California Physicians' Services dba Blue Shield of California (Blue Shield) is a
health care service plan subject to the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975
2
(Knox-Keene Act), Health and Safety Code section 1340 et seq.1 Pacific Bay Recovery,
Inc. (Pacific Bay) is a medical provider that treats substance abuse and narcotic addiction.
Blue Shield contracts with cert

While living at the home of John and Merri Gerke, Thornton, without
permission, used a check belonging to the Gerkes to pay her rent at another location,
and used their bank account to pay several bills. The Gerkes reported the funds
stolen to Fifth Third Bank, which reimbursed the Gerkes $5,454.01, the full amount
stolen by Thornton.
{¶3} Thornton was indicted for two co

Appellant Michelle Audette, a
police patrol officer1 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, appeals from
the entry of summary judgment for the Town of Plymouth ("Town"),
the Plymouth Police Department ("Department"), and a number of the
Town's and the Department's employees. Audette claims that she
suffered discrimination in violation of the Americans with
Disabilities Act ("ADA"), 42

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”)
guarantees children with disabilities a free appropriate public
education (“FAPE”). 20 U.S.C. § 1400(d)(1)(A). We
consider the interplay between the IDEA’s procedural and
substantive safeguards.
BACKGROUND
M.C. suffers from Norrie Disease, a genetic disorder that
renders him blind. He also has a host of other defi

Michael McPherson appeals the trial court's summary
judgment dismissal of his lawsuit against his former employer, Fishing Company
of Alaska. McPherson claims that the "period of effectiveness" term in his
employment contract prohibited Fishing Company from firing him without cause
during that period. Because McPherson's contract contained an at-will
employment provision and th

Boise, ID - Emmett Woman Pleads Guilty to Theft of Government Money

Wendy Ann Payne, 51, of Emmett, Idaho pleaded guilty on May 23, 2017, to theft of government money.

According to the plea agreement, Payne’s grandmother was the spouse of a deceased veteran and received monthly benefits from the Veterans Affairs Dependency and Indemnity Compensation program, paid to eligible surv

On March 30, 2010, Rhonda Timberlake, a registered nurse employed at Christus Health Central Louisiana d/b/a Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital (Cabrini) in the intensive care unit, claimed that she injured her left wrist and forearm while repositioning a patient. Cabrini is self-insured; it contracts with F. A. Richard & Associates, Inc. (FARA), a third-party administrator, to manage its claim

Defendant Applied Underwriters, Inc. (Applied) purports to
appeal from the trial court’s order denying its renewed petition to
compel arbitration filed pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure
section 1008, subdivision (b).1 Because an order denying a
renewed motion or application under section 1008, subdivision (b)
is not appealable (see Tate v. Wilburn (2010) 184 Cal.App.4th
1

This dispute comes before the Court in relation to a malicious abuse of process
4 claim made by Taos school board member Arsenio Cordova (Cordova) against
5 eighteen members of an unincorporated citizens� association (collectively,
6 Petitioners) following their efforts to remove Cordova from office under the Local
7 School Board Member Recall Act (Recall Act), NMSA 1978, ��

This suit is about a historic building
in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, called the Old Mill, and
its architectural renovation and expansion in 2013 to become
a Radisson Blu hotel. The lead plaintiff, Alexis Veljkovic, is a
U.S. citizen of Serbian extraction who lives in Illinois. His coplaintiff,
Nicholas Dimic, is a Canadian at present living in
Paris because he’s a mem

Tulsa, OK - Criminal defense lawyer West Johnson represented Michael Anthony McGregor, III, who was charged by the State of Oklahoma with:


Count # 1. Count as Filed: DI6A, DUI ALCOHOL - SECOND OFFENSE, in violation of 47 O.S. 11-902(A)(2)
Date of Offense: 01/20/2013

Tulsa, OK - Criminal defense lawyer Wes Johnson represented Nathan Vincent Cullison, Jr., who was charged by the State of Oklahoma with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: DU8M, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-402
Date of Offense: 07/22/2012
P

