The case involved a civil action for damages arising out of an alleged attack by a wolf on a child. The focus on appeal was the correctness of three rulings that excluded conclusionary statements against interest. Two of them were made by a defendant...

Plaintiff filed an action against defendant seeking to recover rental paid, damages for repairs made upon a building leased by her from the defendant, and anticipated profits lost by her because of her removal from the building. The trial court submitted...

The parents' child was struck in the head by a baseball during pre-game batting practice at a baseball stadium and his skull was fractured. At the time, the child was sitting in a picnic area over the home run wall in fair ball territory for a pre...

A former coal mining company paid medical benefits for its employees as legally provided in the law, while in the coal mine industry. Years after it left the coal mining business, Congress passed the Coal Act, requiring the former coal mining company...

Plaintiff sued defendants for two counts of libel and slander. Defendants submitted affidavits in which they denied the utterance of the slanders attributed to them. The trial court gave plaintiff the opportunity to depose defendants. However, plaintiff...

Since 1978, appellee Entrepreneur Media Inc., (EMI) had published a magazine called Entrepreneur. It was a monthly publication geared towards small businesses and their owners. Appellee has a website which its visitors can view on-line versions of the...

An Internet subscriber brought a class action for himself and others against an Internet service provider seeking compensatory and punitive damages, injunctive relief, and restitution based on allegations that defendant continued to debit plaintiffs'...

Griggs v. Duke Power Co. Supreme Court of the United States December 14, 1970, Argued ; March 8, 1971, Decided No. 124 Opinion  [*425]   [***161]   [**851]  MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court. We granted the writ in this case...

Mallory v. Norfolk S. Ry. Co. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania September 21, 2021, Argued; December 22, 2021, Decided No. 3 EAP 2021 Opinion  [*546]  CHIEF JUSTICE BAER I. Introduction Under Pennsylvania law, a foreign corporation "may not do business...

Bulkley & Assocs., LLC v. Occupational Safety & Health Appeals Bd. of Cal. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division December 13, 2019, Decided; December 13, 2019, Filed Civil Action No. 4:19-cv-735 Opinion...