Placer Foreclosure, Inc., acting as trustee, conducted
a foreclosure sale of property owned by Solomon Aflalo. The
foreclosure sale resulted in surplus proceeds. When Aflalo filed a
wrongful foreclosure action against Placer and the third-party
buyer, Pro Value Properties, Inc., Placer filed a complaint in
interpleader and deposited the surplus proceeds with the court.
Plac

Appellant worked at a cattle ranch. On May 29, 2015, shortly after eating lunch
with a co-worker, Appellant exited the co-worker’s car and walked toward a red pickup
where the victim was standing. In the presence of numerous witnesses, without saying
anything, Appellant shot the victim. After the victim fell to the ground, Appellant shot him
in the head several times. He th

In this putative class action against defendants and
respondents Williams-Sonoma, Inc., and Williams-Sonoma
Stores, Inc. (jointly, Williams-Sonoma), plaintiff and appellant
Harley Shine appeals from an order of dismissal following the
sustaining of a demurrer without leave to amend. Concluding
the demurrer was properly sustained on res judicata grounds, we
affirm.
FACTU

A. Legal Background—The Procedural Ordinance and 2008 Assessment
Under the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994 (PBID of
1994) (Sts. & Hy. Code,2 §§ 36600 et seq.), private property owners in a geographical
area can initiate formation of a business improvement district to assess themselves fees to
be spent promoting their businesses. (See Epstein v. Hollywood Ente

Asma’s nine-year marriage to Zafar was marked by Zafar’s abusive and
controlling nature, as reflected by his beating Asma’s head against a wall,
holding a gun to her forehead and threatening to kill her, installing cameras in
their home to watch her, checking her cell phone when he came home from
work, and threatening to shoot her if she called 911. On April 16, 2016, the

On July 14, 2012, a fire damaged equipment vital to production at the LittleRock steel pipe manufacturing plant of Welspun Tubular, LLC, a wholly ownedsubsidiary of Welspun Pipes, Inc. (together, Welspun). The fire, which forced theplant to temporarily cease operations, was a covered peril under the RM SelectCommercial Insurance Policy issued to Welspun by Liberty Mutual Fire InsuranceCompany (Lib

Carleton Harris was injured while working at the Allen County Juvenile Center. After he reached maximum medical improvement, both his disability benefits and his employment were terminated. Harris subse-quently sued the Allen County Board of Commissioners and the Allen Superior Court for alleged violations of the Ameri-cans with Disabilities Act (“the ADA”). The only question on
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This is the fourth published
appellate opinion in a long-running dispute between New
West and the City of Joliet. New West filed this suit in March
2005, contending that the City had interfered with the way in
which it set rents at the Evergreen Terrace apartment complex
under the national government’s mark-to-market program
for rates at subsidized apartments. New West also

Defendant Holly Hartman (“Hartman”) appeals from the
judgment entered by the district court denying her motion for summary judgment on Count Four
of Plaintiffs’ complaint. For the reasons set forth below, we REVERSE the judgment of the
district court and REMAND the case to the district court for proceedings consistent with this
opinion.
I. BACKGROUND
This case arises out of

Ceil Walker Norris, individually and in her
role as a trustee of several family trusts, and on behalf of her business, Walker & Associates,
Inc., (individually and collectively “Walker”) initiated this action against MK Holding, Inc.
(“MK Holding”) and Regions Financial Corporation (“Regions FC”), alleging that they breached
their duties as trustees of the various family trusts by

Defendant-Appellant Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest (“Hartford”) appeals the district court’s order denying its motion for summary judgment and granting that of Defendant-Appellee Axis Surplus Insurance Company (“Axis”). Hartford also challenges the district court’s grant of Axis’s motion to strike an affidavit submitted in support of its motion for summary judgment as untimely. For the

The Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board sued DISH Network Corp., seeking an injunction against unilateral changes to employee wages during collective bargaining. The district court granted the injunction in part. Both DISH and the Board appealed. We AFFIRM.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
DISH Network Corp. is a satellite television provider with production facilities

