Respondents, survivors and estates, filed two lawsuits against appellant Ford Motor Company, as a result of an automobile accident that claimed two lives. The trial court denied appellant’s motion to dismiss the punitive damages claims. The Wisconsin...

Aydee Romero, an adult passenger, was killed in an accident involving a Nabors Well Services, Ltd. transport truck and a Chevrolet Suburban with eight occupants. A responding state trooper wrote in his report that all occupants were unrestrained except...

South Carolina prison inmates who claimed that they had been unnecessarily beaten by prison guards during a prison uprising sought criminal arrest warrants against the guards from a state court magistrate. After the magistrate expressed his intent to...

Shaw v. Trinity Highway Prods. Court of Appeals of Texas, Fifth District, Dallas December 20, 2010, Opinion Issued No. 05-09-00561-CV Opinion  [*915]  Opinion By Justice Morris In this products liability case, Vernon Shaw, Individually and as Representative...

Retail Indus. Leaders Ass'n v. Fielder United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit November 30, 2006, Argued ; January 17, 2007, Decided No. 06-1840, No. 06-1901 Opinion  [*183]  CORRECTED OPINION NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge: On January 12,...

Crabtree v. Elizabeth Arden Sales Corp. Court of Appeals of New York Submitted November 25, 1952. ; January 21, 1953, decided No Number in Original Opinion  [*51]   [**552]  FULD, J. In September of 1947, Nate Crabtree entered into preliminary negotiations...

Pebble Beach Co. v. Tour 18 I Ltd. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit September 14, 1998, Decided No. 96-21102 Opinion  [***1067]   [*532]  KING, Circuit Judge: Defendant Tour 18 I, Ltd. appeals the district court's judgment that...

Cybex was a division of Lumex, Inc., which manufactured various types of fitness equipment. Defendant Gregory R. Highsmith was first employed by Lumex as an assistant product manager and was soon thereafter named Cybex worldwide marketing manager. At...

Plaintiff Oracle America Inc. accuses Google Inc. of infringing some of Oracle's Java-related copyrights in portions of Google's Android software platform. Specifically, Oracle accuses 12 code files and 37 specifications for application programming...

Lodowick Post, the plaintiff, was out with his hounds chasing a wild fox when Pierson, the defendant interceptor knowing that the fox was being chased, shot and killed it. Post brought an action against Pierson for trespass, and the trial court ruled...