Buckingham Edelman Case Digest

Wetig SPED801 Case Briefing 14 1. Name & citation of case: FOSTER v. HOUSTON GENERAL INS. CO. NO. 14664. 407 So.2d 759 (1981) Helen Ann FOSTER, Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee, v. HOUSTON GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY; Inez Grant; Morehouse Parish School Board; Horace Mann Insurance Company and Lloyd Gray, Defendants-Appellants-Appellees.

The insureds, who live in a separate house on the same property, refute all of the plaintiffs’ allegations with the exception of their concession that a portion of the siding is missing from one of the exterior walls. They explained that during the renovation of the house, which was completed approximately one year before the plaintiffs took possession, they had a window removed from

I write to follow up our recent conversation regarding New Leaf Custom Homes’ (“New Leaf’s”) infringement of Eddie Maestri’s copyright in the architectural design of the Maestri – Moore Residence. In response to your inquiry, Mr. Maestri is the owner of the United States Copyright, Registration Number VAU001139864, issued April 24, 2013. Registration includes first story and second story floor plans, as well as two elevations, the totality of which provide full disclosure of the overall form as well as the arrangement and composition of spaces and elements of the Maestri – Moore Residence.

•The court stated that it had to give heavy deference to such decisions, because it is the right of the legislature to determine not only what the public interests require but also the measures necessary to protect such interests.

The case that Richard N. Current describes in “The Dartmouth College Case,” is the four year prolonged Trustees of Dartmouth v. Woodward dispute between a private college and the state legislature of New Hampshire. In 1769, King George III of England “granted a charter to Dartmouth College” which “spelled out the purpose of the school, set up the structure to govern it, and gave land to the college” (“Key Supreme Court Cases”). The private college was established and funded by “a self-perpetuating board of trustees” without government interference (“Dartmouth College Case”). However, the legislature of New Hampshire became involved when certain people, among other reasons, wished to “revise the charter…[and change] the school from private to public” (“Key Supreme Court

The insured, Manny Patel is the owner and operator at Canyon Car Company a wholesale, retail car dealership. Patel showed proof of purchase and the bill of lading of a 1994 Mercedes E500W that he purchased through an online auction on June 3, 2015. Through contracting with Elite Auto Shipper

This claim arises out of a lawsuit filed in Kane County, Illinois involving an incident at Johnny A’s Third Rail Pub, a local pub owned by the Insured, Beslidheje, Inc. Mr. Tefik Ashiku owns and operates the Insured corporate entity. The pub operates out of a building owned by the co-defendant, Junaid Zubairi. Plaintiff’s lawsuit alleges negligence against both Beslidheje, Inc. and Zubairi, claiming that the stairway had insufficient or inoperative lighting at the time she fell.

1. Millen Publishing Group, LLC d/b/a Pink Magazine 2. “Pink Magazine celebrates women and the people and things they love.” http://www.hiltonheadchamber.org/directory/pink-magazinespa-guide-of-the-lowcountry/financial.millen_publishing_group.0c6bcf7d4a7f7aee.html/ D&B Hoovers states Millen Publishing Group, LLC has ten employees and less than one million in revenue. http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/revenue- financial.millen_publishing_group.0c6bcf7d4a7f7aee.html The South Carolina Secretary of State Office lists Elizabeth S. Millen as the Registered Agent for Millen Publishing Group, LLC, a domestic corporation in good standing which was formed on June 9, 2003. In addition, a Linked-In profile lists Elizabeth Skenes Millen as the President/Editor-in-Chief of Millen Publishing Group, LLC d/b/a Pink Magazine. In addition, Elizabeth Skenes Millen obtained her Bachelor of Science degree from which we both are alumnus. The interviewer desires to initially intern as a magazine journalist, and later branch off as editor-in-chief of her own magazine brand.

Natasha McCurley owns a 4 year old construction company and has spent the last several years renovating houses for investors to flip. Adding her expertise is over 20 years’ experience in the home improvement industry, combined with an established reputation and license for interior design, a current license as a realtor in the state of Ohio sets the foundation to start expanding business.

Question 5: The strategies used by the beverage industry are by having the ABA post blogs about the health systems obsession with the beverage industry. “Criticized the Departments of Health’s previous information campaigns as misleading (Swann 113).” By bringing in an outside source to help advocate for them the beverage industry was able to gather more ground with their campaign.

Article Summary Business Torts Alec Helms Grand Canyon University: BUS-340 01/14/2017 Business Torts The journal article, “INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR BUSINESS TORT CLAIMS ALLEGING INTENTIONAL WRONGDOING” was published to show the rights that insurance companies have regarding denying people coverage. Sectors thesis statement is as follows, “Like the punter who kicks the ball too far, the business litigation plaintiff sometimes pleads or proves that the defendant was not merely negligent, but reckless, intentional, or malicious” (Spector, 2015. Para. 2). One example used by Larry Spector, the author, is about a kicker on a football team. If the insurance company finds an incident where the insured persons has been negligent then the company can “out kick” the coverage that they first quoted the individual with (Spector, 2015). The two main points of the article are, public policy

Overall I found Kinsale’s claims department to be an average claims operation; as a matter of practice, Kinsale has instructed their claim staff, as a protective measure, not to document their claim files with any opinion related statements with regards to liability, damages, file direction and-or claim value. Kinsale is of the opinion; Bad Faith litigation is occurring with greater frequency against insurers. That all insurers, are under a constant threat by the plaintiff’s bar, who are looking to expose carriers through discovery to Bad Faith litigation and seeking to identify any missteps in the claims handling process. Consequently, Kinsale has a heighten sensitivity to Bad Faith litigation, restricting their claims staff from posting any

Associated Bank’s real estate dispute with Mr.X pertains to the 2005 sale of retail insurance agencies. Locations specified in the proceedings were retail insurance offices located in lower income developments in the Chicago metropolitan area. The properties’ rental, and subsequent purchase, alongside other business assets, was a primary term for

Ebony, I agree with your opinions on the efforts the ITT Corporation has made to improve the environment, business manufacturing operations and merchandise. The ITT Corporation has also created initiatives to develop and invest in Global business programs that offer communities methods to improve liquids, toxic chemicals and fumes used in business and personal activities. The article by the ITT Corporation (p.,3)states, they are also striving to develop global technologies that aid people and business with saving money and lessening and conserving their use of power used to heat and illuminate facilities and homes, ,The ITT Corporation (2009). These business steps direct and support modern corporate business strategies to successfully improving

The plaintiff also claims that the insured had a French door, that the plaintiff obtained, installed in the study that was too small to allow the furniture in the study to be removed (Count II - $5,825.00); recommended and had installed two chandeliers that failed to provide sufficient illumination (Count