This case arises out of a constitutional challenge to Virginia Code § 46.2-395, pursuant to which anyone who fails to pay court costs or fines imposed after a conviction is subject to suspension of his or her driver’s license. Plaintiffs Damian Stinnie, Demetrice Moore, Robert Taylor, and Neil Russo owe court debts and, because of their inability to pay, have had their licenses suspended. They all

This case presents the question of whether a plaintiff who brings a representative
action under the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA; Lab. Code, § 2698,
et seq.) may seek penalties not only for the Labor Code violation that affected him or her,
but also for different violations that affected other employees. The trial court granted
plaintiff Forrest Huff a new trial, rea

This case arises out of a dispute under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”). Under the IDEA, when parents and school districts dispute a child’s educational placement, a parent may file an administrative due process complaint that can lead to an administrative hearing. At least ten days before the dispute reaches a hearing, the school district can extend a settlement offer to

Professional Collection Consultants (PCC) filed this action to collect credit card
debt that Lujan incurred. The parties agree that if Delaware’s three-year statute of
limitations applies the action is time-barred, but that if California’s four-year statute
applies the case is timely filed. The trial court applied the Delaware statute, granting
summary judgment on statute of limita

Appellant alleges that he was sodomized by his roommate, K.W., while a patient
in the adolescent psychiatric unit of respondent Good Samaritan Hospital Southwest
(Hospital). He brought this action alleging that Hospital was negligent in placing K.W.
in a room together with appellant, and limiting its efforts to supervise these patients to
observation of each of them at 15-minute in

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Honduran national Sergio Neftali Mejia-Duarte was sentenced today to life in prison for his involvement in a large-scale international narcotics transportation organization.

On Jan. 9, a Miami jury found Mejia-Duarte, 41, guilty of conspiring to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine with the knowledge that the coca

In this appeal of an inverse condemnation action, Defendant-Appellant the City of St. Pete Beach (“the City”) challenges a jury verdict in favor of Plaintiffs Katherine A. Chmielewski and Paul Chmielewski, as personal representative of the estate of Chester Chmielewski (“the Chmielewskis”). The underlying dispute involves a beachfront parcel, owned by the Chmielewskis, which experienced significan

Linda Marshall appeals from the judgment on reserved issues following the
dissolution of her marriage to Bryan S. Marshall.1
Linda challenges two specific aspects
of the family court’s division of marital property. She contends the court erred declaring
a 2006 capital gains tax liability to be a community debt, notwithstanding the fact she had
obtained an “innocent spouse” det

On June 8, 2016, Poirier filed a complaint against PECo for monetary
damages and equitable relief, based on PECo’s alleged breach of Poirier’s
manufacturer’s representative agreement. The complaint alleged four causes of action
against PECo: breach of contract; conversion of fees paid by Poirier’s clients; violation of
the statutory duty in R.C. 1335.11 when PECo failed to pay

On July 26, 2009, a drunk driver crossed the centerline and hit Borkovec’s
vehicle head-on. The crash resulted in significant work-related injuries to Borkovec
and killed the other driver’s son. Borkovec’s right femur, patella of his right knee,
and right heel bone were fractured; he suffered contusions to his chest, broken
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Eleno Quinteros, Jr., the former vice president of operations for two airline mechanic staffing companies, was sentenced today to 12 months in prison for making false statements in support of legal permanent resident petitions for dozens of the companies’ mechanics.

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the Succession of Florence Schmit Gettys Sanchez, which awarded Plaintiffs
Appellees, Charles W. Gettys, Jr. (“Charles”) and Tammy Abide (“Tammy”)
(collectively “Plaintiffs-Appellees”) and Defendants-Appellants, William G.
Gettys (“William”), Floellen Sanchez-Rickard (“Floellen”), Victoria Foght Virga,

This appeal is the latest installment in an ERISA litigation
saga that has spanned almost ten years. At the risk of oversimplifying their case, the Plaintiff–
Retirees claim that Defendant Norton Healthcare, Inc. Retirement Plan (“Norton”) underpaid
them under the terms of the plan. The district court found that the plan was unambiguous in the
Retirees’ favor. We agree with the dis