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Order Denying Trustee’s Motion for Turnover and Directing Clerk to Re-Close Case Janice Miller Karlin, United States Chief Bankruptcy Judge This matter is before the Court on Chapter 13 Trustee Jan Hamilton’s Motion for Turnover; he seeks turnover of settlement proceeds that Debtor Kelly Sue Purcell 1 is entitled to receive as a result of a class action lawsuit filed in Decemb

ORDER TIMOTHY J. CORRIGAN, District Judge. Following a more than two-week trial in this contentious and expensive patent ease, the jury found for Defendant. During trial, one of Plaintiffs experts gave contradictory testimony, causing the Court to disallow it, a ruling which has now been affirmed on appeal. Post-trial it was found that one of Defendant’s expert witnesses also likely gave false tri

ORDER TIMOTHY J. CORRIGAN, District Judge. During the trial of this patent case, plaintiffs expert, Dr. Thomas Beebe, testified for the first time on cross-examination that he had followed an undocumented protocol for his Shore D testing that is entirely inconsistent with the procedures disclosed in his expert report. This caused defendant Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. (“JJVC”)

ELIZABETH A. WOLFORD, United States District Judge INTRODUCTION Represented by counsel, Plaintiff Tammy Sue Wynn ("Plaintiff") brings this action pursuant to Title XVI of the Social Security Act (the "Act"), seeking review of the final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (the "Commissioner," or "Defendant") denying her application for supplemental security income ("SSI"). (Dkt.

247 B.R. 336 (2000) In re Bradley Scott ACKERMAN, Debtor. Frank Cibula, Jr., Donald Pagan, CPA and Susan Diane Ackerman, For the use and benefit of Frank Cibula, Jr., and Donald Pagan, Plaintiff, v. Bradley Scott Ackerman, Defendant. Bankruptcy No. 99-10763-8P7. Adversary No. 99-562. United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida, Tampa Division. April 6, 2000.

Plaintiffs in error recovered judgment in district court against defendant in error for $3,852, representing double the amount of payments alleged to have been made as interest pursuant to a usurious contract. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed that judgment and adjudged that plaintiffs in error take nothing. 75 S.W.2d 1100. The contract was evidenced by a promissory note executed by plaintiffs in error, payable to defendant in error, for the princip

This suit was brought by appellee against Harrison Building Company for certain commissions and brokerage. The basis of this suit is predicated upon the following contract: "Date: May 12th, 1927. "We hereby make application to B. F. Dittmar Co. (Inc.) of San Antonio, Texas, for a loan of $35,000.00 for the term of 7 years, payable in gold coin of the United States of America, with interest at 7 per centum per annum, payable semiannually, and to be secured by a first mortgage (or

ORDER ON MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE PARTY PLAINTIFF PAUL M. GLENN, Chief Judge. THIS CASE came before the Court for hearing to consider the Motion to Substi*679tute Party Plaintiff filed by the Plaintiff, Brandon J. Maxfield, and by Gregory K. Crews, the Trustee of the Chapter 7 Estate of Bruce Lee Jennings. Brandon J. Maxfield (Maxfie

LOGUE, J. Arturo Moradiellos, an asphalt surveyor, was run over and killed by a truck owned and operated by his employer while working at night on the Florida Turnpike. His wife, Mirta Moradiellos, in her individual capacity and as representative of the estate (jointly, “the Estate”), sued his employer and various subcontractors for wrongful death. In the order under appeal, the

MEMORANDUM DECISION Robert E. Grossman, United States Bankruptcy Judge Before the Court is the Trustee’s motion (“Motion”) seeking to reopen the bankruptcy ease of Barbara G. Ross (the “Debtor”) pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 350(b) in order to administer settlement proceeds offered to the Debtor in connection with a medical device implanted in the Debtor and removed pre-petition. The Debtor opposes t

TAYLOR, J. In this appeal, homeowners, Kent and Marie-Eve Kroener (Kroeners), challenge two rulings by the trial court: (1) final summary judgment entered in favor of the Florida Insurance Guarantee Association (FIGA) on their claim for hurricane damage, and (2) denial of their motion to enforce FIGA’s proposal for settlement, which the Kroeners attempted to accept after entry of the final summary judgment. We affirm both ruli

Mr. Justice Wilson delivered the opinion of the court. Cody Trust Company, a corporation, as trustee in a trust deed in the nature of a mortgage brought its action in forcible entry and detainer under the provisions of clause 6, paragraph 2 of the Forcible Entry and Detainer Statute, Cahill ’s' St. ch. 57, ft 2, after a written demand for possession and after default by the m

590 F.3d 195 (2009) John HALEBIAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Elliot J. BERV, Donald M. Carlton, A. Benton Cocanougher, Mark T. Finn, Stephen Randolph Gross, Diana R. Harrington, Susan B. Kerley, Alan G. Merten, R. Richardson Pettit, Defendants-Appellees, Citifunds Trust III, Nominal Defendant-Appellee.[*] Docket No. 07-3750-cv. United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

State of New York OPINION Court of Appeals This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the New York Reports. No. 28 Marsha Hewitt, Appellant, v. Palmer Veterinary Clinic, PC, Respondent, et al., Defendant. Mark Schneider, for appellant. Judith Aumand, for respondent

589 F.3d 835 (2009) LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs, v. CHESTER, WILLCOX & SAXBE et al., Defendants. W.C. Gentry, P.A., f.k.a. Gentry, Phillips & Hodak, P.A.; Gentry and Phillips, P.A.; and GP (FL) Funding, III, LLC, Defendants-Appellants, v. Lester G. Fant, III; GP (FL) Funding II, LLC; Galway II, Inc.; Galway T-1, LLC; and Galway Partners, LLC, Appellees. No. 08-4383.

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge: In a two count complaint alleging unlawful trespass and invasion of privacy, the appellee-cross appellant, Mrs. Betty B. Rawls, a resident of Jacksonville, Florida, brought suit in the Circuit Court for Duval County, Florida, *314

13 F.Supp.2d 119 (1998) David D. FITZGERALD and Cynthia A. Fitzgerald, d/b/a Kingston Coach, Plaintiffs, v. TOWN OF KINGSTON and Michael Decapua, Defendants. No. Civ.A. 96-10666-MEL. United States District Court, D. Massachusetts. June 25, 1998. *120 John T. Landry, Glynn & Landry, Braintree, MA, for plaintiffs. Joseph

PER CURIAM. Curtis W. Beasley appeals an order of the Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit denying his amended motion to vacate a judgment of conviction of first-degree murder and a sentence of death under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. Under our mandatory jurisdiction to review final orders arising from capital proceedings, we affirm the circuit court’s order. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION Alan B. Johnson, United States District Judge Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 3) and Plaintiffs opposition there to (Doc. 8) have come before the Court for consideration. After reviewing the parties’ submissions, the applicable law, and being fully advised, the Court finds that the motion should be DENIED for the reasons stated below.

VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge: This appeal challenges the district court’s approval of the settlement of a parens patri-ae suit brought pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 15c by the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (collectively the “States”) against Reebok International Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary, the Rockport Company, as well as unidentified “John Does” (