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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE October 14, 2011 Session WENDY LEVERETTE, ET AL. v. TENNESSEE FARMERS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY Appeal from the Circuit Court for Maury County No. 0913135 Jim T. Hamilton, Judge No. M2011-00264-COA-R3-CV - Filed March 4, 2013 A woman who was severely injured in a collision with a

GANTS, C.J. **831*302The petitioners in this case raise numerous concerns regarding summary process proceedings in the Worcester Division of the Housing Court Department, now part of the Central Division (Housing Court).4 See

OPINION HARDIMAN, Circuit Judge. Appellee Lincoln T. Griswold purchased a life insurance policy that was later sold to Appellant Coventry First LLC (Coventry) for an allegedly inflated price that included undisclosed kickbacks to the broker. Griswold sued, and Coventry moved to dismiss the case for lack of standing or, in the alternative, to compel arbit

LOWY, J. **111Following an argument with her boyfriend, the defendant set a bag of his clothes on fire inside their apartment, then fled the building without calling for help or warning the occupants of other units. One person died in the resulting two-alarm fire. Three others, including two firefighters, were injured. A Superior Court jury co

[Cite as Spisak v. Salvation Army, 2013-Ohio-5429.] Court of Appeals of Ohio EIGHTH APPELLATE DISTRICT COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION No. 99633 BARBARA SPISAK PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT vs.

443 B.R. 472 (2011) In re SEMCRUDE, L.P., et al., Reorganized Debtors. Plains Marketing, L.P., Plaintiff, v. Bank of America, N.A. as Agent; Eaglwing, L.P.; Mull Drilling Company, Inc.; Murfin Drilling Company, Inc.; Samson Contour Energy E & P, LLC; Samson Lone Star, LLC; Samson Resources Company; SemCrude, L.P.; St. Mary Land & Exploration Company; Vess Oil Corporation; and John Does 1-100, Defendants. Bankrupt

Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan Syllabus Chief Justice: Justices: Megan K. Cavanagh Brian K. Zahra

OPINION 1 BRENDAN LINEHAN SHANNON, Bankruptcy Judge. Before the Court is a motion filed by Plains Marketing, L.P. (“Plains”) for leave to file an amended complaint (the “Motion”) [Adv. Docket No. 175], pursuant to which Plains seeks, inter alia, to amend its Complaint for Declaratory Relief to Determine the Validity and Priority of Asserted Liens

OPINION ON PANEL REHEARING COWEN, Circuit Judge. This appeal requires us to determine whether a limitation of damages provision, contained in a proposed, but never accepted, written agreement between a purchaser and a distributor, will preclude the purchaser from seeking damages against the manufacturer of a product sold to the purchaser by the distributor. We conclude that because the proposed agreement

PER CURIAM. Eric Kurt Patrick appeals his conviction and sentence for the first-degree murder of Steven Schumacher. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. For the following reasons, we affirm. BACKGROUND Eric Kurt Patrick was recently released from prison and homeless when he met Steven Schumacher at Holiday Park during a rain shower when both men took shelte

109 F.3d 902 32 UCC Rep.Serv.2d 97 INFOCOMP, INC., Appellantv.ELECTRA PRODUCTS, INC.; Electra Font Technologies, Inc.;Chelgraph Products Limited; Chelgraph Limited;Edward (Ted) Barton; David Lee King;Kevin P. Mahony; Derek J.Kyte; Robert B. Smith. No. 96-3039. United States Court of Appeals,Third Circuit. Argued O

MEMORANDUM OPINION BENJAMIN COHEN, Bankruptcy Judge. The matters before the Court are: 1. The plaintiffs Complaint for non-dischargeability filed in this Court on January 7, 2006, A.P. Docket No. 1, incorporating the state court Complaint the plaintiff filed in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, Bessemer Division on December 22, 2005; and

Opinion BAXTER, J. The Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA or Act) (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.)1 provides a court process by which certain convicted violent sex offenders, whose current mental disorders make them likely to reoffend if free, may be committed, at the end of their prison terms, for successive two-year periods of state hospital confinement and treatment as

TIJERINA, Justice, dissenting. I respectfully dissent. Initially appellants complain of the court’s denial of the motion to quash notice of deposition of Dr. Luis Gonzalez Rios and for a protective order in connection therewith. They further contend that the video tape testimony of Dr. Luis Gonzalez Rios was incompetent and erroneously admitted in evidence, over objection, and that Dr.

4 A.3d 397 (2010) In re CNX GAS CORPORATION SHAREHOLDERS LITIGATION. C.A. No. 5377-VCL. Court of Chancery of Delaware. Submitted: May 24, 2010. Decided: May 25, 2010. *399 Seth D. Rigrodsky, Brian D. Long, Rigrodsky & Long, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Daniel W. Kranser, Gregory M. Nespole, Scott J. Farrell, Rachel S.

56 Mich. App. 116 (1974) 224 N.W.2d 289 WILHELM v. THE DETROIT EDISON COMPANY Docket Nos. 18565, 18566. Michigan Court of Appeals. Decided October 9, 1974. *120 Goodman, Eden, Millender, Goodman & Bedrosian (by George J. Bedrosian and Paul A. Rosen), for plaintiff. Fische

363 B.R. 314 (2007) In re Patricia Renee PINA, Debtor. No. 06-12205-JNF. United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts. March 6, 2007. *315 *316 Richard J. Cohen, Richard J. Cohen, Esq., P.C., Centerville, MA, for Debtor. MEMORANDUM JOAN N. FEENEY, Bankruptcy Judge. I

PER CURIAM. The judgment of conviction is reversed and the case is remanded for a new trial. Circuit Judge Bazelon, with whom Chief Judge Edgerton and Circuit Judges Fahy and Washington concur, files an opinion in support of the judgment of reversal. Circuit Judges Prettyman and Burger concur in the result. Circuit Judge Wilbur K. M

449 F.Supp.2d 1 (2006) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, and Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights, and National African American Tobacco Prevention Network, Intervenors, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., (f/k/a Philip Morris, Inc.), et al., Defendants. No. CIV.A. 99-2496(GK). United States Distri

L. HAND, Chief Judge. Both parties appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in an action to recover damages for a libel. The defendant’s appeal is based upon the admission of irrelevant and incompetent evidence as to damages; the plaintiff’s is from an order which granted a new trial unless she consented to reduce her damages from $20,000 to $15,000, which she did. The plaintif