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Alvin W. Thompson, United States District Judge James Berman, the Chapter 7 Trustee (the "Trustee") for the substantively consolidated bankruptcy estate of Michael S. Goldberg, LLC and Michael S. Goldberg (collectively, the "Debtors"), has filed a motion seeking an order compelling third-parties Cummings & Lockwood LLC ("C & L"), Charter Oak Law, P.C., as successor to Levy and Droney PC ("Charter Oak"), and CohnReznick LLP

Julie A. Manning, Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge I. Introduction On October 11 and 25, 2017, a trial was held on the complaint (the "Complaint"), filed by James Berman, the Chapter 7 Trustee (the "Plaintiff"). The Complaint seeks to have the debt evidenced by a certain stipulated judgment (the "Stipulated Judgment"),1 entered against Jon C. Leary (the "Defendant"

FLAHERTY, J., concurring. I completely concur in Justice Goldberg’s well-written opinion that the Recreational Use Statute, G.L. 1956 chapter 6 of title 32, effectively bars suit in this *1054case against the Preservation Society of Newport but does not do so against the City of Newport. To hold otherwise would require this Court to embrace a con

OPINION Justice INDEGLIA, for the Court. The plaintiffs, Simcha Berman and Sarah Berman, 1 appeal from (1) a judgment entered after a jury verdict in favor of the defendant, the State of Rhode Island, in the plaintiffs’ civil action seeking damages and (2) the trial court’s denial of motions

USCA11 Case: 21-10587 Document: 47-1 Date Filed: 09/18/2023 Page: 1 of 139 [PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 21-10587 ____________________ In re: Fundamental Long Term Care, Inc.,

DECISION Defendant State of Rhode Island has requested this Court, pursuant to Superior Court Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b), to reconsider its decision of December 7, 2007, which denied the State's cross-motion for summary judgment. In that decision, this Court held that a genuine issue of material fact existed regarding whether the State's relationship to the Cliff Walk deemed it an "owner" pursuant to the Recreational

629 F.3d 761 (2011) In re Jay BERMAN, Debtor. Follett Higher Education Group, Inc., an Illinois corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jay Berman, Defendant-Appellee. No. 10-1882. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued October 22, 2010. Decided January 21, 2011. *764 Leonard S. Becker, Attorney

Berman v Sosman (2025 NY Slip Op 06304) Berman v Sosman 2025 NY Slip Op 06304 Decided on November 19, 2025 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncor

DECISION This matter is before the Court for decision on Plaintiffs, Simcha Berman and Sarah Berman's,1 motion for partial summary judgment on the affirmative defense asserted by each of the Defendants; viz., the Preservation Society of Newport ("Society"), the State of Rhode Island ("State"), and the City of Newport ("City") (collectively "Defendants") pursuant to the state's R

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge. Sires, plaintiff below, appeals from summary judgment on a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action brought against the medical staff, supervisors and guards of the Massachusetts Correctional Institute at Norfolk (MCI-Norfolk) (nineteen defendants in all) where he is an inmate. The complaint alleges that several of the defendants demonstrated a deliberate indifference to

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT PHOENIX MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. and ADAM GOLDBERG, Appellants, v. WATERCHASE HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellee. No. 4D2023-1746 [January 24, 2024] Appeal from the County Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Ori

Kafker, J. On the advice of counsel, and in response to a demand made by her deceased husband’s company, Monica Berman (Monica),3 executrix of her husband’s estate, sold back to the company 500,000 shares of its stock at $1.03 per share. Two years later, the company went public, selling at $8.50 per share. Thereafter, Monica brought a legal malpractice action against the defendants, attorney Susan Ale

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge. The bankruptcy court held that a creditor failed to prove that a debt owed to it was non-dischargeable under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(4), which provides that a debt will not be discharged in bankruptcy where that debtor has committed “fraud or defalcation while acting in a fiduciary capacity, embezzlement, or larceny.” Concluding that the creditor had not esta

487 F.2d 70 73-2 USTC P 12,949 Fay Lewis BERMAN, Executrix of the Estate of Joseph EmileBerman, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant. No. 73-1922 Summary Calendar.* United States Court of Appeals,Fifth Circuit. Oct. 9, 1973.Rehearing Denied Oct.

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This is an action of trespass on the case for slander originally brought in the District Court for the Sixth Judicial District and thence certified to the Superior Court upon the defendant's claim for a jury trial. Upon trial in the Superior Court, verdict was rendered for the plaintiff in the sum of two hundred dollars and in due season the defendant filed her motion for a new trial, based upon the following grounds: "1. That the verdict was against the evidence and the weight thereof

Order affirmed. Spaulding, J., absent.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Braun, J.), entered January 12, 1998, which, insofar as appealable, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the *724amended complaint for failure to comply with a prior order, same court (Carol Arber, J.), directing service of an amended complaint setting forth certain details of plaintiffs fraud claims, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Mr. Justice Black, with whom The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Douglas, and Mr. Justice Goldberg join, dissenting. This case seems to me to be decided on the premise that it is more important that the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure be slavishly followed than that justice be done. I cannot agree to any such principle and therefore dissent. Petitioner was convicte

899 So.2d 1105 (2005) Walter GOLDBERG, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Respondent. No. SC03-1942. Supreme Court of Florida. April 7, 2005. *1107 Joel D. Eaton of Podhurst Orseck, P.A., Miami, FL and Stuart Grossman of Grossman and Roth, P.A., Boca Raton, FL, for Petitioner. Gary L. Sasso an