Workers Compensation Law
 
State of Vermont v. Atlantic Richfield Company, et al.

This interlocutory appeal requires us to examine the contours of
the “stream-of-commerce” doctrine of personal jurisdiction, which was introduced by the U.S.
Supreme Court in a 1980 decision but later divided the Court with respect to its scope.
Defendant Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. (TPRI) challenges a decision of the
superior court, civil division, denying its

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State of Oklahoma v. Harvey Russel Allen

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged v. Harvey Russel Allen with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: FFP, WORKERS COMPENSATION FRAUD, in violation of 21 O.S. 1663
Date of Offense: 01/05/2012
Party Name Disposition Information
Harvey, Russell Allen Disposed: CONVICTION, 12/15/2014. Nolo Contendere Plea
Count as Disposed: WORKERS COMPENSATION FRAUD(FFP)
Violation of 21

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United States of America v. Michael Nazarinia

San Diego, CA - Manager of Predatory Loan Modification “Law Firm” Sentenced to Prison

San Diego businessman Michael Nazarinia was sentenced to 9 months in custody for his role in a fraudulent mortgage loan modification business that duped hundreds of struggling homeowners.

The business, known as “Haffar & Associates,” owned by figurehead attorney Mohamed Haffar, recruited new cus

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Shannon Martin v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Mary Thompson and Mary Thompson Insurance Agency

Tulsa, OK - Shannon Martin sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Mary Thompson and Mary Thompson Insurance Agency on negligence theories claiming:


1. That the Plaintiff is a resident of Tulsa, Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma. That the Defendant, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, is a foreign company doing business in the State of Oklahoma. That the Defendant, Mary

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Charley Collins v. COP Wyoming, LLC a Wyoming Limited Liability Company and Roger Ross

Charley and his son, Brett, were both employed by Appellee COP Wyoming, LLC. Appellee Roger Ross was also employed by COP Wyoming, as the job superintendent and supervisor in charge of safety at the same job site. On August 20, 2012, Mr. Ross was operating a large track hoe excavator to excavate insidea trench box at the job site. Mr. Ross instructed Brett to enter the trench box and work there wh

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American Hospital Association v. Sylvia Burwell, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

At heart, this case is about an agency caught between two congressionally assigned tasks. Congress has prescribed specific time frames for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reach decisions on various stages of administrative appeals of Medicare reimbursement claim denials. But Congress has also directed the Secretary to implement the Medicare Recovery Audit Program to detect waste, fr

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Joe Derek Carr v. The State of Texas

Veronica Navarro, appellant’s 22-year-old fiancée, was last seen alive or heard
from by any witness on June 27, 2011. Her decomposing body was found submerged in Lake Travis
on July 6, 2011, wrapped in a Coleman tent, bound in rope, and secured to cinder blocks and
paint cans. There was no eyewitness testimony regarding how she died and ended up in the lake near
Pace Bend Park.

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ALFORD et al v. USA

The plaintiffs in Alford, et al. (“plaintiffs”) are all Mississippi residents, who own real and personal property in the Eagle Lake Community, which is located in Warrant County, Mississippi, in the Lower Mississippi River Valley. Sec. Am. Compl. ¶¶ 10 – 48, ECF No. 35 (“Compl.”). This valley “is a relatively flat plain of about 35,000 square miles bordering the river, which would be inundated d

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Antonio Miles v. State of Indiana

On June 8, 2013, Miles argued with Trinity Johnson, the mother of his infant
daughter, in Johnson’s mother’s driveway. Miles was in Johnson’s car, and
Johnson was angrily yelling for Miles to “get the f*ck out” of the car. (Tr. at
330.) Keenan Smith, a contractor who was across the street, saw the argument.
Fifteen to twenty minutes later, one of Smith’s workers yelled for

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Larry Spriggs v. Phoenix Insurance Company d/b/a Travelers Insurance

Tulsa, OK - Larry Spriggs sued Phoenix Insurance Company d/b/a Travelers Insurance on a breach of contract theory claiming:

1. Plaintiff is a citizen of Oklahoma and resides in this judicial district.
2. Defendant The Phoenix Insurance Company, d/b/a Travelers Insurance ("Travelers") is a foreign corporation conducting regular business in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
3. The acts, occ

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Chesapeake Appalachia LLC v. Scout Petroleum

In 2008, Chesapeake entered into various oil and gas leases with landowners in several northeastern Pennsylvania counties. Chesapeake is the “Lessee,” and the “Lessor” is (or originally was) the respective landowner, e.g., “[t]his Lease made this 10th day of January, 2008, by and between: William D. Bergey and Joanne M. Bergey, husband and wife . . . hereinafter collectively called ‘Lessor’ and

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Jeffrey Wiest v. Tyco Electronics Corp

We review the record in the light most favorable to the party opposing summary judgment—here, the plaintiff. See Reedy v. Evanson, 615 F.3d 197, 210 (3d Cir. 2010). Nevertheless, we do not at the summary judgment stage of proceedings accept as true allegations unsupported in the record. See Williams v. Borough of West Chester, 891 F.2d 458, 460 (3d Cir. 1989) (internal citations omitted) (“[E]v

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JESSE EDWARD BROWN vs. STATE OF IOWA

