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Royce C. Lamberth, United States District Judge *726Following a week-long trial, the jury rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff Mary Ellen Johnson against defendant Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). The jury found SwRI terminated Johnson because of her reports of sex discrimination, which is activity protected by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and discr

Pierce, Laurence D., J. In this action the plaintiff, Ellen Johnson, M.D. (“Dr. Johnson”), alleges that the defendant, ProSelect Insurance Company (“ProS-elect”), acted negligently and breached its duty of good faith in the defense of a medical malpractice action against Dr. Johnson by failing to investigate the case, properly evaluate the liability risks, and undertake pre-trial settlement negotiations. Dr. Johnson also conten

The plaintiff, Dr. Ellen Johnson, a radiologist, appeals from a Superior Court summary judgment in favor of her professional liability insurer, the defendant, Proselect Insurance Company (Proselect), on her suit alleging that Proselect acted in bad faith when it settled without her consent an underlying medical malpractice suit against her. The trial in that case resulted in a jury special verdict finding Johnson causally negligent in failing to diagnose her

Appellate review denied.

ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE Fred Biery, United States District Judge The Court has considered the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge filed in the above styled and numbered cause (docket # 28), Defendant Southwest Research Institute’s Objection to the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge (docket # 30),

Motion Granted; Appeal Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed November 18, 2010. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals

FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D2023-1955 LT Case No. 2020-CA-4842 _____________________________ AMERIFUND EQUITY GROUP, Appellant, v. REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC., THE ESTATE OF BETTY JOE MCLAREN, KIM ELLEN RUCKLE, and IVA JOHNSON A/K/A IVA L. BUCKANS-JOHNSON, Appellees. _____________________________ On

SHUJAH U. QURASHI * NO. 2022-CA-0424 VERSUS * COURT OF APPEAL ELLEN ROSENOW AND * UNITED SERVICES FOURTH CIRCUIT AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION * STATE OF LOUISIANA ******* APPEAL FROM CIVIL

Brown, J. The plaintiff was formerly the superintendent of public schools in the town of Sandwich. On April 28, 2010, the school committee (collectively, defendants) held a live broadcast meeting in which the plaintiff’s contract extension, among other matters, was to be discussed. Concerned about time, the defendants announced their intention to revisit the plaintiff’s contract on April 30, 2010, at 6:00 p.m. In addition to th

LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge: A Texas inmate whose execution is imminent has presented to us both a request to review the district court's denial of his Rule 60(b) motion for relief from a prior judgment and also a motion for permission to file a successive application for a writ of habeas corpus. We conclude there is no merit in the appeal and DENY review. On the other hand, we

ORDER AND JUDGMENT * PAUL KELLY, JR., Circuit Judge. Jack “Jared” Miller and Ellen Thompson appeal from a district court order that dismissed their complaint against Heather Johnson with prejudice for insufficient service of process and expiration of the statute of limitations. The issue we must decide is whether Wyoming’s nonresident motorist statute, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-6-30

66 So.3d 1103 (2011) AVENUE SURGICAL SUITES v. JO ELLEN SMITH CONVALESCENT CENTER. No. 2011-CA-0026. Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit. May 18, 2011. *1104 Richard K. Leefe, Michael R. Gelder, Leefe Gibbs Sullivan Dupré & Aldous, Metairie, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee. René S. Paysse, Jr., Rochelle Champagne F

159 P.3d 161 (2007) STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. Ronald JOHNSON, Appellant. No. 92,956. Supreme Court of Kansas. June 8, 2007. *164 Rebecca E. Woodman, of Capital Appellate Defender Office, argued the cause, and Sarah Ellen Johnson, of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, and Ronald Johnson, appellant pro se, were on the briefs for

May, Judge. [1] Matthew Johnson appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. He argues the post-conviction court erred when it rejected his allegation that his appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to argue the application of the Proportionality Clause to Johnson's conviction of *706Class B felony aggravated battery. W

BENHAM, Justice. **475Appellant Akeem Johnson appeals his convictions stemming from the shooting death of *91Jamon Middleton and the aggravated assault of Emory Graham.1 On appeal, appellant alleges his trial counsel rendered cons

PER CURIAM Petitioner in this post-conviction case appeals an order of the post-conviction court dated June 21, 2016, denying his motion for a protective order. See Brumwell v. Premo, 355 Or 543, 326 P3d 1177 (2014); Longo v. Premo, 355 Or 525, 326 P3d 1152 (2014) (analyzing OEC 504(4)(c)’s breach of duty exception to attorney-client privilege and concluding that a protective order may be necessary in a post-

HASELTON, C. J. The state appeals a judgment dismissing this action pursuant to the Oregon Unlawful Trade Practices Act (UTPA), ORS 646.607 and ORS 646.608, against defendants, who manufacture and distribute the over-the-counter painkiller Motrin. The state argues that the trial court, in dismissing the action under ORCP 21 A(8), erroneously concluded that the failure to disclose a known material risk that goods sold in

LAGESEN, J. Petitioner appeals from a judgment denying his petition for post-conviction relief from convictions for various sexual offenses arising from his abuse of his girlfriend’s three daughters—A, K, and T—over the course of several years. He assigns error to the post-conviction court’s denial of relief on his claim that his trial counsel rendered constitutionally inadequate and ineffective assistance of counsel, in viola

PER CURIAM Defendant was convicted of one count of driving under the influence of intoxicants, ORS 813.010, and was sentenced to 24 months’ bench probation. The court also imposed a fine of $1,755, a bench probation fee of $100, and court-appointed attorney fees in the amount of $322. On appeal, defendant argues that the prosecutor improperly vouched for a state’s witness during closing argument, and that the trial court erred

*690 BREWER, S. J. pro tempore In a two-phased jury trial, petitioner was convicted of aggravated murder and sentenced to death for killing a fifteen-year-old girl, HF. The state’s theory of the case was that petitioner had killed HF intentionally in furtherance of, or in an effort to conceal, the commiss