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*********** The undersigned have reviewed the prior Opinion and Award based upon the record of the proceedings before Deputy Commissioner Gillen and the briefs and arguments of the parties. The appealing party has not shown good ground to reconsider the evidence, receive further evidence, or rehear the parties or their representatives. Having reviewed the competent evidence of record, the Full Commission adopts the Opinion and Award of Deputy C

DAVIS, Judge. Philip Morris USA, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and Liggett Group, LLC (the Tobacco Companies), challenge the final judgment entered after jury trial which awarded James L. Douglas, as the personal representative of the Estate of Charlotte M. Douglas, $2.5 million as damages on claims based on Mrs. Douglas’ smoking-related death.1 Mrs. Douglas began sm

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINA 2022-NCCOA-555 No. COA21-378 Filed 16 August 2022 Pitt County, No. 20CVS2164 FREEDOM MORRIS, Plaintiff, v. DAVID RODEBERG, M.D., individually and in his individual capacity, and PITT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INCORPORATED d/b/a VIDANT MEDICAL CENTER, Defendants. Ap

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINA 2022-NCCOA-555 No. COA21-378 Filed 16 August 2022 Pitt County, No. 20CVS2164 FREEDOM MORRIS, Plaintiff, v. DAVID RODEBERG, M.D., individually and in his individual capacity, and PITT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INCORPORATED d/b/a VIDANT MEDICAL CENTER, Defendants. Ap

MORRIS, Judge. Port Charlotte HMA, LLC, doing business as Peace River Regional Medical Center (“Peace River”), appeals a final judgment entered in favor of Iala Suarez, individually and as the parent of K.D.P., in a medical malpractice action. Peace River raises nine issues on appeal, and Suarez raises two issues on cross-appeal. We find no merit in the majority of the issues rais

RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 22a0216p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT ┐ JAMES MAMMONE, │ Petitioner-Appellant,

LOLLEY, J. hln this medical malpractice case, plaintiffs, Joshua Morris and Jeremy Watson, appeal a judgment from the Second Judicial District Court, Parish of Jackson, State of Louisiana, wherein a jury found in favor of defendant, Dr. Dirk Rainwater, M.D. For the following reasons we affirm the judgment of the trial court. FACTS On June 13, 2011, at approximately 1:15 p.m., Charlotte L

TERRENCE WILLIAM BOYLE, District Judge: This is an appeal from a judgment by the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina in a class action brought by Medicaid recipients against the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Human Resources and the Director of the Division of Medical Assistance of the North Carolina Department of Human Resources challenging the use in the state’s Medicaid p

710 S.E.2d 3 (2011) TOWN OF MIDLAND, Plaintiff v. Harry T. MORRIS and Maralyn R. Morris, Defendants and Town of Midland, Plaintiff v. John S. Wagner and Anne D. Wagner, Defendants and Town of Midland, Plaintiff v. Beverly F. Chapman, Defendant and Town of Midland, Plaintiff v. Brenda Seaford, Harold Gray Seaford & Ben F. Fisher, Defendants and Town of Midland, Plaintiff v. Jimmy Ray Wilkinson an

POLSTON, C.J. We review the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal in Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Douglas, 83 So.3d 1002, 1011 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012), in which the Second *422District certified the following question of great public importance:1 DOES ACCEPTING AS RES JUDICA-TA THE EIGHT PHASE I FINDING

704 S.E.2d 329 (2011) TOWN OF MIDLAND, Plaintiff, v. Harry T. MORRIS and Maralyn R. Morris, Defendants. and Town of Midland, Plaintiff, v. John S[.] Wagner and Anne D. Wagner, Defendants. and Town of Midland, Plaintiff, v. Beverly F. Chapman, Defendant. and Town of Midland, Plaintiff, v. Brenda Seaford, Harold Gray Seaford & Ben F. Fisher, Defendants. and Town of Midland, Plaintiff, v. Jimmy Ray

Beasley, Judge. These appeals mark the second appearance of this case; the first is reported at Morris v. Morris, 222 Ga. App. 617 (475 SE2d 676) (1996). Appellant Frieda Morris filed a complaint to domesticate a foreign judgment and for modification of child support against her former husband, James Morris. After she voluntarily dismissed the complaint, James Morris moved for attorney fees and expenses of litigation

710 S.E.2d 1 (2011) TOWN OF MIDLAND, Plaintiff v. Harry T. MORRIS and Maralyn R. Morris, Defendants and Town of Midland, Plaintiff v. John S. Wagner and Anne D. Wagner, Defendants and Town of Midland, Plaintiff v. Beverly F. Chapman, Defendant and Town of Midland, Plaintiff v. Brenda Seaford, Harold Gray Seaford & Ben F. Fisher, Defendants and Town of Midland, Plaintiff v. Jimmy Ray Wilkinson an

475 S.E.2d 676 (1996) 222 Ga. App. 617 MORRIS v. MORRIS. No. A96A1140. Court of Appeals of Georgia. August 28, 1996. *677 Beltran & Bills, Frank J. Beltran, Simone R. Siex, Ralph Perales, Charlotte K. Perrell, Atlanta, for appellant. Rubin, Winter, Rapoport & Hall, Michelle B. Rapoport, Atla

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINA No. COA23-252 Filed 2 April 2024 Mecklenburg County, No. 22 CVS 6443 DOUG TURPIN AND NICOLE TURPIN, Plaintiffs, v. CHARLOTTE LATIN SCHOOLS, INC., CHARLES D. BALDECCHI, TODD BALLABAN, DENNY S. O’LEARY, MICHAEL D. FRENO, R. MITCHELL WICKHAM, COURTNEY HYDER, IRM R. BELLAVIA, PHIL COLACO, JOHN D. COMLY, MARY KATHERINE DUBOSE, ADAORA A. ERUCHALU, DEBBIE S

LEWIS, Judge. The question posed to us by this appeal appears to be one of first impression in North Carolina. We are asked to determine whether a contingent fee contract between a county tax assessor and a private auditing firm is void as against public policy. We hold that, under the facts of this particular contract, it is, and affirm the Final Decision of the North Carolina Property Tax Commission. In

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 10A23 Filed 23 May 2024 LATOYA CANTEEN and PAMELA PHILLIPS v. CHARLOTTE METRO CREDIT UNION Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 286 N.C. App. 539 (2022), reversing an order entered on 7 September 2021 by Judge George C. Bell in Superior Court, Mecklenburg County. Heard in the

783 F.Supp.2d 23 (2011) United States of America, Plaintiff, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, Inc., et al., Defendants. Civil Action No. 99-2496 (GK). United States District Court, District of Columbia. March 28, 2011. *24 Daniel K. Crane-Hirsch, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Consumer Litigation, Ann M. Ravel, U.S. Department of Jus

* * * * * * * * * * * The Full Commission reviewed the prior Opinion and Award based upon the record of the proceedings before the Deputy Commissioner and the briefs and arguments of the parties. The appealing party has not shown good ground to receive further evidence or rehear the parties or their representatives. Upon review of the evidence, the Full Commission affirms, with modifications, the Opinion and Award of the Deputy Commissioner. <

449 F.Supp.2d 992 (2006) Barbara SCHWAB et al., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Lorillard Tobacco Co., Ligget Group, Inc., American Tobacco Co., Altria Group, Inc., British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd., Defendants. No. 04-CV-1945(JBW). United States District Court