Workers Compensation Law
 
In the Interest of M.W., et al, a minor

Mother and Father appeal the trial court’s decrees terminating their parental rights.
These appeals involve five children: M.I.B., a son born in 2008 to Mother and an unknown father
and four children born to Mother and Father: M.D.W. and Z.J.W., born in 2010; J.Q.W., born in
2012; and J.W., born in 2014. In four issues, Mother argues the evidence is legally and factually
ins

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United States of America v. Behr Iron & Steel, Inc.

Rockford, IL - Behr Iron & Steel Inc. Pleads Guilty to OSHA Violation Causing Death of Employee

A Rockford-based company pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Iain D. Johnston to willfully violating Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations, resulting in the death of an employee at the company’s facility in South Beloit, Ill.

BEHR IRON & STEEL INC., a high v

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State of Oklahoma v. Keith Aaron Butler

Lawton, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Keith Aaron Butler with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: DU2II, POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-402
Date of Offense: 01/06/2014
Party Name Disposition Information
BUTLER, KEITH AARON Disposed: CONVICTION, 08/15/2014. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE

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State of Oklahoma v. Jessica Danielle Worley-Maycumber

Lawton, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Jessica Danielle Worley-Maycumber with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: LMFR, GRAND LARCENY, in violation of 21 O.S. 1705
Date of Offense: 12/29/2013
Party Name Disposition Information
WORLEY-MAYCUMBER, JESSICA DANIELLE Disposed: CONVICTION, 04/17/2014. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: GRAND LARCENY (LMFR)
Violation of 21 O.S. 1

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State of Oklahoma v. Raheem Davon Nolan

Lawton, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Raheem Davon Nolan with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: BRG2, BURGLARY IN THE SECOND DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1435
Date of Offense: 08/12/2013
Party Name Disposition Information
NOLAN, RAHEEM DAVON Disposed: CONVICTION, 10/16/2014. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: BURGLARY IN THE SECOND DEGREE(BRG2)
Violation of 21 O.S.

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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION v. CRAIG FOR U.S. SENATE AND LARRY E. CRAIG

Larry E. Craig represented Idaho in the United States Senate from 1991 to 2009. On June 11, 2007, he was flying from Idaho to Washington, D.C., with a stop for a connecting flight at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. During that stop, a police officer arrested the Senator in the airport bathroom on charges of disorderly conduct and interference with privacy. On August 1, Craig sig

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State of Oklahoma v. Norman Jerry Mayfield

Lawton, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Norman Jerry Mayfield with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: DU2II, POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-402
Date of Offense: 01/03/2014
Party Name Disposition Information
MAYFIELD, NORMAN JERRY Disposed: CONVICTION, 01/22/2015. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUB

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DFW Advisors Ltd. Co. v. Jacqueline Ervin

Appellant DFW Advisors Ltd. Co. sued its former bookkeeper, appellee Jacqueline Ervin, alleging she misappropriated the company’s funds. After a trial before the court, the court rendered judgment that DFW take nothing on its claims. In four issues, DFW contends that (1) the trial court erred in allowing Ervin to present a defense that was not disclosed during discovery; (2) one of the court’s

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State of Oklahoma v. Nathan Leon Skinner

Lawton, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Nathan Leon Skinner with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: DU8III, ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE BY FRAUD, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-407
Date of Offense: 01/04/2014
Party Name Disposition Information
SKINNER, NATHAN LEON Disposed: DEFERRED, 07/07/2014. Deferred/Accelerated Guilty
Count as Disposed: ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN CONTRO

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Mainstay Fisheries, Inc., et al. v. Northern Waterfront Associates, L.P., et al. v. Kane and Kane, Inc., et al.

The following facts are undisputed by the parties. Plaintiff Mainstay Fisheries, Inc.
(Mainstay) is a Rhode Island corporation, which at all times material hereto, had a principal
place of business in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Plaintiff Richard F. Mudd, Sr. is a resident of
Tiverton, Rhode Island and was the sole shareholder and officer of Mainstay. He was the
Captain of the

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United States of America v. Mark J. Avery

Anchorage, AK - Former Anchorage Prosecutor convicted in wire fraud and money laundering scheme amounting to $31 million

Largest money laundering scheme in Alaska history

A former Anchorage resident and former municipal prosecutor Mark J. Avery was convicted of three counts of wire fraud, six counts of money laundering, one count of bank fraud, and one count of making false state

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Ackerman v. South Carolina Department of Corrections

In 1995, our legislature enacted section 24-3-430 of the South Carolina Code (2007) to authorize the expansion of the Prison Industries program into the private sector. This expansion allowed qualified private entities to use inmate labor but required the wages for participating inmates to be no less than "the prevailing wage for work of [a] similar nature in the private sector." Act No. 7, 1995

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STATE OF IOWA vs. TRENT D. SMITH

On June 9, 2012, at 1:03 a.m., the Black Hawk county emergency call center received a 911 call from M.D. She gave her address and said, “Just get here, thank you, please!” A short time later, M.D.’s mother called the center on a nonemergency line. She told the phone operator that M.D. asked her to call the police to report that Trent Smith had threatened M.D. and that M.D. was afraid of him.

