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[T] Sweed v. Workers ' Compensation Appeal Board - 6/23/2004
ORDER
AND NOW, this 23 rd day of June, 2004, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby DENIED. ...
Bloom v. Workers ' Compensation Appeal Board - 6/23/2004
ORDER
NOW, June 23, 2004, having considered petitioner's application for reargument, the application is denied. ...
State ex rel Frisch's Restaurants - 6/23/2004
Submitted May 26, 2004
. In 2002, appellant, Frisch's Restaurants, Inc., moved to terminate appellee-claimant Rodney J. Hart's temporary total disability compensation ("TTC"), alleging that he had reached maximum medical...
State v. Martin - 6/23/2004
Considered on Briefs March 23, 2004
. On August 4, 2001, Kenneth Martin decided he was going to kill someone that night. He smoked some marijuana and built a silencer for his gun. At approximately 10:30 p.m., Martin walked...
State ex rel Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation Division v. Savicki - 6/22/2004
Appellant Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation Division (Division) appeals the award of benefits to Appellant Anthony N. Savicki, contending that error occurred in the interpretation and application of Wyo. Stat. Ann. §...
Asplundh Tree Expert Co. v. Workers ' Compensation Appeal Board - 6/22/2004
Asplundh Tree Expert Company (Employer) appeals from an order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a decision of a Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ) granting the claim petition of Scott Humphrey...
Barness Land Development v. Board of Supervisors of Washington - 6/22/2004
Submitted: January 30, 2004
The Board of Supervisors of Washington Township (Board of Supervisors) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County in the action in mandamus filed by Barness Land Development...
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. v. Preston - 6/22/2004
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company (employer) appeals a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission awarding temporary total disability benefits, temporary partial disability benefits, and medical benefits to James...
Lopez v. Lopez - 6/22/2004
Jose L. Lopez appeals a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission denying his claim for benefits and finding that he failed to prove he sustained an injury by accident arising out of his employment on August 17, 2001. We have...
Allmond v. Homeplace and Royal Insurance Co. of America - 6/22/2004
Darryl Allmond (claimant) appeals a decision of the Workers' Compensation
Commission denying his claim for benefits filed on January 31, 2003. The commission found that (1) the deputy commissioner was not required to recuse...
Dan River - 6/22/2004
Dan River, Inc. (employer) appeals a decision of the Workers' Compensation
Commission holding employer responsible for certain medical expenses incurred by Calvin K.
Alderson (claimant) in October and November 2002, based...
[T] Lontkowski v. Workers ' Compensation Appeal Board - 6/22/2004
Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court
ORDER
AND NOW, this 22nd day of June, 2004, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby DENIED. ...
Frankson v. Philip Morris Incorporated - 6/22/2004
This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.
The issue presented in this smoker suit, which is of apparent first impression in this State, is whether a defendant can "waive" the...
Murphy v. WFP 245 Park Co. - 6/22/2004
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Barry Salman, J.), entered October 1, 2003, which granted defendant WFP 245 Park's motion for...
Bergeson v. City of New London - 6/22/2004
This appeal requires us to determine whether, pursuant to General Statutes § 31-306 (a) (2) (A) of the Workers' Compensation Act, the second injury fund (fund) is required to reimburse a municipal employer for cost-of-living...
Ervin v. Nokia - 6/22/2004
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff, Terrell Ervin, commenced this putative class action against defendant, Nokia, Inc. (Nokia), in order to recover damages for Nokia's alleged manufacture and sale of a defective product, the Nokia Model 8860...
Stokes v. Greektown Casino - 6/22/2004
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff Tyrone Stokes appeals as of right the trial court's order granting summary disposition in favor of defendants Greektown Casino, L.L.C., ("Greektown") and John Hawkins on plaintiff's claims of racial and...
Nunez v. Jenkins - 6/22/2004
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Kenneth Thompson, J.), entered on or about October 14, 2003, which denied defendants-appellants'...
Janik v. Rudy - 6/22/2004
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
Plaintiff seeks to impose liability on attorneys who produced a class action recovery of some $90 million, claiming they were negligent because they failed to obtain a still larger recovery. While we may...
Rivera v. City of Long Beach - 6/22/2004
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Yvonne L. v. State - 6/22/2004
Plaintiff Yvonne L. appeals from an order entered in favor of defendant State of California (State) after its demurrers to her complaints were sustained without leave to amend. She claims that the trial court erred because she stated...
Bassett v. Perrett - 6/22/2004
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Roorda v. City of Arnold - 6/22/2004
Opinion Vote: AFFIRMED. Breckenridge and Howard, J.J., concur.
Opinion:
For eleven years, appellant, Jeffrey Roorda, was a full-time commissioned police officer employed by respondent, City of Arnold ("City"), a city of the...
Harper v. State - 6/22/2004
NATURE OF THE CASE: CRIMINAL - FELONY
DISPOSITION: AFFIRMED - 06/22/2004
EN BANC.
. Roy Randall Harper and John Fred Woolard were convicted on charges of burglary of a dwelling, grand larceny, and kidnapping by a...
McGruder v. State - 6/22/2004
NATURE OF THE CASE: CRIMINAL - FELONY
DISPOSITION: AFFIRMED - 06/22/2004
CONSOLIDATED WITH
. This case comes before this Court on remand from the Mississippi Supreme Court. Our first opinion dismissed McGruder's...
[T] Thompson v. Liberty Northwest Insurance Corp. - 6/22/2004
Submitted on Briefs: February 24, 2004
Pursuant to Section I, Paragraph 3(c), Montana Supreme Court 1996 Internal Operating Rules, the following decision shall not be cited as precedent. The decision shall be filed as a public...
