Plaintiffs were Electronic Technicians in Oklahoma Gas & Electric's ("OG&E") Facility Operations Department. They were on call to monitor OG&E building alarms weekdays from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. and twenty-four hours a day on...

Creditor's transaction had been an asset-backed securitization, where creditor loaned funds to debtor, debtor transferred receivables to a new entity, and new entity granted the security interest to creditor. Creditor filed an emergency motion for...

Defendant Frank A. Lewis was convicted of manslaughter. In defendant’s trial, the prosecution submitted ample evidence that defendant shot the victim and, on the testimony of a nine-year boy, that the victim, feeling he was going to die, inflicted...

Defendant contractor hired plaintiff supplier to provide concrete planks for construction of a parking garage. The contractor and supplier entered a written agreement which provided, inter alia, that the contractor would pay 90 percent of the contract...

John and Sue Maddox allegedly contracted to sell Morris and Betty Cash 15 acres of land. The only written evidence of the contract was a check mailed by the Cashes for $200.00 as part payment. Written on the check was “15 acres in Pickens, S.C....

John and Sue Maddox allegedly contracted to sell Morris and Betty Cash 15 acres of land. The only written evidence of the contract was a check mailed by the Cashes for $200.00 as part payment. Written on the check was “15 acres in Pickens, S.C....

Plaintiff Betsy Seibert was attacked in a parking lot by an unknown assailant. She filed suit against defendant shopping center owner on the basis of negligence in not providing security for the area. Plaintiff alleged that by virtue of past criminal...

Defendant minor driver, after drinking at third-party defendant restaurant, wrecked his car in which plaintiff injured was a passenger, causing plaintiff permanent injuries. Plaintiffs, the injured man and his wife, brought a negligence action against...

Jane Doe, from 1967 to 1971, and Jane Roe, from 1968 to 1972, were students at Seton Keough High School. Both girls, individually, were referred for counseling to the school chaplain, Father A. Joseph Maskell, who, allegedly subjected the girls to repeated...

Believing its municipal waste combustion (MWC) ash did not constitute hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the City of Chicago disposed of it at landfills that were not licensed for hazardous wastes. Respondent Environmental...