In March 2015, the Eagan Police Department began investigating the reported use
of a cloned credit card3 by an unknown male at a Target store in Eagan. An investigator
learned from Target’s loss-prevention personnel that the same unknown male had been to
the store on five other occasions to purchase gift cards with what appeared to be cloned
credit cards. On one of the occasi

El Reno, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Karen Ann Jones with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: EMB, EMBEZZLEMENT, in violation of 21 O.S. 1451
Date of Offense: 05/31/2016
Party Name Disposition Information
JAQUES, KAREN ANN Disposed: DEFERRED, 11/17/2017. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: EMBEZZLEMENT(EMB)
Violation of 21 O.S. 1451
Docket
Date Code Descriptio

Todd M. Babin worked for Quality Energy Services, Inc., until he became disabled in 2012. He applied for short-term disability benefits through Quality Energy’s employee benefit plan. His application was denied in February 2013. In February 2014, he requested documents regarding both the short- and long-term disability plans, but he alleges that Quality Energy never sent those documents to him. Ba

Tulsa, OK - Defendant Sentenced to 50 Years' In Prison on First-Degree Murder Charge

The State of Oklahoma charged Garry Wayne Wilson, age 49, with First-Degree Murder for killing Terrel Smith on September 9, 2016 and hiding his body in an an abandoned car.

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM11, MURDER - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7
Date of Offense: 09/11/2016

Plaintiff and appellant, J. Brent Arave, brought several claims under the California
Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) (Gov. Code, § 12900 et seq.) against his
former employers, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (Merrill Lynch), Bank of
America (BoA), his supervisor Joseph Holsinger, and a human resources supervisor,
Katherine Anderson (collectively, defendants). He

Patricia White (“Claimant”) appeals the decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (“Commission”) denying workers’ compensation for the death of her husband, Ulysses White (“White”). White suffered a fatal cardiovascular event while at work. Claimant contends the Commission erred by applying the wrong burden of proof to claims under sections 287.120 and 287.0201 of the workers’ comp

According to the indictment, Mr. Arnold—along with his wife, Robyn, and his
sons Ricky and Robert (collectively, “the Arnolds”)—devised a scheme to defraud
individuals out of the rebates paid to them when they purchased new vehicles. The
Arnolds persuaded the victims to turn their rebates over to a charitable trust by
falsely representing they would manage the trust to pay off

In the fall of 2014, Mr. Foltz moved into the home of his girlfriend, Amanda Russell, and her two children. On December 22, 2014, Ms. Russell took her two-year-old son, BB, to a pediatrician, Dr. Fall, with concerns that BB had been vomiting, complaining of leg pain, and that he was bruising easily. After an examination and receiving the results of blood work, Dr. Fall concluded that BB’s injur

Petitioner Westmoreland Coal Company challenges a final decision and order by the U.S. Department of Labor Benefits Review Board (the “Board”) granting federal disability benefits to Respondent Herskel Stallard, a retired coal miner, under the Black Lung Benefits Act (the “Black Lung Act”), 30 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. The Board affirmed a decision by the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) concluding tha

After approximately eleven
years of working his way up the Costco1 employment ladder,
appellant Leonal Anthony Garcia-Garcia2 (Garcia) was fired
following an investigation which revealed an inventory discrepancy
in the Meat Department that he managed. Garcia sued Costco in
federal court invoking diversity jurisdiction and alleging an
array of Puerto-Rico-based claims stemmi

Hazlip pled guilty to burglary and theft on June 8, 2015. The district court imposed an underlying prison sentence of 13 months with 24 months' probation.