In January 2007, Jesse Brown was charged with first-degree kidnapping
and second-degree sexual abuse after he forced his estranged wife Michelle1
and others into Michelle’s vehicle and ordered her, at knife point, to drive around.
They eventually ended up at a motel, where Jesse had sexual intercourse with
Michelle. Trial in the matter was held in July 2007, and Jesse was ult

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STATE OF IOWA vs. MARK WAYNE GEAR

Gear is an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary and was assigned to the
Multiple Care Unit due to his Huntington’s disease.1 Tasha Whalen is a
registered nurse who works at the penitentiary. On the morning of May 24, 2013,
Whalen was administering medications to patients in the unit when Gear refused
to take all but one of his medications. He requested a list of his medicat

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State of Maine v. Buddy Robinson

Viewed in the light most favorable to the State, the evidence
establishes the following facts. See State v. Dolloff, 2012 ME 130, ¶ 3,
58 A.3d 1032. In 2009, Robinson and his sister were employed at a business in
Lewiston. There, the sister met Christiana Fesmire.
Robinson’s sister and her child resided in the second floor apartment of
a house that she owned in Lewiston

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Hoffer Properties, LLC v. State of Wisconsin

This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals affirming a grant
of partial summary judgment to the Department of Transportation
(DOT).1 Pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 84.25 (2007-08),2 DOT eliminated
Hoffer Properties, LLC's (Hoffer's) direct driveway connections
to State Trunk Highway 19 (STH 19), a controlled-access highway.
DOT also separately exercised

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State of Nebraska, v. Clinton Brooks

On September 26, 2013, Brooks was charged by information with theft by deception involving $500 to $1,500. On December 11, the State amended the information to include a second charge of the unauthorized practice of law. The events giving rise to this case began in the fall of 2011 in Lincoln, Nebraska, when Joshua Jordan Fitzgerald began contemplating dissolving his marriage. At the time, Joshua

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Vernell Jeffers, Jr. v. Dollar General Corporation and Theresa Ann Beall

Tulsa, OK - Vernell Jeffers, Jr. sued Dollar General Corporation and Theresa Ann Beall on auto negligence and respondeat superior theories claiming:


1. Plaintiff is a resident of both the State of Oklahoma and the County of Tulsa, and, the actions complained of took place in the City of Tulsa and the County of Tulsa, State of Oklahoma. Thatthis Court has both jurisdiction and venue.

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United States of America v. Juanita Roibal-Bradley

Albuquerque, NM - Former Judge-Disbarred Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Charges

Former State Administrative Law Judge Fraudulently Obtained More Than $40,000 From Social Security Administration and Almost $572,000 from Client’s Estate

A former New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) and disbarred lawyer pleaded guilty in federal court to defrauding

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Michael A. Rivas v. The State of Texas

Felix Flores was shot to death on October 15, 2011. The evidence is uncontested that the
fatal shots were fired from a vehicle being driven by Michael and that Michael’s brother, Leonardo,
was in the front, passenger seat. At trial, the State argued Felix was shot while standing in the
driveway, without provocation. Michael contended that Felix attacked Leonardo, and that
Le

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State of Louisiana v. Robert L. Clark, Jr.

On September 2, 2011, defendant was charged by bill of information
that on May 29, 2011, while armed with a dangerous weapon, a .45 caliber
semi-automatic pistol, he robbed Phillip Gullo and Dillon Lopez in Bossier
Parish, Louisiana, in violation of La. R.S. 14:64. The bill was amended on
February 1, 2013, to add the Best Value Mini-Mart, LLC (referred to
throughout the trial

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Sara L. Burnett v. State of Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation.

In this case, we address whether the government waived its immunity for
injuries petitioner Sara Burnett sustained when a tree limb fell on her as she camped
below in a designated campsite in Cherry Creek State Park. The answer turns on
whether the tree was a “natural condition of . . . unimproved property” under section
24-10-106(1)(e), C.R.S. (2014), of the Colorado Governme

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State of Maine v. Buddy Robinson

Viewed in the light most favorable to the State, the evidence
establishes the following facts. See State v. Dolloff, 2012 ME 130, ¶ 3,
58 A.3d 1032. In 2009, Robinson and his sister were employed at a business in
Lewiston. There, the sister met Christiana Fesmire.
Robinson’s sister and her child resided in the second floor apartment of
a house that she owned in Lewiston

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INTERSTATE EXPLORATIONS v. MORGEN FARM AND RANCH, INC

Morgen leased oil and gas rights on a portion of its property to Montana Oil
Properties, Inc. Morgen owns the surface rights to the property. Montana Oil Properties
later assigned its interest in the lease to Interstate, who drilled and completed a well on
the Morgen property.
¶4 In July 2014, Interstate initiated this lawsuit, alleging that Morgen “has refused to
exec

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Adebowale Oluseyi Adekale A/K/A Ted Adekale v. The State of Wyoming

The Medicaid waiver program involved in this case provides residential habilitation and day habilitation services for developmentally disabled patients. Residential habilitation provides basic services to recipients able to live in their own home. Day habilitation provides patients the necessary physical and occupational tools to interact with society. Each recipient of these services has a pla

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