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- Leslie J. Grisham, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Philip Morris U.S.A., a Corporation; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company Corp., Individually and as Successor To the American Tobacco Company and Its Predecessor in Interest, British American Tobacco Industries, Plc, Defendants-Appellees. Maria Cannata, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Philip Morris Usa, Inc., Aka Philip Morris; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Defendants-Appellees., 403 F.3d 631 (9th Cir. 2005)
Frances M. Phares, Esq., Baum Hedlund, Los Angeles, CA, Martin Louis Stanley, Esq., Santa Monica, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Daniel U. Smith, Esq.,...
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- William Kindle, Individually and as President of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe; Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Both as a Governmental and Corporate Entity, Appellants, v. Morisset, Schlosser, Ayer & Jozwiak, Also Known as Pirtle, Morisset, Schlosser & Ayer, a Professional Service Corporation, and Its Predecessor in Interest; Mason D. Morisset, Both Individually and as a Member and Employee of Morisset, Schlosser, Ayer & Jozwiak, and as a Member and Employee of Its Predecessor in Interest, Pirtle, Morisset, Schlosser & Ayer, a Professional Corporation; K. Allison Mcgaw, Both Individually and as a Member and Employee of Morisset, Schlosser, Ayer & Jozwiak, a Professional Service Corporation and as a Member and Employee of Its Predecessor in Interest, Pirtle, Morisset, Schlosser & Ayer, a Professional Service Corporation; and Patricia A. Marks, Both Individually and as a Member and Employee of Morisset, Schlosser, Ayer & Jozwiak, a Professional Service Corporation and as a Member and Employee of ..., 217 F.3d 602 (8th Cir. 2000)
On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
Before Richard S. Arnold, Beam, and Murphy, Circuit Judges.
Richard...
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The federal statute of repose applicable to the aviation industry bars product liability claims relating to the fatal crash of a twin engine plane in Mexico, the Washington Supreme Court has ruled in reinstating a summary judgment.
The defendant's predecessor in interest manufactured a Twin Commander 690C dual engine turbo prop airplane that crashed in Mexico in 2004, killing all seven people aboard.
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- Leslie J. Grisham, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Philip Morris U.S.A., a Corporation; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company Corp., Individually and as Successor To the American Tobacco Company and Its Predecessor in Interest, British American Tobacco Industries, Plc, Defendants-Appellees. Maria Cannata, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Philip Morris Usa, Inc., Aka Philip Morris; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Defendants-Appellees., 482 F.3d 1131 (9th Cir. 2007)
Martin Louis Stanley, Santa Monica, CA, for plaintiff-appellant Maria Cannata.
Frances M. Phares, Baum Hedlund, PC, Los Angeles, CA; Daniel U. Smith,...
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Asia Foundation, the premier non-profit organization devoted to Asia's development since 1954, today announced Mr. Deepak Thapa as the first recipient of The William P. Fuller Fellowship in Conflict Resolution, honoring the Foundation's most recent President Emeritus. Deepak Thapa - considered one of the foremost authorities on the Maoist-insurgency in Nepal - will undertake a fellowship program in the U.S. to study theoretical and applied approaches to conflict management and resolution. The Foundation's conflict management program supports a variety of initiatives ranging from mechanisms at the village level to formal institutionalization of conflict resolution processes throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Given the interest of my predeces...
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Request for writ of mandamus denied; BWC did not abuse its discretion in determining that relator acquired a portion of predecessor-employer's business for purposes of successor-in-interest analysis; BWC did not abuse its discretion in determining that relator was a successor-in-interest to predecessor-employer's business.
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...(9) The issuer or a predecessor in interest has been in existence for at least thr...
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IN SECURITY DEED
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power of sale contained in that certain Security Deed dated March 15, 2004, executed and delivered by AARON W. SULLIVAN, JR. (the "Borrower") to SOUTHTRUST BANK, predecessor in interest to WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ("Lender"), and recorded in Deed Book 4206, Page 84, records of Columbia County, Georgia (the "Security Deed"), Lender, as Attorney- in-Fact for Borrower, will sell at public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash, before the courthouse door of Columbia County, Georgia, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in November, 2009, the following described property (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Premises"):
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IN SECURITY DEED
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power of sale contained in that certain Security Deed dated March 15, 2004, executed and delivered by AARON W. SULLIVAN, JR. (the "Borrower") to SOUTHTRUST BANK, predecessor in interest to WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ("Lender"), and recorded in Deed Book 4206, Page 84, records of Columbia County, Georgia (the "Security Deed"), Lender, as Attorney- in-Fact for Borrower, will sell at public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash, before the courthouse door of Columbia County, Georgia, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in November, 2009, the following described property (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Premises"):
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The Oklahoma City Public Schools District lost seven leased photocopy machines and a state appellate court thinks the school district should pay for them. The state Court of Civil Appeals found the school district could not shrug off its obligations to the company that provided photocopiers to the district for years, despite the district's argument that it was exempt from some aspects of contract law and that the leases were invalid.
The court also sent the case back down to the trial level for recalculation of damages, including the value of the seven photocopiers Oklahoma City Public Schools officials said could not be found. The trial court had awarded G.E. Capital Information Technology Solutions Inc. $263,648 in damages. The school district leased 13 photocopy machines from IOS Cap...