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WRIGHT, District Judge: *1099 Plaintiff Judith Berger ("Mrs. Berger") 1 sued Philip Morris USA, Inc. ("Philip Morris") for intentional and unintentional torts, seeking compensatory and punitive damages for smoking-related injur

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED WILLIE JAMES SIMPSON, Appellant, v. Case No. 5D23-0128 LT Case No. 16-2020-CF-004768A STATE OF FLORIDA, App

OPINION Sharon G. Lee, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which. Jeffrey S. Bivins, C. J., and Cornelia A. Clark and Holly Kirby, JJ., joined. The primary issue presented is whether the Drug-Free School Zone Act, Tennessee Code Annotated section 39-17-432, ap

CARLSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court. ¶ 1. After being indicted by a Lee County grand jury on the charges of capital murder and felonious child abuse, William Matthew Wilson pleaded guilty in Lee County Circuit Court to both counts in the indictment. Wilson also waived a sentencing hearing before a jury; thus, after a sentencing hearing before the trial judge, Wilson was sentenced to death by lethal inje

55 F.3d 399 Pens. Plan Guide P 23910QG. Bruce WILSON; Marco L. Gilliam; William H. Jones;Robert E. McVey; Jerry Mooneyham; Edwin R. Acheson; J.Marlene Adams; Betty E. Aldridge; Barbara Alexander; JoAnn Altschul; Virginia S. Amyx; Brenda J. Andrews; SandraK. Anglin; Islo D. Ashmore; Jerry L. Atwood; James D.Bailey; Jimmie F. Bailey; Margaret A. Bailey; Patsy R.Bailey; Jerry F. Baker; John C. Baker; Kat

JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Chief Judge. I,The plaintiff-appellant, Edna Wilson, appeals a judgment of November 10, 2010, that granted the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by the defendants-appel-lees, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (hereinafter “Countrywide”), Bank of America, N.A. (hereinafter “BoA”), State Street Bank and Trust Company (hereinafter “State Street”) and Beal Bank S.S.B., (hereinafter “Beal Bank”), which defendan

DIANA E. MURPHY, Circuit Judge. Appellants, former management employees of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (SWBT) who accepted the terms of a severance incentive plan offered in 1990, filed this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 Ú.S.C. § 1001 et. seq., claiming that SWBT; its parent company, SBC Communications; and its Vice President of Human Resources, Robert A. Dickemper, brea

21 So.3d 572 (2009) William Matthew WILSON a/k/a Willie v. STATE of Mississippi. No. 2007-DP-01218-SCT. Supreme Court of Mississippi. September 24, 2009. Rehearing Denied December 3, 2009. *574 Mississippi Office of Capital Defense Counsel by Andre De Gruy, attorney for appellant. Office of the Attorney Ge

The question certified to this Court actually involves two separate issues. The first issue is purely a question of proximate cause, namely, whether a police chief, who conducts a press conference to explain to attending representatives of the radio and newspaper media how an undercover "sting operation" had resulted in the dismissal of police officers in his employ, may be liable for the subsequent dissemination by those media of defamatory remarks the police chief made about the ter

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2001-CA-01045-COA WILLIE BOWIE, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THE HEIRS AT LAW OF LOIS BROWN, DECEASED APPELLANT v. MONTFORT JONES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL; KOSCIUSKO MEDICAL CLINIC; PERRY LISHMAN, M.D.; GARY HOLDINESS, M.D.; RICHARD CARTER, M.D.;

KANNE, Circuit Judge. Cary Bernard Willis was charged in a four count indictment with the following offenses: Count I — possession with intent to distribute 2.6 grams of cocaine base; Count II — using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense; Count III— possession of cocaine within one thousand

|1SAUNDERS, Judge. This is an action to annul two final judgments rendered in previous lawsuits between these parties. The trial court granted defendant’s exception of no cause of action and dismissed plaintiffs lawsuit with prejudice. Plaintiff appeals. Defendant answered the appeal and asked that we review several interlocutory judgments of the trial court. Although we find that plaintiff has stated a c

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2001-CT-01045-SCT WILLIE BOWIE, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THE HEIRS AT LAW OF LOIS BROWN, DECEASED v. MONTFORT JONES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL; KOSCIUSKO MEDICAL CLINIC; PERRY LISHMAN, M.D.; GARY HOLDINESS, M.D.; RICHARD CARTER, M.D.; AND TIMOTHY ALFORD, M.D. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI DATE OF JUDGMENT: 06/19/2001 TRIAL JUDGE:

Upon review of all of the competent evidence of record with reference to the errors assigned, and finding good grounds to reconsider the evidence, the Full Commission REVERSES IN PART and AFFIRMS IN PART the Opinion and Award of the Deputy Commissioner and enters the following Opinion and Award: The Full Commission finds as fact and concludes as matters of law the following, which were entered into by the parties in a pre-trial order and at the hearing before Deputy Commissioner Stephe

941 F.2d 1200 Devoren Stores, Inc.v.City of Philadelphia, Redevelopment Authority of City ofPhiladelphia, Goode (Wilson W.), Tucker (Kevin M.), Williams(Willie), Hazen (Robert G.), McLaughlin (Bernard J.), Guerra(Robert J.), Unknown Employees and Officials ofRedevelopment Authority of City of Philadelphia, UnknownPolice Officers of City of Philadelphia, Unknown Employeesand Officials of City of Philadelphia <

Per Curiam. Section 2953.03, Bevised Code, provides in part: “The judge of the trial court in a felony case may, because of the poverty of the defendant, in the interest of justice, order the bill of exceptions and transcript, or either,, paid from the county treasury in the manner provided in Section 2301.24, of the Bevised Code, and order the amount in money so paid charged as costs in the case.”

Opinion PER CURIAM. PER CURIAM: This appeal presents the issue of whether a foreign corporation and its president, who retained the services of a District of Columbia law firm, had the minimum degree of contact with the District necessary for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to exercise personal jurisdiction over them in a suit arisin

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2007-DP-01218-SCT WILLIAM MATTHEW WILSON a/k/a WILLIE v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI DATE OF JUDGMENT: 05/30/2007 TRIAL JUDGE: HON. THOMAS J. GARDNER, III COURT FROM WHICH APPEALED: LEE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: MISSISSIPPI OFFICE OF CAPITAL DEFENSE COUNSEL

69 Ill. App.3d 964 (1979) 388 N.E.2d 102 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EDWIN WILLIE, Defendant-Appellee. No. 78-362. Illinois Appellate Court — First District (5th Division). Opinion filed March 9, 1979. Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Lee T. Hettinger and Mary Ann Callum, Assistant State's Attorney

This is an action originating in this court wherein the relators seek a writ of mandamus directing the respondent, a judge of the Court of Common Pleas, to order and make available to the relators a bill of exceptions and transcript of the *Page 246 record without advance payment, to be charged as costs under the provisions of Sections 2301.24 and 2953.03, Revised Code. The relat