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Federal Courts Negligence Suit Against Walmart Pharmacy, Plus Criminal Matters

Negligence Suit Against Walmart Pharmacy, Plus Criminal Matters

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Happel v. Walmart Stores, Inc., No. 07-2264, involved a suit, brought by a husband and wife, against Walmart for negligently filling the wife's prescription...

Federal Courts Decision In Prisoner's Civil Rights Case Claiming Excessive Force

Decision In Prisoner's Civil Rights Case Claiming Excessive Force

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Evans v. Poskon, No. 09-3140, involved a prisoner's 42 U.S.C section 1983 suit claiming that his fourth amendment rights were violated when the officers used...

Federal Courts Decision in Criminal Matter, Plus Partner's Claim Against Bankrupt Law Firm

Decision in Criminal Matter, Plus Partner's Claim Against Bankrupt Law Firm

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

US v. Pape, No. 09-2336, concerned a challenge to district court's imposition of a 90-month sentence followed by 20 years' supervised release for a conviction...

Federal Courts Above-Guidelines Sentence Imposed on Sex Offender Vacated

Above-Guidelines Sentence Imposed on Sex Offender Vacated

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

US v. Miller, No. 09-2791, concerned a challenge to the district court's imposition of a 120-months' sentence upon a defendant convicted of traveling in...

Federal Courts Ruling In an Action for Tortious Conversion and Replevin of a 1979 Racing Porsche

Ruling In an Action for Tortious Conversion and Replevin of a 1979 Racing Porsche

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

In Whittington v. Indianapolis Motor Speedway Found., Inc., No. 08-3352, the Seventh Circuit faced a challenge to the district court's judgment in favor...

Federal Courts Criminal, Administrative, and Bankruptcy Matters

Criminal, Administrative, and Bankruptcy Matters

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

In US v. Franklin, No. 09-2265, the Seventh Circuit decided first of two criminal matters involving the district court's denial of defendant's 18 U.S.C....

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