Several local residents obtained a grant to elevate their homes after the hurricanes. The defendant was hired by Mr. Rodney. Defendant entered into a subcontractor agreement with plaintiff. The defendant did not pay the plaintiff for the services performed...

Savage Servs. Corp. v. United States United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit February 8, 2022, Decided No. 21-10745 Opinion  [*927]  Altman , District Judge: In the wake of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, which saw millions of gallons of oil...

Trollinger v. Tyson Foods, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit December 11, 2003, Argued ; June 3, 2004, Decided ; June 3, 2004, Filed No. 02-6020 Opinion  [*605]   [***2]  SUTTON, Circuit Judge. At issue in this case is an application...

Exxon Mobil Corp. v. United States EPA United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit April 26, 2000, Argued and Submitted, San Francisco, California ; July 7, 2000, Filed No. 99-70945 Opinion  [*1247]  B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: The Petitioners...

William Beaumont Hosp. v. Fed. Ins. Co. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit January 16, 2014, Filed File Name: 14a0040n.06 No. 13-1468 Opinion  [*495]  CARR , District Judge. This is an appeal arising from an insurance coverage dispute...

The customer filed a negligence action against the telegraph company was the result of an erroneous transmission of a telegram. The alleged negligence consists in transmitting a telegram to one Royal, Benson, N.C. ordering four gallons corn whiskey to...

FTC v. Warner Communications, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit July 2, 1984, Argued and Submitted ; September 13, 1984, Decided No. 84-5809 Opinion  [*1159]  The Federal Trade Commission appeals from the district court order denying...

Plaintiff Kimberly Weymers became ill with coughing, fever, nausea, aching, and chest congestion. Plaintiff was examined in different hospitals by defendant doctors. In the end, none of the defendants saved plaintiff’s kidney functioning, and plaintiff...

Workers who had been injured in a mine accident in Arizona brought against the United States a suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) (28 U.S.C.S. §§ 1346, 2671 et seq.), which, in 28 U.S.C.S. § 1346(b)(1), authorized private tort...

From the start, consumer class action lawsuits have been designed to right wrongs committed against a group of similarly situated consumers. And from the start, lawyers and courts have wrestled with the problem of how to make class members aware of relief...