The business president, in her official capacity, executed a note and mortgage to the bank in order to secure a business loan. The business was listed as the borrower on the note, but appellants were jointly and severally liable. Although many monthly...

The guest, seven years of age, fell down an unprotected clothes chute hole in a closet floor while playing hide-and-go-seek with the host's children in their home. The guest filed a personal injury action against the host, and the trial court directed...

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The complainant testified that on the day of the offense, she parked her car in her home's garage, leaving the garage door open. In the afternoon, police officers came to her door and alerted her to a burglary. Complainant looked at her car and noticed...

Appellant Keith Ferrin Jenkins was the owner of land near the town of Kilgore in Clark County, Idaho. Appurtenant to that property were two separate water rights. Those water rights were adjudicated by decree of federal court. Appellant filed an application...

Twitter recently made headlines when Elon Musk and the company decided to lay off half its workforce, and Twitter is now subject to a Worker Adjustment Renotification Act (WARN Act) class action lawsuit. Do you need to understand employer obligations...

Woods v. Cantrell United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit March 24, 2022, Filed No. 21-30150 Opinion  [*284]  E. Grady Jolly , Circuit Judge : This case comes to us from a Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of Anthony J. Woods's complaint. Woods's...

In re Varma v. IBM Corp., (In re Varma) United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit March 10, 2016, Decided 2015-1502, 2015-1667 Opinion  [***1344]   [*1355]  Taranto , Circuit Judge . These two appeals involve U.S. Patent No. 6,349,291, which...

U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n v. DLJ Mortg. Cap., Inc. Court of Appeals of New York March 17, 2022, Decided No. 11 Opinion DiFIORE, Chief Judge: In this residential mortgage-backed securities litigation, we are again called upon to determine the proper...

Nomura Home Equity Loan, Inc., Series 2006-FM2 v Nomura Credit & Capital, Inc. Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, First Department October 13, 2015, Decided; October 13, 2015, Entered 650337/13, 652614/12, 651124/13, 653783/12 Opinion...