Defendant’s vehicle collided with the rear of plaintiff’s vehicle on the interstate. Although defendant admitted she did not know whether plaintiff was in another lane, defendant also testified that plaintiff merged into her lane without warning. Since the jury could ...

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Plaintiff alleges that defendant – plaintiff’s competitor – induced plaintiff’s former employee to breach the non-compete and nondisclosure covenants of her employment contract, which has a Delaware choice of law provision, and the covenants of which were supported with the ...

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Plaintiffs sold their interests in the defendant-limited liability company to Richard Siskey a few years before the LLC merged with another company, resulting in a significant payout to the LLC’s remaining members. Even though defendant James M. (Mike) Smith, the ...

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The plaintiff-husband sued the defendant-wife for intentional infliction of emotional distress based on her behavior during the break-up of their marriage (allegedly disclaiming interest in funds, then taking them; expressing an intent to forgo alimony and a share in plaintiff’s ...

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Plaintiffs allege that the defendant-bank fraudulently denied them mortgage modifications under the Home Affordable Modification Program and that their homes were foreclosed upon. There are sufficient facts alleged to suggest plaintiffs remained unaware of defendant’s alleged fraudulent scheme for many ...

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Plaintiff alleges that defendants misappropriate its confidential business plan (the D2C plan), including special bicycle racking systems, cost estimates, financial models, pricing and profitability estimates, and more. The complaint alleges that the D2C plan is confidential, unique to plaintiff, and ...

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Although the late Richard Siskey, perpetrator of an alleged Ponzi scheme, was a MetLife independent contractor, and although his office displayed a sign reading, “Wall Street Capitol an office of MetLife”, MetLife had no relationship with or even knowledge of ...

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The plaintiff-corporation seeks to enforce the redemption provision in the shareholder agreement signed by the defendant-executor’s decedent. Plaintiff’s additional claim that the executor has breached a fiduciary duty by failing to comply with a provision in the will – which ...

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Plaintiffs designed a swim platform for a pontoon boat, and they claim their defendant-shareholder improperly shared the design with the shareholder’s financial advisor. A competitor developed a similar swim platform; however, plaintiffs cannot make out a claim for misappropriation of ...

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Where the plaintiff-police officers showed that the defendant-director of public safety (1) fired the officers, (2) prepared separation affidavits falsely stating that claims had been filed against the officers for creating a hostile work environment when no such claims had ...

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