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Corey Williams VS Gulf Coast Occupational Medicine, Inc., ABC Insurance Company, Jane Doe, Drug Test, Inc. d/b/a Disa Inc., DEF Insurance Company, Psychemedics Corporation, and GHI Insurance Company

At the time of the drug test at issue and since approximately the year 2000, Mr.
Williams (a trained mechanic who worked for various oil and chemical refineries), had
been employed by Starcon International (Starcon), a company that maintains an office in
Gonzales. Mr. Williams had worked for Starcon, in California, at facilities including
Chevron, Shell, Conoco Phillips, and Valer

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STATE OF KANSAS v. LUKE LINXWILER

On June 3, 2013, Roxanne Holecek reported to police that she and her husband returned home from vacation and discovered their house had been forcibly entered with numerous items missing. Four days later, Harold Massey reported that his residence had been forcefully entered and damage had been caused throughout the house by bullet holes. Massey also reported several items missing from his residence

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Caterpillar Logistics Services, Inc. vs. Rudolf Amaya

Caterpillar Logistics Services, Inc., appeals a final judgment entered in favor
of Rudolf Amaya following a jury’s verdict awarding Amaya back pay and front
pay on his claim that Caterpillar unlawfully retaliated against him for filing a
workers’ compensation claim in violation of section 440.205, Florida Statutes
(2008) (“retaliation claim”). Because the record demonstrates t

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State of Oklahoma v. Steven Jermaine Douglas

Lawton, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Steven Jermaine Douglas with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: DU8I, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DRUG WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-401(B)(2)
Date of Offense: 12/31/2013
Party Name Disposition Information
DOUGLAS, STEVEN JERMAINE Disposed: CONVICTION, 05/07/2014. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: UNLAWFUL

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State of Oklahoma v. Martina L. Sewell

Lawton, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Martina L. Sewell with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: LA4, POSSESSION OF STOLEN VEHICLE, in violation of 47 O.S. 4-103
Date of Offense: 12/17/2013
Party Name Disposition Information
SEWELL, MARTINA L Disposed: CONVICTION, 05/05/2014. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: POSSESSION OF STOLEN VEHICLE (LA4)
Violation of 47 O.S. 4-103

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State of Oklahoma v. Ronald Dean Ramos II

Lawton, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Ronald Dean Ramos, II with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: DI6A, DRIVING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT, in violation of 47 O.S. 11-902(A)(2)
Date of Offense: 01/03/2014
Party Name Disposition Information
RAMOS, RONALD DEAN II Disposed: CONVICTION, 09/18/2015. Guilty Plea
Count as Dispo

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State of Tennessee v. Joshua Sammy Steadman

On July 17, 2012, the Defendant was indicted for two counts of theft over $10,000, a Class C felony, and one count of theft over $1,000, a Class D felony. On October 5, 2012, the Defendant entered guilty pleas to all three theft counts charged in the indictment. As a Range II, multiple offender, he received an effective sentence of six years in the community corrections program and was ordered t

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State of Tennessee v. Donte Dewayne Watson

In August 2012, the Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of possession of more than 0.5 grams of a schedule II controlled substance with intent to deliver and received an eight-year sentence with the manner of service to be determined at a hearing. Following the hearing in December 2012, he was sentenced to eight years on community corrections under the supervision of DCIV, and his case was tran

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United States of America v. Leland Yee

San Francisco, CA - Former State Senator Leland Yee Sentenced To Five Years’ Imprisonment On Racketeering Conspiracy Charges

Co-Defendants Keith Jackson, Brandon Jamelle Jackson, and Marlon Sullivan also Each Sentenced For Related Crimes

Former State Senator Leland Yee was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment and Keith Jackson was sentenced to 108 months’ imprisonment for their r

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United Food v. Hormel Foods Corporation

This is an appeal from a
judgment and order of the circuit court for Rock County, Michael
R. Fitzpatrick, Judge, in favor of United Food & Commercial
Workers Union, Local 1473 (and various individuals1), the
1 Dennis A. Warne, Charles R. Seeley, and Pamela Collins join as plaintiffs. We refer only to the Union as the plaintiff

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United States of America v. Michael J. Stewart

Santa Ana, CA - Orange County Real Estate CEO Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Fraud Scheme that Ended in $169 Million Bankruptcy

The owner and CEO of a now-defunct Southern California real estate investment firm was sentenced to 168 months in prison for perpetrating a scheme that ended with the bankruptcy of the company and hundreds of investors collectively losing as much as $169 mil

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STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. ANDRE LARKIN

An Essex County grand jury charged defendant with second
degree conspiracy to violate the narcotics laws, N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2
(count one); third-degree possession of a controlled dangerous
substance (CDS), cocaine, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10a(1) (count two);
first-degree possession of CDS, cocaine, in a quantity of five
ounces or more, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5b(1) (count three); second
degr

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