Cases

WILLIAM PRYOR, Circuit Judge: This appeal presents an issue of first impression: whether a seaman’s work in international waters on a cruise ship that calls on foreign ports constitutes “performance ... abroad” under the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, 9 U.S.C. § 202. Robert Alberts worked as the lead trumpeter on the

McGEE, Chief Judge. *803 The Wilson County Board of Education ("the Board of Education") 1 appeals from the trial court's order reducing a bond forfeiture amount after denying a surety's motion to set aside the bond forfeiture. Bec

871 N.E.2d 357 (2007) Robert M. KNIGHT, Appellant-Plaintiff, v. INDIANA INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee-Defendant, and Indiana University, Defendant.[1] No. 49A05-0608-CV-416. Court of Appeals of Indiana. August 8, 2007. *358 James H. Voyles, Voyles, Zahn, Paul, Hogan & Merriman, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for App

b. Breach of contract Under Virginia law, "[t]he elements of a breach of contract action are (1) a legally enforceable obligation of a defendant to a plaintiff; (2) the defendant's violation or breach of that obligation; and (3) injury or damage to the plaintiff caused by the breach of obligation."9 Ramos v. Wells Fargo Bank, NA ,

DECISION AND ORDER VICTOR E. BIANCHINI, United States Magistrate Judge. I. INTRODUCTION In February of 2007, Plaintiff Llewelyn M. Knight applied for disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) under the Social Security Act. Plaintiff alleges that he has been unable to work since August of 2006 due to herniated and bulging discs and cervical spondylosis. The Commissioner of Social Security de

LAWSON, J. Jonathon Knight appeals from his conviction on a single charge of possession of cannabis (more than 20 grams), arguing that the trial court should have granted his motion for judgment of acquittal. Reviewing the matter de novo, see Pagan v. State, 830 So.2d 792, 803 (Fla.2002), we affirm. Although Knight’s argument finds support in opinions from other districts applying a “special” circumstantial evidence

OPINION BRADFORD, Judge. Evelyn Holmes died on March 17, 2007, after suffering complications from a medical condition known as Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. Appellant-Plaintiff Ladonna A. Reck, in her capacity as personal representative for Holmes’s estate, subsequently filed a proposed complaint alleging that Holmes’s complications and resulting death were caused by the medical malpractice of Appellees-Defen

20 So.3d 451 (2009) Bradley Robert KNIGHT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 5D08-1245. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District. October 23, 2009. James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Rose M. Levering, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. *452 Bradley R. Knight, Wewahitchka, pro

469 F.Supp.2d 1016 (2006) John F. KNIGHT, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs and Plaintiffs-Intervenors, United States of America, Plaintiff, v. The State of ALABAMA, et al., Defendants. Civil Action No. CV-83-M-1676-S. United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division. December 12, 2006. *1017

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge. This is a consolidated appeal from two decisions of the district court. 1 Appellants *938 Robert and Raymond Franklin in one case, and Allan and Greg Rodgers in another, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against l

Blackwell, Justice. Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. is a textile manufacturer, and in the late 1960s and early 1970s, it produced dryer felts at a manufacturing facility in Waycross. Some of the pipes and boilers in that facility were insulated with material containing asbestos, and Scapa used yarn containing asbestos in some of its manufacturing processes. Between 1967 and 1973, Roy

ROBERT C. CHAMBERS, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE *814Pending before the Court are a litany of motions, including Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 42) and Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (ECF No. 44). Importantly, four of Defendant's other still-pending motions are relevant to its summary judgment motion: Motion t

ROBERT C. CHAMBERS, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE In a Memorandum Opinion and Order issued on May 31, 2018, this Court dispensed with a majority of the pending motions in this matter, including the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment and related motions in limine. Mem. Op. and Order , ECF No. 118. However, five motions still remain unresolved: (1) Defendant's Omnibus Motion to Exclude the Opinions of Plaintiff's Gene

McFADDEN, Presiding Judge. In Scapa Dryer Fabrics v. Knight, 332 Ga. App. 82 (770 SE2d 334) (2015), this court affirmed a final judgment entered after a jury trial, finding, among other things, that the trial court had not erred in admitting certain expert testimony. In Scapa Dryer Fabrics v. Knight, 299 Ga. 286 (788 SE2d 421) (2016), the Su

458 F.Supp.2d 1273 (2006) John F. KNIGHT, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs and Plaintiff Intervenors, United States of America Plaintiff, v. The State of ALABAMA, et al., Defendants. No. CIV.A. CV-83-M-1676-. United States District Court, N.D. Alabama. October 5, 2004. *1275 Alice H. Martin, U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Birm

IRVING, P.J., for the Court: ¶ 1. On February 24, 2000, E. Harold Knight (Harold) filed a complaint in the Jackson County Chancery Court against Benny R. Knight and Knights’ Piping Inc. (KPI). Harold’s complaint requested a judicial dissolution of KPI, an appoint*454ment of a receiver/custodian for KPI, and a partition of certain real property. On Febr

ANDREWS, Presiding Judge, dissenting. I respectfully dissent for the following reasons: (1) the Knights failed to produce reliable and admissible expert testimony to prove on the issue of specific causation that Mr. Knight’s exposure to asbestos at the Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. plant was a contributing cause of his mesothelioma; (2) the trial court erred by admitting unreliable expert testimony on the issue of s

MYERS, J., for the Court: ¶ 1. This case arises from a dispute between two workers’ compensation insurance carriers over which is liable for compensation payments. Knight Properties, Inc. employed Kenny Sanders as a subcontractor. First Comp Insurance Company, Sanders’s insurer, purported to cancel his policy for nonpayment of premiums. One of Sanders’s employees was subsequently injured on the job. The employe

OPINION GOULD, Circuit Judge: With this appeal pending, we decided Ibarra v. Manheim Investments, Inc., 775F.3d 1193, No. 14-56779 (9th Cir. Jan. 8, 2015), filed simultaneously with this opinion, and addressed what proof a defendant seeking removal must produce to prove the amount in controversy requirement under the Class Action Fai

Judgment PER CURIAM. This CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.