The victim was employed at defendant Ronnie Keller's restaurant. The victim testified that she went to a stable owned by Keller for the purpose of grooming Keller's horses and while there, Keller attacked her. At trial in Florida state court,...

The plaintiffs, the intended parents, were a married couple unable to conceive their own child. They signed a contract with the defendants, the surrogate mother and her husband, who, in exchange for future payments of up to $13,000 and medical expenses...

Pursuant to four separate warrants, the police seized four copies of an allegedly obscene film (Deep Throat) from a theater. Misdemeanor charges were filed in a state municipal court against two theater employees. A California superior court later ordered...

Defendants' convictions on four counts of breaking and entering an apartment dwelling was affirmed on the grounds that no conflict existed in their attorneys' representation once the inadvertent nondisclosure became known, because confidential...

Procedural Posture The United States Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit entered judgment for defendant state in plaintiff out-of-state buyer's action alleging that the state's reaffirmation of a policy to sell cement to in-state residents...

Respondent employer hired a pest control company to spray pesticide overnight. Respondent's employee became ill and stated that she wanted to go home. She drove home and while in route, rear-ended the driver, who was stopped at a red light. The employee...

Appellant nonclient filed a malpractice lawsuit against respondents, alleging that the attorney's legal representation of the decedent gave rise to a duty of reasonable care to the decedent as her client and to the nonclient as the intended primary...

Defendant, a trash collector, appealed from a judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding damages for assault and battery in favor of plaintiff, He contended that the trial court gave erroneous jury instructions on the issue of self-defense.

Appellee Mattel Inc.'s predecessor-in-interest, Tyco Industries Inc., first produced a line of toys under the CRASH DUMMIES marks in 1991. In 1993, the predecessor-in-interest obtained federal trademark registrations for the Crash Dummies Marks: Crash...

Plaintiff Marti Sousanis spent her 1998 winter holiday in Detroit. She purchased her round-trip airline ticket from defendant Northwest Airlines Inc. Plaintiff was scheduled to return on Saturday January 2, 1999. During the New Year’s weekend, Detroit...