Tallahassee, FL - Sallie Hallmark sued State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company on an auto negligence insurance law theory seeking compensation from her insurer for injuries and/or damages she claimed that she sustained as a result of a car wreck.

This case was filed in the Second Judicial Circuit in and for Leon County, 19 CA 0672, and was removed to federal court by Defendant.

November 2015, the Board of Supervisors (Board) of the County of Kern
approved a new zoning ordinance requiring permits for new oil and gas exploration,
drilling and production. The ordinance imposed a wide range of environmental and other
standards on permit applicants. It also adopted two procedural pathways for obtaining
permits when the proposed activity would be conducted on s

Zulma Unzueta appeals from a judgment entered after a
jury trial in favor of defendant Asmik Akopyan, M.D., on
Unzueta’s action for medical malpractice. Dr. Akopyan served as
the anesthesiologist during the birth of Unzueta’s child, after
which Unzueta’s right leg was permanently paralyzed. The jury
found Dr. Akopyan breached the duty of care she owed Unzueta,
but the breac

Plaintiff Brigid Ford worked as a
deputy in the Marion County Sheriff’s Office until her hand
was seriously injured in a car accident while on duty. After
assigning Ford to light duty for about a year, the Sheriff’s Office
told Ford that she must either transfer to a permanent position
with a cut in pay or be terminated. After some back and
forth, Ford accepted a civilian j

The body of California law prohibiting usury derives from
a variety of sources, including a constitutional amendment. (Cal
Const.,1 art. XV, § 1.) The amendment sets the maximum
interest rates lenders may charge but exempts specified classes
of lenders from those rate restrictions. The amendment also
authorizes the Legislature to regulate “in any manner” the
compensation th

Tony Sarun had no health insurance in March 2012 when
he received emergency care at Northridge Hospital Medical
Center, then owned and operated by Dignity Health.1 Upon
admission Sarun signed an agreement to pay the hospital’s “full
charges, unless other discounts apply.” “Full charges” were
defined as “the Hospital’s published rates (called the
chargemaster), prior to any

Appellant Prima Donna Development Corporation (Prima Donna) is a California
corporation that develops, builds, and manages hotel properties in California and Oregon.
1 We take these facts primarily from the arbitration award and the parties’ filings
submitted in the trial court in conjunction with Wells Fargo’s motion to compel
arbitration. Although Prima Donna’s briefing in this c

This case concerns the liability of state prison officials attempting to
implement a prisoner’s state sentence in relation to a subsequently imposed
federal sentence on another charge. In 2006, Byran Francis pleaded guilty to two
separate charges in two separate jurisdictions: a drug charge in New York state
court and a gun possession charge in federal court. Francis’s state senten

New York, NY - The United States of America charged David B. Samadi, MD, Leonex Hill Hospital, and Northwell Health, Inc.with civil healthcare fraud.

Defendants Admit Practices Resulted in Submission of Several Million Dollars of Inappropriate Claims to Medicare

Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Scott J. Lampert, Special Age

Plaintiffs and appellants Asian Americans Advancing Justice—Los Angeles,
Asian Americans Advancing Justice—Asian Law Caucus, and the American Civil
Liberties Union of Northern California (collectively plaintiffs) appeal from a judgment
denying their petition for writ of mandate. Plaintiffs claim defendant and respondent
Alex Padilla, the California Secretary of State, has misinterp

Defendant and Appellant Rugger Investment Group LLC (Rugger) entered
into a contract to sell an airplane to Plaintiffs and Respondents Magic Carpet Ride, LLC
(MCR) and Kevin T. Jennings. Rugger deposited a lien release into escrow eight days
after the expiration of a 90-day period in which it was required to do so. The trial court
found Rugger could not claim substantial performanc

Family law practitioners should read this opinion with the
following in mind: “[F]amily law court is a court of equity . . . .”
(E.g., In re Marriage of Boswell (2014) 225 Cal.App.4th 1172,
1174.) Appellate attack upon a discretionary trial court ruling is
an “uphill battle.” (Estate of Gilkison (1998) 65 Cal.App.4th
1443, 1448.)
Mark Bittenson (husband) appeals a pretrial

The operative facts are taken from the complaint filed by plaintiffs Miller Marital
Deduction Trust, by and through its trustees Helen Miller and James Morris (Miller
Marital Trust) and Helen Miller, an individual (hereinafter also collectively referred to as
“Millers”), and the declarations and exhibits submitted in connection with Zurich’s antiSLAPP
motion.
A. Underlying Fede