Workers Compensation Law
 
Danielle Sullivan v. St. Joseph's Rehabilitation and Residence et al.

Sullivan’s complaint included two counts asserted pursuant to the
WPA—“retaliation” and “constructive discharge.” St. Joseph’s moved for
summary judgment on both counts and prevailed as to the constructive discharge
claim. Because Sullivan appeals only from the court’s grant of summary judgment, the following facts are drawn from the summary judgment record.3 See
Budge v. To

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Alberta Graf v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Alberta Graf was injured when the car she was driving was struck from
behind by an underinsured motorist. She claimed uninsured/underinsured motorist
(UM/UIM) coverage and medical payments coverage under two separate State
Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company policies. Graf and State Farm
agreed to arbitrate the amount of damages caused by the accident, but to leave to

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State of Maine v. Derek S. Poulin

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, the
following facts are supported by the trial record. See State v. Reed, 2013 ME 5,
¶ 9, 58 A.3d 1130. In the afternoon of October 23, 2012, the body of the victim,
Poulin’s paternal grandmother, was discovered in her home in Old Orchard Beach.
She had been struck in the head with blunt objects and stabbed many

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State of Tennessee v. Lindsey Brooke Lowe

The defendant was interviewed by police and ultimately gave a statement in which she admitted placing her hand over each baby‟s mouth in order to stifle the child‟s cry. Prior to trial, the defendant moved to suppress her statement.
On November 5, 2012, the trial court held a hearing during which the State presented the testimony of Detective Steve Malach, who had obtained the

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The Estate of Kylie Johnson, deceased, by and through Mary Melott, Personal Representative, v. SSM Health Care of Oklahoma, Inc. d/b/a Saint Anthony Hospital et al.

Norman, OK - The Estate of Kylie Johnson, deceased, by and through Mary Melott, Personal Representative, v. SSM Health Care of Oklahoma, Inc. d/b/a Saint Anthony Hospital, Tamara Holloway, D.O., Brenst Scott, D.O., Oklahoma City Ear Nose and Throat Clinic, P.C., Purcell Municipal Hosptial, Dwayne Roush, M.D., Norman Regional Hospital, Kevin C. Hoos, Barbara J. Landaal, M.D., Thomas Whalen, D.O. an

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Brittany Michelle Barrett v. The State of Texas

Appellant was indicted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in three cases, and she pleaded guilty to each of them. The trial court placed her on deferred adjudication community supervision for ten years in each case. The State later moved to proceed to final adjudication in all three cases. At the hearing on the motion, Appellant pleaded true to the allegations in the motion. The court

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Brenda Ann Schwartz v. Accuratus Corporation

The issue in Olivo was “whether a landowner can be liable
for injuries allegedly caused from asbestos exposure experienced
by the wife of a worker who had performed welding and steam
fitting tasks that brought him into contact with asbestos on the
landowner’s premises.” Id. at 398-99. Based on the facts as
presented in Olivo’s summary judgment record and considerations <

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Bradley Arndt v. State of Indiana

Arndt, born on October 22, 1967, and his two older brothers, Jeff Arndt1 and
Thomas Arndt (Thomas), grew up in Trail Creek, LaPorte County, Indiana.
The Arndt brothers had a “hard” childhood—with a father who “drank a lot
and took it out on the kids.” (Tr. p. 188). Arndt, in particular, struggled as he
was “picked on” by students at school and other children in his neighborh

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Jamar Sheets v. State of Indiana

Around 6:15 a.m. on September 13, 2014, Steve Krause (“Krause”), his
daughter, and some of his co-workers from the Indiana Department of
Correction were on their way to a softball tournament at Hummel Park in
Plainfield, Indiana. They stopped at a nearby McDonald’s restaurant to eat
breakfast. Krause approached the counter to order, and because he was
wearing sweatpants

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United States of America v. Allen Fong

San Francisco, CA - San Mateo Resident Pleads Guilty To Operating A Bay Area Prostitution Racketeering Enterprise

Sex Workers Recruited from Overseas

Allen Fong pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday for his role in an international prostitution racketeering enterprise announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homel

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James E. Rogers v. State of Indiana

In August 2014, the State charged Rogers with two counts of Class A felony
child molesting, one count of Class C felony intimidation, two counts of Class
D felony child solicitation, and one count of Class D felony battery resulting in
bodily injury.1 The charges stemmed from allegations made by B.L., Rogers’s
then-eight-year-old niece, after she was at Rogers’s house for a sl

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STEPHANIE GRAY & others1 vs. ATTORNEY GENERAL & another

The common core standards were developed
in 2009 as part of a State-led initiative that included
governors and commissioners of education from forty-eight
States, two territories, and the District of Columbia working as
members of the National Governors Association Center for Best
Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers. The
purpose of the initiative

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United States of America v. Daniel Thomason Smith and Kathleen Marina Kelly-Tuorila

Waco, TX - Jury Convicts Owner of DTS Medical Supply Company in Devine, TX, and Office Manager in Connection with $3.5 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

A jury returned guilty verdicts against 55–year-old DTS Medical Supply Company owner Daniel Thomason Smith and 45-year-old DTS office manager Kathleen Marina Kelly-Tuorila in connection with an estimated $3.5 million Health Care Fraud sch

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State of North Dakota v. Robert Anthony Putney

On June 15, 2014, Minot police arrested Putney for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend. The City of Minot charged Putney with simple assault for violating a city ordinance. On June 16, 2014, Putney pled guilty to the charge in municipal court and the court sentenced him to 30 days in jail.

