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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals
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Trial court did not err when it granted appellees motion for default judgment. Trial court did not err when it granted appellees motion for judgment on the pleadings regarding appellants unsupported claims for conversion, fraud, discrimination, and emotional distress. Trial court did not err when it granted appellees motion for summary judgment with respect to appellants claims for breach of contract and negligence. Trial court did not err when it overruled appellants motion to strike the affidavit of appellees representative who provided a statement regarding the contents of the appellees financial aid file. Judgment affirmed.
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REVISED February 15, 2012
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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Supreme Court of Florida
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No. SC08-2434
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GARY BERNARD MCCRAY, II,
Appellant,
vs.
STATE OF FLORID...
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Trial court did not err when it overruled appellant/cross-appellees motion for summary judgment, motion for directed verdict, motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and motion for new trial. Sufficient evidence was adduced in the record which established that appellee/cross-appellant would have won a government contract in August of 2001 but for the tortious conduct of appellant/cross-appellee. Trial court did not abuse its discretion when it granted appellants motion for remittitur regarding compensatory and punitive damages awarded by the jury. Ratio of 2.96:1 for punitive and compensatory damages was appropriate and not unconstitutionally excessive. Trial court did not abuse its discretion in awarding attorneys fees to appellees counsel. Nature, duration, and compl...
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The trial court erred by suppressing appellee's statements under Garrity v. New Jersey (1967), 385 U.S. 493, 87 S.Ct. 616, where appellee was never threatened that he would lose his job or face job-related sanctions if he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
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Shirley L. Baccus-Lobel (argued), Law Offices of Shirley Baccus-Lobel, William M. Ravkind (argued), Ravkind & Ravkind, Dallas, TX, for Lipscomb.
Appe...
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The trial court erred in not including the social security benefits from all of appellee's minor children in her gross income for the purpose of calculating child support.
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Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (No. 98cv01232) (No. 98cv01233) Richard J. Urowsky and Steven L. Holley arg...
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The trial court did not abuse its discretion by implicitly granting defendant-appellee leave to file his motion for summary judgment beyond the set deadline. The trial court did not err in granting defendant-appellee summary judgment where defendant-appellee's statements were privileged as a matter of law and plaintiff-appellant failed to demonstrate that defendant-appellee's statements were the proximate cause of his termination from employment.