Tulsa, OK - Tulsa criminal defense lawyer Wes Johnson represented Ricky Calvin Manning, who was charged by the State of Oklahoma with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: DU2II, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-402
Date of Offense: 05/27/2010
P

Tulsa, OK - Criminal defense lawyer Wes Johnson represented Julian Christian Alexander who was charged by the State of Oklahoma with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: DU2II, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-402
Date of Offense: 05/14/2010
Par

Tulsa, OK - Tulsa criminal defense lawyer Wes Johnson represented Jason Corey Gulley a/k/a Jasen Gulley with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: ABDGR, ASSAULT WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON, in violation of 21 O.S. 645
Date of Offense: 02/20/2010
Party Name Disposition Information<

Tulsa, OK - Tulsa criminal defense lawyer Wes Johnson represented Stuart Joseph Palmer who was charged by the State of Oklahoma with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: ABOFF, ASSAULT & BATTERY UPON A DETENTION OFFICER, in violation of 21 O.S. 649 B
Date of Offense: 04/26/2012<

Dallas, TX - Former Garland Independent School District Executive Director of Human Resources Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Falsify Immigration Documents

Victor Leos, 63, of Garland, Texas, appeared in federal court and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit false statements in connection with immigration documents.

Leos faces a maximum penalty of five years in fede

Plaintiff-Appellant Karen Vanover (“Vanover”) sued Defendant-Appellee NCO Financial Systems, Inc. (“NCO”), on April 23, 2014, for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), 47 U.S.C. § 227, after NCO attempted to collect medical debts from her. See Vanover v. NCO Fin. Sys., Inc., Case No. 8:14-cv-964-T-35EAJ (M.D. Fla. 2014) (hereinafter “Vanover I”). Nearly one year after Vanov

This appeal presents the questions whether due process forbids giving a
jury’s findings of negligence and strict liability in a class action against cigarette
manufacturers preclusive effect in a later individual suit by a class member and, if
not, whether federal law preempts the jury’s findings. Florida smokers and their
survivors filed a class action against several tobacco comp

Current and former employees of an ambulance service company sued their
employer, alleging that its meal and rest period policies violate California law. Their
complaint alleges claims on behalf of a proposed class as well as non-class claims
concerning those same meal and rest period policies under Labor Code section 2698 et
seq., the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA).<

In this writ of review proceeding, petitioners Ronald
and Kathleen Lenn appeal a judgment of the circuit court
upholding Lane County’s partition of respondent Bottem’s
property and approval of a second home site on that property
under Measure 49 (2007). Petitioners contended in
the trial court that the county erred in approving the partition
because it depends on access fro

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’
Compensation Board that upheld employer’s denials of her
claim that employer add to her accepted 2012 injury claim
the new or omitted condition of disc “protrusions” in the
thoracic spine. The board adopted the determination of the
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) that claimant’s undisputed
disc pathology of the thoracic spine

After suffering permanent brain damage from a
stroke, plaintiff Joseph Smith brought this medical negligence
action, alleging that, because doctors had not taken
proper steps to follow up on his complaints of stroke symptoms,
he lost a chance for treatment that, in one-third of
cases, provides a patient with no or reduced complications
following the stroke. Reviewing the co

Tulsa, OK - Defendant Sentenced To 17 Year's In Prison

The State of Oklahoma charged Anthony Michael Brugh with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: BRG2, BURGLARY - SECOND DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1435
Date of Offense: 01/18/2017
Party Name Disposition Information
BRUGH, ANTHONY MICHAEL Disposed: CONVICTION, 05/18/2017. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: BURGLARY

Albuquerque, NM - Justice Department Settles U.S. Worker Discrimination Claims Against New Mexico Farm

The Justice Department announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with Carrillo Farm Labor, LLC (Carrillo Farm), an onion farm in Deming, New Mexico. The settlement resolves the department’s investigation of complaints that Carrillo Farm discriminated against U.S. citizens due