklahoma) for their Petition against Defendant, Tulsa Airports Improv

Benson purchased a used Infiniti from SCAS on October 1, 2011. He alleged that he subsequently learned the car had a damaged frame. He also alleged the car’s price on the contract he signed was $1,496 higher than the advertised price ($24,995) and the contract falsely stated he did not make a deferred down payment, when he actually did.
Benson’s counsel sent SCAS two letters, both dated

Plaintiff Larry Kirkbride was injured while attempting to dislodge a foreign object
from a portable rock-crushing plant manufactured by the predecessor of Defendant Terex
USA, LLC. Kirkbride brought a products-liability action against Terex, and a jury found
the company liable for failure to adequately warn of the plant’s dangers, for defectively
manufacturing a critical part insid

Plaintiffs Alamo Recycling, LLC (Alamo) and Chino Valley Recycling, LLC (Chino) operate “recycling center[s]” where beverage containers sold in California may be redeemed for their “California Redemption Value.” In this action, plaintiffs sued defendant Anheuser Busch Inbev Worldwide, Inc. and other companies that sell or distribute beverages containers in California (the Beverage Companies or de

Norman, OK - Kaye I. Johnson sued Danny Lee Gravitt seeking a declaratory judgment claiming:

I. At all relevant times, Plaintiff was a resident of Oklahoma City, Cleveland County, State of Okiahoma, and as of on or about May 1, 2006, Plaintiff has been a resident of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, State of Oklahoma, for reasons hereinafter set forth.
2. At all relevant times, Defendan

Plaintiffs King Bradley, Jr. (“Bradley”) and Christine Bradley
(“Christine”) appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants
No. 14-6087 Bradley, et al. v. Ameristep, et al. Page 2
Ameristep, Inc. and Primal Vantage Co., Inc. on this product liability suit in diversity. For the
reasons stated below, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Mike and Beverly Birnbaum purchased a penthouse condominium unit in San Antonio in 2007. They had it remodeled and moved in two years later. Soon after they moved in, a rainstorm occurred and they discovered numerous water leaks throughout the unit.
The Birnbaums brought suit against the seller, Gena Atwell, Atwell’s realtor, Phyllis Browning, Browning’s company, and their own realtor, Mimi We

Appellants were the plaintiffs in this suit for personal injuries, “malicious” contract breaches arising from an apartment lease, and federal civil rights violations. Their claims arose from an incident in which appellant Albert Morris was allegedly assaulted and injured without justification by an off-duty Parkland Hospital police officer and by City of Dallas police officers in the parking lot o

In December 2009, Medina was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a type of cancer usually caused by exposure to asbestos. He filed a personal injury complaint against numerous defendants in March 2010, alleging causes of action for negligence, breach of implied warranty, strict products liability, fraud/failure to warn, and conspiracy to defraud/failure to warn. Medina preserved his testimony in video-

Needelman entered into a one-year lease beginning on April 1, 2008, with the management company of DeWolf for an apartment on Greenwich Street in San Francisco (Greenwich apartment). DeWolf is an agent of M&H, the owner of the apartment building. After the lease expired on March 31, 2009, Needelman remained as a month-to-month tenant.
On December 22, 2011, DeWolf served Needleman with a t

Takeda, a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Japan, manufactures pioglitazone, a prescription drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, marketed in the United States since 1999 under the brand name Actos®. In 2006, plaintiff Jack Cooper was prescribed Actos® to treat his type 2 diabetes. He took Actos® continuously until he was diagnosed with bladder cancer in November 2011.
Jack and Nancy

The appellant Anthony J. Silvestri1 appeals from the judgment of the Appellate Court affirming the judgment of the trial court in favor of the appellees, John Couto and Jane Couto.2 The trial court had found Silvestri personally liable for, inter alia, breach of contract, breach of implied warranty, and violation of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (CUTPA),GeneralStatutes§ 42-110aetseq.T

The “first-filed rule” is a well-established policy of the federal courts that “[i]n all cases of concurrent jurisdiction, the court which first has possession of the subject must decide it.” Smith v. McIver, 22 U.S. (9 Wheat) 532, 535 (1824). This rule permits the district courts, in their discretion, to stay, transfer or dismiss cases that are duplicates of those brought previously in other fede

The “first-filed rule” is a well-established policy of the federal courts that “[i]n all cases of concurrent jurisdiction,
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the court which first has possession of the subject must decide it.” Smith v. McIver, 22 U.S. (9 Wheat) 532, 535 (1824). This rule permits the district courts, in their discretion, to stay, transfer or dismiss cases that are duplicates of those brought previousl

Secundino Medina died of asbestos-related mesothelioma. Medina’s estate, his daughters Patricia Soto, Yolanda Isaak, and Leticia Medina, and his great-grandson Eli Canett asserted claims for negligence, strict liability, and wrongful death against a host of defendants, alleging that their asbestos-laden products contributed to Medina’s mesothelioma. Their claims against defendant BorgWarner Mors

The automobile sales contract in the present case has an arbitration agreement that provides, among other things, that arbitral awards of $0 or over $100,000 as well as grants but not denials of injunctive relief may be appealed to a panel of arbitrators. The arbitration agreement also has provisions that require the party appealing the award to front the costs of the appeal, preserve the right o

The Baughs owned twenty acres of land in Weber County, Utah. In 2004, they met with a wetlands consultant who informed them that there were wetlands on their property and that they therefore could not use fill dirt on the property without obtaining a permit from the United States Army Corps of
Favero Farms v. Baugh
20140711-CA 2 2015 UT App 182
Engineers. The Baughs had already pl