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Hetronic Internations, Inc. v. Kimberly Curtis

Oklahoma City, OK - Hetronic Internations, Inc. sued Kimberly Curtis on a breach of contract theory claiming:


1. Hetronic is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Hetronic conducts business in the transportation, energy, electronics, and manufacturing industries though its subsidiaries and partners.
2. 1-letronic is a wholly-owned

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State of Oklahoma v. Isaac Luna Ashton

Tulsa, OK - Man Convicted On Double Murder Charges

The State of Oklahoma charged Isaac Luna Ashton, age 23, with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM11, MURDER - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7
Date of Offense: 08/18/2014
Party Name Disposition Information
ASHTON, ISAAC LUNA
Count # 2. Count as Filed: HM11, MURDER - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.

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Dwayne Pitts v. Amazon.com and Best Choice Products

Oklahoma City, OK - Dwayne Pitts sued Amazon.com and Best Choice Products on products liability theoriesclaiming:

I.
The Plaintiff, Dwayne Pius, is a resident of Oklahoma County, in the State of Oklahoma.
U.
The Defendant, Amazon.com, is an out-of-state (foreign) company doing business in the State of Oklahoma. Amazon.com is an online retailer who sells products that enter the

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Spurlino Materials of Indianapolis, LLC v. NLRB

The petitioner’s employees conducted a strike that they said was intended to protest the company’s unlawful termination of and failure to reinstate a prominent union supporter. At the same time, they honored a clause in an agreement they had with the company not to strike -- for any reason -- on one particular construction project. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found that the strike

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SUFI NETWORK SERVICES, INC. v. USA

This case is before the Court on remand from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. SUFI Network Servs., Inc. v. United States, 785 F.3d 585 (Fed. Cir. 2015). In the decision reviewed on appeal, this Court had awarded attorneys’ fees to SUFI with interest, but had denied SUFI’s request for overhead and profit on attorneys’ fees. SUFI Network Servs., Inc. v. United States, 113 Fed. C

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State of Minnesota vs. Jerry Expose, Jr.

This case requires us to determine whether the therapist-client privilege, which
prohibits therapists from disclosing information or opinions in court that they acquired
from their clients in a professional capacity, contains an exception for threatening
statements. The district court concluded that the privilege does not apply to “statements
of imminent threat of harm.” The

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State of Oklahoma v. Victor Cornell Miller

Tulsa, OK - Man sentenced to life without parole for murder committed in 1999

The State of Oklahoma charged Victor Cornell Miller, age 52, with two counts of first-degee murder for killing Mary Agnes Bowles, age 77, and Jerald Thurman in 1999 in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7 in 1999.

Court docket entries for this case:

Date Code Description Count Party Amount
09-22

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Blume Construction, Inc. v. State of North Dakota

Blume received a notice of determination from Job Service dated November 8, 2013, informing Blume that it would be assigned a penalty tax rate for unemployment insurance. The notice stated the agency conducted an audit and concluded there was a transfer of ownership and payroll between Blume and another company that was knowingly done to obtain a lower tax rate for unemployment insurance. The noti

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Humana Medical Plan, Inc. vs. Mary Reale, et al.

Humana, the appellant in this case, administers Medicare benefits to enrollees
in its Medicare Advantage plans pursuant to a contract with the Centers for Medicare
and Medical Services. At all relevant times, Mary Reale, the appellee, was enrolled
in a Humana Medicare Advantage plan (Humana Gold Plus H1036-054C). In
January 2009, Mrs. Reale sustained injuries resulting from a

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Glanden v. Quirk

Husband and Wife were married for twenty-two years. They separated in
September 2012, and their divorce became final in 2013. The couple had over $6
million in assets, including a $1.5 million house, investment accounts, retirement
accounts, and other property. Husband worked as an associate and then as a partner in a major law firm,
earning a substantial income. In May 2

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Gregory Berry v. LexisNexis Risk and Information

The class action settlement at issue in this appeal is “the culmination of years of litigation and negotiations” between class counsel and the defendants, LexisNexis Risk and Information Analytics Group, Inc.; Seisint, Inc.; and Reed Elsevier Inc. (together, “Lexis”). Berry v. LexisNexis Risk & Info. Analytics Grp., Inc., No. 3:11-CV-754, 2014 WL 4403524, at *1 (E.D. Va. Sept. 5, 2014). The dis

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BREWINGTON, et al v. VENEMAN, et al

Ms. Sanders is a former partner in the law firm Chestnut, Sanders, Sanders &
Pettaway, LLC and one of several class counsel for the plaintiffs in this class action. Mot. at 1,
3. In that role, Ms. Sanders collaborated between September 1, 2014 and December 30, 2014
with other class counsel and USDA on the negotiation and drafting of a wind-down stipulation
and order that reso

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State of Louisiana v. Ronald C. Dale

The charges against Dale, age 46, followed a police investigation that
began after the victim, K.W., age 6 at the time of the offense, reported to her
father that “Uncle Ronnie” had been touching her and “hunching” on her
while she was in the home of her maternal great-grandmother, Elloise
Clarkson. K.W. repeated the story to her mother, Ms. Clarkson’s
granddaughter and the de

