A panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of Randall T. Thirsk for FEMA fraud. Thirsk was convicted in 2010 in federal court in Gulfport, Miss., on four counts. Prosecutors say Thirsk received more …
The Mississippi Supreme Court will consider an appeal by APAC-Tennessee Inc. of a $17.2 million verdict a DeSoto County jury awarded to an injured teenager in 2009. A DeSoto County jury found for Ethan Bryant of Hernando, who suffered permanent …
Maine’s highest court will hear arguments on whether a woman’s lawsuit should go forward against a former Catholic priest she says abused her in the early 1970s. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court will hear oral arguments Sept. 13 in Christine …
Four hundred gallons of heating oil in the basement? The Michigan appeals court says that’s distressing. The court has upheld a $100,000 verdict for a Clinton County woman whose home had to be demolished after oil was mistakenly pumped into …
The California Supreme Court has rejected an appeal of a case many workers’ compensation insurers and businesses were hoping would be reversed. Yesterday, the Supreme Court announced that it was not going to review the decision of the Fifth District …
The Nebraska Supreme Court will consider whether a family whose two young girls were seriously injured in a sledding accident should lose the nearly $2.5 million they were awarded – or get even more money to cover the medical costs …
A Washington State couple has been turned down on their appeal of a ruling that said Farmers Insurance can deny their uninsured motorist claim following a single-car accident, which they said was caused by another driver who disappeared. The case …
A federal appeals court panel has denied the appeal of a former Fayetteville Public Schools student whose lawsuit accused the district of doing nothing about students that he said bullied and sexually harassed him. A three judge panel of the …
A bar in Michigan’s Thumb can’t shed liability for an attack on a Detroit-area hunter whose friend had danced with another man’s wife. The state appeals court on Friday refused to overturn a jury verdict against Longshot Lanes in Bad …
The Arkansas Supreme Court has denied an insurer’s appeal of a lower court finding that the language of its insurance policy at issue in a case involving an underinsured driver is ambiguous. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company Inc. was the insurer …