Plaintiff luxury watchmaker, Raymond Weil, S.A. sued defendants, movie star Charlize Theron and her film production company, seeking damages for alleged breaches of an endorsement contract and for fraud. The watchmaker moved for summary judgment in its...

Respondent Hyatt sued petitioner Franchise Tax Board of California (Board) in Nevada state court for alleged torts committed during a tax audit. The Nevada Supreme Court rejected the Board's argument that the Full Faith and Credit Clause required...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled that certain broadcasts of fleeting expletives and fleeting nudity of respondent television broadcasters were indecent in violation of 18 U.S.C.S. § 1464 . At the time of airing of the subject broadcasts...

Plaintiff wife sued defendant husband for personal injuries caused by defendant's negligence while plaintiff was riding with defendant on his motorcycle before their marriage. The trial court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing...

I have a client who owns a holiday home which he owns equally with his wife as tenants in common . On his death he wants his half share to go into a discretionary trust so that his wife can use this propety during her lifetime and on her death his share...

Plaintiff CDI Energy Services, Inc. ("CDI") sold and serviced equipment for use in the oil field industry. Defendants John Martinson, Dale Roller and Kent Heinle ("Employees") worked in CDI's North Dakota field office. CDI filed...

A married couple, testator and testatrix, executed their wills, which gave a beneficiary a one-eighth share of the estate. After the wife was placed in a nursing home the testator executed a new will that gave the beneficiary a one-half interest. All...

Community Counselling Service, Inc. (“Community Counselling”) was a professional fund-raising organization that sought an accounting from Reilly, a former salesman-employee. The trial court declined to consider Reilly's admissions in a...

One consumer was prescribed extract of dandelion for her illness. The producer had mislabeled jars of its vegetable extracts, switching the labels for dandelion and belladonna. The consumer inadvertently consumed belladonna and became very ill. The consumers...

Lester Collins’ reputation was that he used ordinary care and skill in managing his horses. One time, however, the horses became frightened, then unmanageable. Albert H. Brown filed an action against Collins for damage to his property after Collins’...