Seven siblings formed a closely-held corporation to carry on the "oil business." A month after the incorporation, one of the four brothers, who was a lawyer and had drawn up the incorporation papers, died unexpectedly, leaving his mother as...

The executor, who was the decedent's son, and the decedent's daughter, had executed articles of organization for an LLC. The decedent executed a deed purporting to transfer real estate to the LLC. However, the articles of organization were not...

Petitioner, a mentally retarded young adult, requested the Senior Services Division (SSD) to place at SSD’s Mt. Scott Residential Care Facility (Mt. Scott). SSD denied the petitioner’s request, basing its decision on OAR 410-05-080 to 410...

Mary Jo Davis sued Pullman Hospital District No. 1-A (Hospital) and Charles Guess, M.D., after she was dismissed from her position in the Hospital's radiology department. Davis believed that she was fired because of her sexual orientation. In her...

A distributor filed suit against a manufacturer for breach of contract and unjust enrichment under Kentucky law and damages. The parties had entered into an agreement for the exclusive distribution rights of certain products but had never signed the agreement...

The State of New York enacted a constitutional amendment requiring that certain employers provide workers' compensation to employees who were disabled or killed while in the scope of employment. The employee was injured while in the scope of his employment...

While incarcerated at the Washington Correctional Institute in Washington Parish, Louisiana, a prisoner was allegedly attacked and injured by another inmate, Joseph Petty. The prisoner alleged that while he was reading in the exercise yard of Washington...

A couple filed a products liability action against a tobacco corporation alleging battery, defective design, negligent misrepresentation, breach of warranty, and loss of consortium. The couple alleged that the husband developed lung cancer after breathing...

James Thomas DeHart, filed a six-count, second-amended complaint against Blanca DeHart, in her individual capacity and as executor of the estate of Donald M. DeHart (Donald), deceased, contesting Donald's will dated December 4, 2006, and raising claims...

Plaintiff Juan Morales was employed by defendant Sun Constructors, Inc. ("Sun") as a welder. The employment relationship between Morales and Sun was governed by a signed employment agreement that contained an arbitration clause. Morales only...