Cases

SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge. These three consolidated appeals arise from the convictions of Nunziato Fusaro, a prominent Worcester attorney, Richard Saccone, president of Mohawk Trust and Savings Bank of Greenfield, Massachusetts (“Mohawk”), and Richard Robidoux, a businessman, on federal charges relating to a scheme that defrauded

In three actions, consolidated and tried together, to recover damages for personal injuries,- the evidence shows that the plaintiffs’ truck was parked so that part of it projected on to the right side of the paved portion of a public highway and that it was struck in the rear left corner by the defendants’ truck, as a result of which plaintiffs were injured. Shortly theretofore the plaintiffs’ truck, had been struck by a passenger automobile which came to re

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS SAYLOR, District Judge. This is a contract dispute concerning the sale of cellular telephones, accessories, and parts. Jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship. Personal Communications Devices, LLC (“PCD”), sold the goods to Goldie Group, LLC. On February 20, 2013, PCD filed suit in state court, contending that Goldie Group owed it more than $2

433 B.R. 419 (2010) In re LAKETOWN WHARF MARKETING, CORPORATION, n/k/a Laketown Wharf Marketing, LLC, Debtor. Corus Construction Venture, LLC, Plaintiff, v. Laketown Wharf Marketing Corporation, et al., Defendant. Bankruptcy No. 08-40692-LMK. Adversary No. 09-04009-LMK. United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Florida, Tallahassee Division. July 19, 2010.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge. This excessive force case, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, stems from an arrest on June 30, 2013. Defendant George Gikas, a police officer on crowd-control duty, grabbed plaintiff Alfonso Ciolino from behind by the collar and dragged him backward and downward to the pavement, after seeing Ciolino taunting K-9 dogs. The forceful takedown caused Ciolino to su

430 F.Supp.2d 830 (2006) Doris J. CASSENS, Plaintiff, v. Albert D. CASSENS and Kay Sharon Cassens, Defendants. No. Civ. 06-186-GPM. United States District Court, S.D. Illinois. April 28, 2006. *831 *832 Floyd E. Crowder, Mark S. Rohr, Crowder & Scoggins, Columbia, IL, Joshua M. Avigad, Law

PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 20-4126 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. CHRISTOPHER PAUL HASSON, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. George J. Hazel, District Judge. (8:19-cr-00096-G

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JEREMIAH IRA WILLIAMS, Defendant and Appellant. S262229 Fourth Appellate District, Division One D074098 San Diego County Superior Court SCD268493 August 29

USCA4 Appeal: 20-4126 Doc: 59 Filed: 02/22/2022 Pg: 1 of 31 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 20-4126 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. CHRISTOPHER PAUL HASSON, Defendant -

The opinion of the court was delivered by Luckert, J.: In this case, a trust and its beneficiaries assert separate damage claims against a deceased trustee for (1) punitive and (2) double damages under K.S.A. 58a-1002 of the Kansas Uniform Trust Code (KUTC) and under the common law relating to a breach of trust and a breach of fiduciary duty. This appeal asks us to determine as a matte

Michael Lindsey appeals the trial court's denial of his claim for punitive damages in his suit against the Miami County National Bank (Bank) for conversion after a Bank employee wrongfully took Lindsey's car, believing it to be one in which the Bank had a security interest. Lindsey was awarded actual damages of $5,500 after a jury trial and now contends (1) a prima facie case is made for punitive damages when a secured creditor, while exercising a self-help repossession, takes

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge. Defendant-appellant Steven K. Brown pled guilty to nine offenses, including kidnapping in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1). On appeal, Brown seeks to vacate his kidnapping conviction, arguing that the indictment failed to allege a necessary element of the kidnapping offense under which he was sentenced. Even assuming the indictment was wanting in some

AMENDED ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT LEWIS M. KILLIAN, JR., Bankruptcy Judge. This matter is before the Court on Co-rus Construction Venture, LLC’s (CCV) Motion for Partial Summary Judgment which seeks a declaratory judgment that defendants Jonathan R. Adkins, et al. and defendants Peter Bell, et al. (collectively, the “Ori

Glass, J. The plaintiffs, Russell Grant (Grant) and his mother, Gail Grant, brought this action against the defendants, Charles Bassman, Inc. (CBI), and its president, Charles Bassman, seeking damages for personal injuries suffered by Grant while, as a minor, he was illegally employed by CBI. CBI moved to dismiss the plaintiffs’ complaint on the ground that the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because Grant had app

Opinion ZARELLA, J. In this collection action by the plaintiff, Connecticut Light and Power Company, against the defendants, Bess P. Gilmore, Douglas G. Gilmore, Keith P. Gilmore and Community Club Awards, Inc., for unpaid electric bills, the defendant Bess Gilmore1 appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered in fav

522 F.Supp.2d 524 (2007) Michael ABBATIELLO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MONSANTO COMPANY, Solutia, Inc. and Pharmacia Corporation, Defendants. Alan Abele, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Monsanto Company, Solutia, Inc. and Pharmacia Corporation, Defendants. Armand Corlew, Vincent Riggi, Stephen Cernak, Jr., and Ruth Depaolo, individually and on behalf of a class similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. General Electric Company, Monsanto Comp

*24 PETTINE, Senior District Judge. Defendants Mohamed Souare, Aboubacar Diallo and Amadou Diarra were convicted under a two-count indictment for possession of heroin with intent to distribute and conspiracy to possess heroin with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846 (1988).

USCA1 Opinion UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT ____________________ No. 93-1950 UNITED STATES, Appellee, v.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge. Defendant-appellants Wendy B. Golen-bock, Cheryl B. Stein and Susan B. Otis were each charged in an indictment with one count of bankruptcy fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 152 and one count of conspiracy to commit bankruptcy fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. The charges arose from their alleged concealment of Golenbocks and Steins ow

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER SPATT, District Judge: This lawsuit arises from the claims of the plaintiffs, Janet Saekman (“Saekman” or the “plaintiff’) and her husband Joseph Saekman (“Joseph,” collectively the “plaintiffs”) against the defendant, Liggett Group, Inc. (“Liggett” or the “defendant”) for personal injury, namely products liability and negligence, breach of warranty, fraud and loss of consorti