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J. Altman grants an adult foster care provider partial summary judgment in claims contending State Farm failed to provide full reimbursement for services rendered to an insured client because the Michigan No-Fault Act entitles the provider to payment under a $900 per diem rate since the client was not hospitalized during the billing period, which required State Farm to reimburse the difference.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Michigan, Judge: Altman, Filed On: March 27, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv12361, NOS: Insurance - Contract, Categories: Insurance
J. Altman grants the photograph owner's motion for default final judgment against a site which republished its photo of actor Jim Carrey without permission. The site is enjoined from continuing to store or display the photo, and the owner is entitled to judgment in the amount of $12,575 and attorneys' fees and costs in the amount of $8,061.75.
Court: USDC Southern District of Florida, Judge: Altman, Filed On: March 26, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv23601, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright, Attorney Fees
J. Altman grants the copyright holder's motion for entry of a default final judgment in its suit against the Instagram poster alleging that the poster used the copyright holder's video of a tornado hitting a truck without authorization. The court has jurisdiction over the case, the holder has sufficiently pleaded copyright infringement, and its requests for $30,000 in statutory damages and injunctive relief are appropriate. Attorneys' fees and costs are also awarded.
Court: USDC Southern District of Florida, Judge: Altman, Filed On: February 22, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv22903, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright, Attorney Fees
J. Altman dismisses the former employee's complaint alleging racial discrimination by her onetime employers. One of the entities listed as a defendant is not an actual legal entity, and the employee's complaint is a "shotgun pleading" which provides no specific allegations as to the nature of her allegedly unfair treatment and does not explain which defendant is responsible for which alleged harm. The employee has also failed to timely serve one of the remaining parties and to exhaust her administrative remedies.
Court: USDC Southern District of Florida, Judge: Altman, Filed On: February 14, 2024, Case #: 0:22cv60361-RKA, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Employment Discrimination
J. Altman dismisses certain defamation counterclaims brought against the president of a homeowner association because he failed to identify true facts which had been manipulated in an effort to defame him. However, he is granted leave to amend the complaint.
Court: USDC Southern District of Florida, Judge: Altman, Filed On: December 8, 2023, Case #: 0:21cv61032, NOS: Assault, Libel, & Slander - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Civil Procedure, Defamation