McDonald v. Vlasic Food Co. - 6/22/2004
(not designated for permanent publication)
INTRODUCTION
In this workers' compensation case, Lindy McDonald filed a claim for benefits against her former employer and its workers' compensation insurance carrier, Vlasic Food...
[T] Sykes v. AIG Claim Services - 6/22/2004
This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
As alleged in his petition, petitioner, on or about March 7, 2000, commenced a lawsuit in this court...
Tikhonova v. Ford Motor Company - 6/22/2004
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.
Plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Douglas E. McKeon, J.), entered March 10, 2003, which, to the...
McGovern v. St. Patrick's Church - 6/21/2004
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.
DECISION & ORDER
(Index No. 4346/01)
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs...
Henley v. Tan Co. - 6/21/2004
Opinion Vote: AFFIRMED. Barney, P.J., and Prewitt, J., concur
Opinion: AFFIRMED
In this workers' compensation case, Silver Fountain Inn (" Employer") appeals the decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission...
Ahmad v. Nassau Health Care Corp. - 6/21/2004
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.
DECISION & ORDER
(Index No. 009736-01)
In an action, inter alia, for wrongful termination of employment, the...
City of Philadelphia v. Workers ' Compensation Appeal Board - 6/21/2004
Case DECIDED and Judgment entered for the following matter:
Because the notice provided by appellee here was timely, the order of the Commonwealth Court, upholding the decisions of the WCJ and the Board, is affirmed.
Former...
Pinney v. Nordstrom - 6/21/2004
Stacy Pinney, a Nordstrom, Inc. (Nordstrom) employee, entered a relationship with Peter Nordstrom (Peter), who worked in management for Nordstrom. Pinney and Peter were involved intermittently from 1993 to the spring of 2001. Pinney...
Warren v. Auto-Owners Insurance Co. - 6/21/2004
BACKGROUND
On September 9, 2002, in Jackson, Tennessee, the employee, Samuel Warren, was injured as he stepped out of a customer's car that he had test-driven for his employer, Dennis Mitchell Automotive. Warren filed a claim...
Order List - 6/18/2004
ORDERS ON CAUSES
The Court reverses the court of appeals' judgment in part and renders judgment in part. Opinion of the Court delivered by Justice Wainwright The court of appeals' opinion is ordered published.
03-0396...
Commonwealth v. Keenan - 6/18/2004
1 Christopher Keenan appeals from the judgment of sentence entered on September 17, 2003 in the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County. Following a plea of guilty to the charge of simple assault, 18 Pa.Con.Stat.Ann. § 2701, Keenan...
United States Steel Corp. v. Workers ' Compensation Appeal Board - 6/18/2004
United States Steel Corporation (Employer) petitions for review of the December 23, 2003, order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB), which affirmed a workers' compensation judge's (WCJ) denial of Employer's petition to...
Hollingsworth v. Time Warner Cable - 6/18/2004
DECISION
Judgment Appealed From Is: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part, and Cause Remanded
. Plaintiff-appellant Patti Hollingsworth appeals from the order of the trial court granting summary judgment in favor of...
Raybourne v. United Parcel Service - 6/18/2004
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
OPINION AFFIRMING
Wayne Raybourne ("Raybourne") seeks review of an opinion of the Workers' Compensation Board ("the Board") which reversed and remanded a decision of the Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ")...
Babbs v. Minton - 6/18/2004
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
OPINION AND ORDER DENYING ORIGINAL ACTION
In this original action, petitioner, Dennis D. Babbs, asks this Court to issue a writ prohibiting the respondent trial courts from disqualifying his counsel,...
Martin Electronics - 6/18/2004
Martin Electronics, Inc. (Martin) appeals the order denying the motion for summary judgment it filed when one of its employees, Curtis Jones, and his wife, Annie, brought suit. Their complaint alleges that Martin engaged in intentional...
[T] Urbano v. Pavarani Construction Co. - 6/18/2004
This opinion is uncorrected and will not be published in the printed Official Reports.
Plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability under Labor Law § 240(1) is granted, Madison's cross-motion for...
Sinatra v. Chico Unified School District - 6/18/2004
CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION
Plaintiff Charles F. Sinatra, a former assistant principal at Chico High School, appeals the summary adjudication and judgment on the pleadings granted defendants Chico Unified School District...
Hope International University v. Superior Court of Orange County - 6/18/2004
I. INTRODUCTION
Hope University, affiliated with the Church of Christ, fired two professors because of the perception that they had had an affair while one of the professor's divorce was still pending. Both Hope and the Church...
Bright v. Zega - 6/17/2004
Appellant Valerie Bright appeals from the circuit court's order dismissing her attorney negligence and breach-of-contract complaint against the appellees, Stephen S. Zega and Davis & Zega, P.C. (jointly referred to as Zega), for...
Nucor Corp. v. Kilman - 6/17/2004
Appellant Nucor Corporation (Nucor) appeals an order denying its motion to set aside a default judgment entered in favor of appellees Marty Kilman, Mike Evans, and Betty Evans in the amount of $5,390,500. Separate appellant Systems...
Renfro v. Pacific Bell Telephone Company - 6/17/2004
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
California Rules of Court, rule 977(a), prohibits courts and parties from citing or relying on opinions not certified for publication or ordered published, except as specified by rule...
Furrow v. Bisson - 6/17/2004
FACTS
This appeal has its genesis in a lawsuit filed in 1975 by Joseph Furrow against Fluor E & C for wrongful termination. The case was dismissed for failure to bring it to trial within five years, and Furrow sued his...
People v. Taylor - 6/17/2004
CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION
On August 9, 2001, defendant Markelle Neal Taylor punched his girlfriend, Garvon White, six times hard in the stomach when White was seven months pregnant with defendant's child.
On the...
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