[¶3] In July 2014, the State charged Putney with aggravated assault for shooting his girlfriend duri

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JASON WORCESTER v. SPRINGFIELD TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY

On October 6, 2011, Springfield reported a leak of
hydraulic fluid to the Maine Department of Environmental
Protection. At that time, the plaintiff, Worcester, was an
employee of Springfield. He became involved in a dispute with his
supervisor about the safety implications of cleaning up the spill
and was eventually fired. He then brought suit against Springfield
u

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United States of America v. Morris E. Zuckerman

New York, NY - Manhattan Energy Investor Pleads Guilty To Tax Fraud Schemes Involving Evasion Of Over $45 Million Of Income And Other Taxes

Defendant Admits Hiding From the IRS the $130 Million Sale Of a Petroleum Products Company He Owned, Using H
is Attorneys To Provide False Information To IRS During Subsequent Audit, and Filing Dozens of False Tax Returns with IRS

Morris

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George Farquar v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. et al

Washington, D.C. - Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates Delivers Remarks at Press Conference Announcing $14.7 Billion Volkswagen Settlements

Good morning and thank you for being here.

I’m pleased to be joined by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy and Chairwoman Edith Ramirez of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), as well as Assistant Attorney Gene

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STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. LIXANDRA HERNANDEZ and JOSE G. SANCHEZ

New Jersey provides a broad range of discovery to an
accused in a criminal case under Rule 3:13-3. This open-file
approach is intended to ensure fair and just trials. Here, the
issue is not whether defendants have a right to discovery of the
prosecutor’s file in their case, but whether they have a right
to discovery of the files in unrelated cases involving the same

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Bogertman v. Attorney General of Massachusetts

In this appeal, we decide whether the Attorney
General properly certified an initiative petition that seeks to
amend G. L. c. 23K to authorize the Gaming Commission
(commission) to award one additional license for a slot machine
parlor. Article 48 of the Amendments to the Massachusetts
Constitution, which governs the process for presenting proposed
laws directly to M

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Ronald Malam vs. State of Missouri, Department of Corrections

Mr. Malam was employed by the Missouri Department of Corrections
(employer) as a corrections officer. While at work, Mr. Malam executed a
“takedown” on an uncooperative inmate. Mr. Malam initially experienced only an
adrenaline rush. As he escorted the inmate to his housing unit, Mr. Malam
became short of breath and began spitting up blood. Mr. Malam was taken by
ambul

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Thomas Kurzyna and Mary Kurzyna v. Johnny D. Gartman and Progressive Direct Insurance Company

Tulsa, OK - Thomas Kurzyna and Mary Kurzyna sued Johnny D. Gartman and Progressive Direct Insurance Company on auto negligence and under insured motorist theories respectively seeking compensation for injuries and damages they claimed to have sustained as a result of a car wreck in Tulsa County caused by Gartman ran a red light and hit the Plaintiffs' vehicle.

The defendants did not plea

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Travis Marcellaus Edwards v. The State of Texas

A jury found appellant, Travis Marcellaus Edwards, guilty of the offenses of
aggravated assault of a security officer,1 aggravated robbery,2 and unlawful
possession of a firearm by a felon.3 After finding true the allegation in an
enhancement paragraph in each indictment that appellant had been previously
convicted of a felony offense, the trial court assessed his punishment a

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State of Wyoming, et al. v. United States Department of the Interior, et al.

This matter comes before the Court on the Petitions for Review of Final Agency Action filed separately in each of these consolidated actions, challenging the Bureau of Land Management's issuance of regulations applying to hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian lands. The Court, having considered the briefs and materials submitted in support of the petitions and the oppositions thereto, includi

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TIGER v. VERDIGRIS VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE


On January 9, 2008, a field engineer for Verdigris Valley Electric Cooperative (Employer) met with a contract electrician for Integrated Service Company LLC (INSERV) in Catoosa, Oklahoma, concerning the installation of additional underground electrical service. They discussed the location of the additional service to the building and decided to use an existing junction box which the engineer

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Christopher Malone and Amy Malone v. Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO)

Tulsa, OK - Christopher Malone and Amy Malone sued Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) on a friendly suit basis (not contested) seeking compensation for the injuries sustained by their minor child sustained in a care wreck in Catoosa, Oklahoma on January 24, 2014. Plaintiff's minor child was a passenger in a vehicle owned by Plaintiff that was being driven by Brad Dixon along County Ro

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