Ohio

Party Cannot Amend Complaint After Final Judgment Entered
In Ex parte Progressive Specialty Ins. Co., [Ms. 1080366] (Ala. Aug. 21, 2009), the Alabama Supreme Court issued a writ of mandamus directing the trial court strike an amendment purporting to add new claims and new parties made after final judgment was entered...

Ohio Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for Trial Court 'Final Orders'"
Posted by Chuck Kallendorf: “In a case involving conflicting interpretations of an Ohio criminal rule of procedure, the Ohio Supreme...

Order Was Not Final Which Did Not Address Request to Modify Child Support
 A trial court's order adjudicated the wife's contempt petition but did not address her request for a change in the husband's child-support obligation.  The order therefore was not final and would not support an appeal...

Win on attorneys' fees in Chicago case
7th Circuit ruling here. After losing in the Supreme Court, and before the case came back down to the trial court so it could enter judgment, the defendant cities changed their handgun bans, and the trial court dismissed the case as moot...

Ohio Supreme Court holds family has no right to decedent's brain
In Albrecht v. Treon, Slip Opinion No. 2008-Ohio-2617, the Ohio Supreme Court decided that [t]he next of kin of a decedent upon whom an autopsy has been performed do not have a protected right under Ohio law in the decedent?s...

Insureds Second Appeal Dismissed For Lack Of Jurisdiction
This case involved John Crane, Inc.?s claim for insurance coverage, and the insurers? counterclaim against Crane. The insurers persuaded the trial court to dismiss Crane?s complaint...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Tomato Salmonella
Sheetz Convenience Stores agrees to confidential out-of-court settlement with food poisoning victim.

National Association of Realtors
Settlement reached in broker listing antitrust lawsuit, pending court approval.

Missouri Attorney General's Office
$26,000 settlement reached in disability discrimination lawsuit, pending court approval.

Rutland School District
Double pay offered as part of class action wage dispute settlement, pending court approval.