Susie Waube witnessed her child being struck and killed by the driver of a vehicle (defendant). Waube died shortly thereafter because of emotional upset. William Waube, as special administrator of the estate of Susie Waube, brought an action against the...

James Halsey, an elderly man and a widower, told the plaintiffs that if they gave up their home and business in New York, and boarded and cared for him during his life, the house and lot with its furniture and equipment would be theirs upon his death...

Petitioner moved for an order disqualifying cross-appellant, counsel for respondents, from further participation in a private antitrust suit on the ground that cross-appellant had represented both respondents and petitioner during the pendency of the...

Plaintiff and individual defendant owned all of the stock of the defendant corporations. A written agreement existed between them under which both parties agreed to exercise voting rights in an effort to maintain benefits from the corporation's success...

Respondent Inocencio Muniz was arrested for driving while under the influence on a Pennsylvania highway. Without being advised of his rights under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 , he was taken to a booking center where, as was the routine practice,...

Following the failure of negotiations for an agreement regarding terms and conditions of employment, employees of respondent Mackay Radio & Telegraph Company ("MacKay") went on a strike. MacKay brought employees from its offices in other...

Concepcion Castillo visited the Sears store to pick up several items that she had previously placed in the lay-away department. The merchandise was properly purchased, and a receipt was given to Castillo. As Castillo was leaving the Sears store, a loud...

Appellant company was engaged in the business of providing commercial security services. Pursuant to condition of employment, appellee signed a noncompetition agreement that restricted appellee from soliciting business from customers of appellant for...

In the early morning hours of Aug. 27, 1990, a fire occurred at the home of plaintiff Coy Carruth and his wife. Two days before the fire, Mr. Carruth had installed a smoke and fire detector was manufactured and sold by defendant Pittway Corporation. Six...

About the year 1877, petitioner Ellen Regis began to compound and distribute a preparation for medicinal use in cases of dyspepsia and other ailments, to which she applied as a distinguishing name the word, “Rex.” The word was put upon the...