Petitioner, a railroad fireman, was seriously injured when the engine in which he was riding jumped track. Petitioner brought suit under the Federal Employers Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.S. § 51 et seq. Respondent employer alleged that petitioner signed...

Husband and wife got divorced. The district court found the wife to be free from fault and awarded her alimony in the amount of $800.00 per month. The husband appealed, and the Court of Appeals set aside the district court judgement and remanded the case...

Defendant Weathervane Seafoods operated several restaurants. During the events at issue in this case, plaintiff Kevin McCarthy was self-employed as a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration technician doing business as Maxair. Plaintiff...

Plaintiff Falgoust owned a tract of land in the Vacherie Settlement, St. James parish, La. In September 1932, she gave defendant John William Inness, who was married to her adopted daughter, permission to erect a building for the purpose of operating...

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U.S. Bank, N.A. v. Bittner State of Ohio, Court of Common Pleas, Summit County April 28, 2006, Filed Case No. CV-2006-01-0038 Opinion ENTRY GRANTING DEFAULT JUDGMENT This cause came to be heard on the Motion of the plaintiff to obtain default judgment...

L.L. Bean, Inc. v. Drake Publrs., Inc. United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit February 10, 1987 Nos. 86-1202, 86-1203 Opinion  [***1753]   [*27]  BOWNES, Circuit Judge. Imitation may be the highest form of flattery, but plaintiff-appellee...

Hyland v. Raytheon Tech. Servs. Co. Supreme Court of Virginia January 16, 2009, Decided Record No. 080157 Opinion  [*42]   [**748]  OPINION BY JUSTICE BARBARA MILANO KEENAN In this defamation action, we consider whether the circuit court, upon our remand...

Plaintiff Native Village of Kivalina (the Village) is the governing body of an Inupiat Eskimo village of approximately 400 people who reside in the City of Kivalina (Kivalina), which also is a plaintiff in this action. The Complaint alleged that as a...

Coffee System of Atlanta v. Fox Supreme Court of Georgia ARGUED APRIL 14, 1971 ; MAY 6, 1971. 26497. Opinion  [*109]  GRICE, Justice. This appeal is from the denial of a temporary injunction and dissolving a restraining order in a suit seeking to prevent...