On January 12, 2016, Hazlip submitted to a urinalysis that tested positive for alcohol. In a form entitled Waiver of Right to Probation Violation Hearing dated that same day and signed by Court Services Officer (CSO) Stephanie Schneid

In the early hours of August 14, 2015, Womack was receiving treatment at the Ottawa County Health Center after being beaten by her boyfriend at the time, Stanley. When Deputy Aaron Zeigler arrived at the hospital, he was initially unable to recognize Womack due to the bruising and swelling of her face. In assessing Womack, Zeigler noted her nose was bleeding, her mouth had blood around it, and th

Joshua Zurn appeals the district court's denial of his motion filed pursuant to K.S.A. 60-1507. Zurn alleged eight reasons that his attorney Charles Ball was ineffective: (1) Ball was unprepared for trial because he did not contact any of the witnesses prior to trial and did not request a preliminary hearing transcript; (2) Ball did not advise Zurn that he had a right to independent counsel or in

Montgomery, AL - Roy Moore's Effort To Stop Certification of Doug Jone's Victory Fails

Roy Moore, Republican candidate for the United States Senate, sued the Secretary of State of Alabama, John H. Merrill, seeking to enjoin him from certifying the election of Doug Jones.

Moore claimed that the results should not be certified because of alleged voter fraud, but was unable to produ

Appellants and defendants San Diego County Office of Education (Office) and
Randolph E. Ward appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff and respondent Rodger
Hartnett reinstating his employment and awarding him $306,954.99 in back pay, benefits,
and prejudgment interest. Defendants contend (1) collateral estoppel precluded the trial
court from granting Hartnett's requested relief

In nineteen issues, appellant, R.C.C., Jr. (Father), is appealing a final judgment naming him and appellee, W.J.M.C. (Mother), as their child’s joint managing conservators and granting Mother the exclusive right to determine the child’s primary residence. We modify Father’s child support obligation and affirm the trial court’s order as modified.
2
Background
Mother and Father were divo

In Appellant’s first issue, he argues that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction because there was insufficient evidence to prove that Appellant used force or that the victim was unable to comprehend or resist the assault. In his second issue, Appellant contests the constitutionality of Section 22.011(b)(4) of the Texas Penal Code, which he argues is unconstitutional both on its

The factual circumstances underlying appellant’s conviction involve her
termination from a job with a department of the City of Amarillo (department) and her
belief that the termination was improper. That led to a phone call being placed to a
previous co-worker (A.D.) during which conversation appellant said other co-workers
“were talking bad about the job that [appellant] had

In this maritime personal injury case, plaintiff/appellant, Jordy Rousse
(“Rousse”), appeals the district court’s April 19, 2017 judgment granting the
motion for partial summary judgment filed by defendant/appellee, United Tugs,
Inc. (“United”), and dismissing Rousse’s claims for maintenance and cure. For the
reasons that follow, we convert the appeal to an application for supe

San Jose, CA - Businesswoman Sentenced To Prison For High-Technology Worker Visa Fraud

San Jose businesswoman Sridevi Aiyaswamy was sentenced to 13 months in prison today as a result of her involvement in executing an H-1B visa fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in

A Texas university declined to renew a lecturer’s contract. After several extensive but unsuccessful administrative appeals, that lecturer sued the school and its administrators, alleging a deprivation of his property interest in his job without due process and tortious interference with his employment con-tract. The district court denied summary judgment to the administrators on their immunity de

Todd M. Babin worked for Quality Energy Services, Inc., until he became disabled in 2012. He applied for short-term disability benefits through Quality Energy’s employee benefit plan. His application was denied in February 2013. In February 2014, he requested documents regarding both the short- and long-term disability plans, but he alleges that Quality Energy never sent those documents to him. Ba

This case involves several issues of Texas law relating to an insurer’s duty to defend and the damages that an insured may recover when an insurer breaches that duty. The district court, after disposing of much of the case through a series of partial summary judgment rulings and conducting a bench trial on one remaining claim, issued a final judgment that largely (though not entirely) favored the

Under California law, a brand-name drug manufacturer has a duty to warn
of known or reasonably knowable adverse effects arising from an individual’s use
of its drug. (See Stevens v. Parke, Davis & Co. (1973) 9 Cal.3d 51, 65.) In this
case, we examine whether — and if so, under what circumstances — a brandname
drug manufacturer may be sued under a theory of “warning label” liability

Darrell Teeter was murdered on August 11, 2014, at the same location
where he lived and worked, the Main Street Bait Shop in downtown Eldon. The
bait shop was in the front of the building, and Teeter’s residence was in the back.
Teeter had been ill and undergoing dialysis a few days a week, and he had been
prescribed hydrocodone for chronic pain.
A few days prior to hi