The defendant demanded that the plaintiff immediately cease and desist from using three images, including plaintiff’s logo, on the ground that the images infringed defendant's trademarks. Plaintiff filed a complaint for declaratory relief, claiming...

The defendant fire department (successor) purchased Boardman. The defendant dispatched its Boardman pumper in response to an emergency call. While en route, a pre-connected fire hose fell from one of the cross-lay compartments and lodged under the tire...

Respondent claimants had filed an action against petitioners, retail mall and municipal government, for malicious prosecution, abuse of process, negligence, and a federal claim under 42 U.S.C.S. § 1983. Petitioners, based on the § 1983 claim...

Defendant shot his wife one morning after she dropped off the couple's child at day care. As the wife attempted to run from defendant, he pursued her and fired several shots, causing her to fall to the ground. He reloaded the gun and fired several...

While shopping at a local CVS store, defendant lifted his foot and kicked his daughter in the chest, knocking her to the ground and causing her and her brother to cry briefly. The surveillance video showed that in response to the kick, the daughter stepped...

Defendants were employed by a division of the City of Philadelphia and were convicted of improperly accepting payments from plumbers whose work they inspected, a violation of the Hobbs Act and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO...

During her two-plus years of employment with defendant employer, some of plaintiff’s co-workers subjected her to foul language, sexual stories and innuendos, and eventually touching. Although she saw the superintendent in charge of her division...

Plaintiffs, two female police officers, alleged that one of their male co-workers, engaged in a pattern of sexual harassment and discriminatory behavior while on the job. According to the plaintiffs, the co-worker stuck his tongue in an officer's...

A maintenance worker acquired his employer's trade secret cookie recipe without the employer's knowledge or consent. The employee subsequently left the employ of the cookie manufacturer and went into business for himself. In his new business,...

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. &...