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United States v. Freeman

On September 25, 2014, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Defendant Ralph Freeman ("Defendant") with one count of receipt of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2) ("Count One") and one count of possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4) ("Count Two"). [Dkt. 16.] On November 20, 2014 [Dkt. 49], and again on the first day of t

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Lawing v. Univar

This case revolves around the packaging and labeling of sodium bromate, a chemical which contributed to a fire that occurred in a plant owned by Engelhard Corporation (Engelhard) in Seneca, South Carolina, in June 2004. At the time of the fire, Scott Lawing worked at Engelhard's Seneca plant as a maintenance mechanic.1 Engelhard produced a precious metal catalyst used in the automobile industry,

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Bruce McCoy, Jr. v. W. A. Kendall & Co., Inc.

On March 1, 2013, McCoy began employment with Kendall as a
driver/groundsman. His job duties consisted of driving to work sites,
cutting trees/limbs, and dumping trees/limbs. On March 20, 2013, as
McCoy was cutting a tree, it fell over onto another tree, which fell over and
hit him in the head. McCoy lost consciousness, and was immediately
transported to LSU Health Sciences

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BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY v. JAMES E. PHILLIPS

James Phillips sued his employer, BNSF Railway Company, under the Federal Employers’
Liability Act (FELA) and the Locomotive Inspection Act (LIA) to recover damages for a latent
occupational injury. After a jury trial, Phillips secured a judgment awarding him damages and costs,
and a divided court of appeals affirmed. 434 S.W.3d 675. BNSF filed a petition for review in this
Cour

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SYLVIA GALVAN v. MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL SYSTEM

In enacting the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Congress struck a delicate balance to
accommodate “the demands of the workplace” while promoting the “economic security of families.”
29 U.S.C. § 2601(b)(1). Congress ensured employees were entitled “to take reasonable leave for
medical reasons,” but recognized the economic necessity of accommodating “the legitimate interests
o

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KINGSAIRE, INC. D/B/A KINGS AIRE, INC. v. JORGE MELENDEZ

Petitioner Kingsaire, Inc., doing business as Kings Aire, Inc. (Kings Aire), is a family-owned
heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning company in El Paso. In May 2004, Kings Aire hired Jorge
Melendez as a “helper tradesman” whose initial duties included welding frames for refrigeration
units. A few months after he was hired, Melendez transferred to the electrical department as a

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IN RE RSR CORPORATION AND QUEMETCO METALS LIMITED, INC., RELATORS

This original proceeding concerns whether the trial court abused its discretion by
disqualifying plaintiffs’ counsel because they “worked so closely” with a defendant’s former finance
manager. Treating the finance manager like a side-switching paralegal, the trial court applied In re
American Home Products Corp., 985 S.W.2d 68 (Tex. 1998) (orig. proceeding), and found
plaintiffs’

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Roskop Dairy v. GEA Farm Tech.

Roskop Dairy, L.L.C. (Roskop Dairy), owned by Michael Roskop (Roskop), is a commercial dairy operation. GEA Farm Technologies, Inc. (GEA), manufactures automated dairy equipment used in dairy systems. Midwest Livestock Systems, Inc. (Midwest), was an authorized dealer of GEA products. Roskop Dairy sued the defendants for damages allegedly stemming from the “Dematron 60 Air Detacher Package” (Demat

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Canonsburg General Hospital v. Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Secretary provides for the reimbursement of the reasonable costs of healthcare services for Medicare beneficiaries. See 42 U.S.C. § 1395f(b)(1)(A). Two aspects of the reimbursement scheme are relevant here. The first is the system for managing the costs of reimbursement. Healthcare providers submit requests for reimbursement for

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United States of America v. Don Blankenship

Charleston, WV - Federal Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Blankenship Trial

Former Massey CEO convicted of Federal conspiracy charge

A jury sitting in federal court in Charleston, West Virginia, has returned a guilty verdict following the trial of former Massey Energy Chief Executive Officer Don Blankenship. The jury found Blankenship guilty on a federal charge of conspiracy to wil

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State of Tennessee v. Tavarus Detterio Griffin

Tavarski Beauregard testified that on October 7, 2007, he participated in a home invasion at the house of Mike and Janet Hill and was accompanied by two acquaintances, Chris Tosh and the Defendant. According to Mr. Beauregard, he drove the Defendant and Mr. Tosh to the Hills‘ home in Mr. Tosh‘s girlfriend‘s car. Mr. Beauregard parked the car in a church parking lot that was adjacent to the Hills

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Bluestem Telephone Co. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996 Act) was passed by Congress in order to further deregulate the telecommunications industry. 47 U.S.C. § 151 et seq. (2012); see Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Bd. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n, 264 Kan. 363, 369, 956 P.2d 685 (1998). The 1996 Act was intended to serve the dual purposes of ensuring "universal service" to both low income consumers and consumers i

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