• Caldwell v. Caldewell (In re Estate of Schumacher)

    On December 1, 2004, David Schumacher (decedent) executed a holographic will, which contained a clause devising shares of Meyers Land & Cattle stock to decedent's cousins, petitioner, Maria Caldwell, Cheryl Smart, and respondent, Deborah Caldwell...
  • Peeler v. Miller

    In 1965, in ultrasonic vibrating probe tests, in which a soft metal tip is vibrated at high frequency in a beaker containing SKYDROL 500A and the additive under test and the loss of metal from the tip measured, it was found that water as an additive would...
  • Interiors v. Dicello

    In June 1984, plaintiff-appellant, AFC Interiors ("AFC"), and defendant-appellee, Nicholas DiCello, d.b.a. Ohio State Home Services ("DiCello"), entered into an oral contract whereby AFC would perform certain interior decorating services...
  • Governors This Week: NDA Reform, Eviction Moratoriums, Recall Election and More

    IL Gov Okays NDA Reforms : Illinois Gov. Pritzker signed legislation earlier this month that makes significant changes in Prairie State law governing the use of non-disclosure and non-compete agreements between businesses and workers. Under SB 672...
  • Turner v. Bucher

    Laura Wallace Turner, a sixty-two-year-old woman, was walking on a side-walk in the city of New Orleans when she was struck from the rear and injured by a bicycle ridden by six-year-old Gregory Bucher. In their trial court petition, the Turners alleged...
  • Barr v. Roane

    Barr v. Roane Supreme Court of the United States December 6, 2019, Decided No. 19A615. Opinion  [*353]  The application for stay or vacatur presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is denied. We expect that the Court of Appeals...
  • Quadrant Structured Prods. Co. v. Vertin

    Quadrant Structured Prods. Co. v. Vertin Court of Chancery of Delaware July 22, 2014, Submitted; October 1, 2014, Decided C.A. No. 6990-VCL Opinion  [*166]  LASTER, Vice Chancellor . Plaintiff Quadrant Structured Products Company, Ltd. ("Quadrant"...
  • United States v. Greber

    United States v. Greber United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit February 25, 1985, Argued ; April 30, 1985, Decided No. 84-1546 Opinion  [*69]  WEIS, Circuit Judge. In this appeal, defendant argues that payments made to a physician for professional...
  • Scaccia v. Bos. E. R. Co.

    Defendant Boston Elevated Railway Company operated a motor bus. Plaintiff was a passenger on the bus when she slipped on a banana peel, which had been on the floor of the bus. Plaintiff sued to recover damages for the personal injuries she had suffered...
  • Smith v. Lewis

    The client filed a legal malpractice action against her attorney, alleging that he negligently failed to assert her community interest in her husband's retirement benefits in an underlying divorce action. The trial court found in favor of the client...