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*440 OPINION KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge. Rodney Brown died after police officers tasered him, physically subdued him, and placed him in a patrol car. His mother, Shirley Brown, filed a lawsuit against the police officers and the City of Cleveland, alleging excessive force an

OPINION KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge. Rodney Brown died after police officers tasered him, physically subdued him, and placed him in a patrol car. His mother, Shirley Brown, filed a lawsuit against the police officers involved and the City of Cleveland, alleging violations of the Fourth and Eighth Amendments. Defendants filed a joint motion for summary

¶ 1. Veola L. Brown sought unsuccessfully in the Chancery Court of Pontotoc County to have a deed she had executed in favor of her grandson, Jeffery S. Chapman, reformed to substantially reduce the number of acres conveyed in the instrument. She has now appealed that decision raising as her sole issue a claim that the chancellor's decision was not supported by substantial credible evidence in the record and, thus, constituted an abuse of discretion. We affirm the chancellor's decision

Robert H. Dudley, Justice. A jury found that appellant, George A. Brown, trespassed and intentionally destroyed soybeans owned by appellee, Chapman Farms, Inc. The jury awarded actual damages of $26,202.00 and punitive damages of $55,000.00. The sole issue on appeal is whether there was substantial evidence to support the award for punitive damages. We affirm the verdict. In

MERRILL, Circuit Judge. This diversity action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by Carol Lee Chapman as the result of the burning of a hula skirt which she was wearing.1 Suit was brought against the owners of the shop which had sold the skirt. The complaint charged negligence and breach of warranty. Following trial to a jury, a verdict in favor of C

304 F.2d 149 4 A.L.R.3d 490 Charles E. BROWN, and Edith L. Brown, his wife, and Merle D.Chase and Helen chase his wife d/b/a Around theWorld Gift Shop, a copartnership, Appellants,v.Carol Lee CHAPMAN, Cecil H. Chapman and Ruby Chapman, hiswife, Appellees. No. 17720. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. May 24, 1962, R

OPINION OF THE COURT PUBLISHED DECISION MITCHELL, Senior Judge: Petitioner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We conclude we do not have jurisdiction for the writ of habeas corpus and deny the petition. Although we do have jurisdiction for a writ of error coram nobis, we determine Petitioner has not met the th

Opinion by Judge GABRIEL. T1 Plaintiff, Carolyn K. Harner, appeals the judgment entered in favor of defendant, Dr. James B. Chapman, and the denial of her motion for post-trial relief. 12 We first conclude that Harner failed properly to raise on appeal her apparent contention that the evidence was insufficient to establish that Chapman was not negligent. Accordingly, we decline to address

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER JAMES O. BROWNING, District Judge. THIS MATTER comes before Court on the Motion for Daubert Hearing and to Exclude Testimony Offered to Bolster Testimony from Another Witness, filed September 10, 2014 (Doc. 32)(“Motion”). The Court held a hearing on September 12, 2014. The primary issues are: (i) whether the testimony of Gail Starr, Plaintiff United Stat

CHIEF JUSTICE RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court. T1 This case requires us to determine whether the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur shifts the burden of proof to the defendant, as we held in Weiss v. Axler, 137 Colo. 544, 559, 328 P.2d 88, 96-97 (1958), or whether it shifts only the burden of production, in accordance with the more recently adopted Colorado Rule

ORDER NANNETTE JOLIYETTE BROWN, District Judge. Before the Court is Defendant LHC Group, Inc.’s (“LHC”) “Motion for Reconsideration of Order Conditionally Certifying Collective Action, or in the Alternative to Certify Interlocutory Appeal.”1 Having considered the motion, the memoranda in support and in opposition, the statements made at oral argument, the record, an

On April 30, 2010, John W. Rice (identified in the complaint as "a resident and qualified Republican elector of Lee County who intends to vote in the Republican primary election on June 1, 2010") and Tom Parker (identified in the complaint as "a qualified Republican candidate for re-election to the office of Associate Justice, Alabama Supreme Court, place 3, in the Republican primary election on June 1, 2010") (hereinafter "the petitioners") filed a petition for a writ of prohibition,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR ORDER TO CONDUCT JURISDICTIONAL DISCOVERY IN ADVANCE OF FILING OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO FRCP 12(B)(2) AND HEARING THEREON LESLIE E. KOBAYASHI, United States Magistrate Judge. Before the Court is Plaintiffs Duane “Dog” Chapman and Beth Chapman’s (collectively “Plaintiffs”) Motion for Order

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D18-4502 _____________________________ LAURI BURRIS, DOUG ROWE, MELISSA BURRIS, RONALD E. BROWN, JR., GREGORY F. BURRIS and JACOB CHAPMAN, Petitioners, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. _____________________________ Petition for Writ of Certiorari—Original Jurisdiction.

PRESIDING JUSTICE STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court: Following a January 2006 bench trial, the trial court convicted defendant, Forrest D. Chapman III, of possession of a controlled substance (less than 15 grams of a substance containing cocaine) and possession of cannabis (more than 30 but less than 500 grams) (720 IL

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS POWDER RIVER MINERAL PARTNERS, § No. 08-23-00058-CV LLC, SUE MAY, FRED HERRING, LTD., LAFAYETTE BROWN HERRING, III, and § Appeal from the HERBERT MINERALS, LTD., § 143rd Judicial District Court Appellants, § of Ree

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS POWDER RIVER MINERAL PARTNERS, § No. 08-23-00058-CV LLC, SUE MAY, FRED HERRING, LTD., LAFAYETTE BROWN HERRING, III, and § Appeal from the HERBERT MINERALS, LTD., § 143rd Judicial District Court Appellants, § of Ree

Marshall, C.J. The central question in this commercial lease dispute between the plaintiff-owners and the defendant-tenant, David L. Katz,3 and his sublessee, the defendant Banknorth, N.A. (bank), 4 is whether the bank’s erection of an automated teller machine (ATM) kiosk on the property required the prior consent of the owners. The defendants contend that the consent of t

Katzmann, J. In this commercial lease dispute, all parties appeal from the judgment. A Superior Court judge granted declaratory relief in favor of the plaintiffs (owners) terminating the lease, but at the same time required the plaintiffs to pay restitution to defendant Banknorth, N.A. (Banknorth), a subtenant, for *827improvements it made to the property. The judge also

7 Matulis testified that it occurred in late January and Beck testified that it occurred on February 2, 2017. (Doc. 70 at 55-57 & 126). 8 On the morning prior to Aponte's termination, B & B terminated Beck's employment. (Doc 70 at 39-40). 9 At trial, B & B argued t