• Armstrong v. Paoli Mem'l Hosp.

    As she was dressing her young son for a birthday party one morning, plaintiff Dawn Armstrong received a telephone call from defendant Paoli Memorial Hospital ("Paoli") informing her that her husband had been in an accident and asking her to...

  • Quelimane Co. v. Stewart Title Guar. Co.

    Plaintiff landowners bought property at an auction based upon tax deeds. Plaintiffs attempted to purchase title insurance for their property from defendant insurers, but they refused. Plaintiffs sued under the unfair competition law (UCL), Bus. &...

  • United States v. Queen

    Defendant was charged with conspiracy to tamper with a witness in violation of 18 U.S.C.S. § 371 and tampering with a witness in violation of 18 U.S.C.S. § 1512(b)(1). Before trial, the government notified the defendant that it intended to introduce...

  • Diesel Driving Acad., Inc. v. Ferrier

    When the employee signed the employment contract, agreements not to compete were prohibited unless the employer incurred substantial expense to train the employee or advertise his connection with the business. The employer claimed to have spent $ 150...

  • Robbins v. Wilkie

    Robbins v. Wilkie United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit August 21, 2002, Filed No. 01-8037 Opinion  [*1209]  McKAY , Circuit Judge. Appellant Robbins appeals the District of Wyoming's grant of Defendants' Rule 12(b)(6) Motion to...

  • Archuleta v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

    Archuleta v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit October 6, 2008, Filed No. 07-1065 Opinion  [*1228]  EBEL , Circuit Judge. ] Although the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") generally requires an employer...

  • Usherson v. Bandshell Artist Mgmt.

    Rickard Liebowitz, a lawyer who passed the bar in 2015. He was the counsel of plaintiff Arthur Usherson. In 2017, he started filing copyright cases and has filed more cases than any other lawyer. That same time, he earned another dubious distinction when...

  • Ty, Inc. v. Publ'ns Int'l

    Ty, Inc. v. Publ'ns Int'l United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division January 24, 2000, Decided Case No. 99 C 5565 Opinion  [*900]  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Ty, Inc. makes Beanie Babies(R) which have...

  • Zorgdrager v. State Wide Sales, Inc.

    John Zorgdrager filed suit against State Wide Sales, Inc., and its employee, Gary Allen, after he was injured when the forklift he was driving fell off State Wide's truck. State Wide filed a third-party complaint against Long Prairie Packing Co.,...

  • Trahan v. McManus

    Plaintiff Marie Trahan received a telephone message that her thirty-six year-old son, who was living with his parents at the time, had been injured in a one-vehicle accident. She went to the hospital emergency room, where her son appeared to be in pain...