236 results for 'court:"USDC Western District of North Carolina"'.
J. Metcalf grants, in part, Daimler's motion to compel in a patent case filed against it. The filing party must respond to an interrogatory to clarify ownership of the patent at issue, and information regarding the value of the patent is relevant and discoverable.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Metcalf, Filed On: July 24, 2023, Case #: 3:21cv171, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: Patent, Discovery
J. Reidinger denies, in part, motions for summary judgment filed by a deputy, sheriff and the sheriff's insurer on a man's malicious prosecution and other claims related to a criminal case against him for his alleged failure to deliver headstones to several customers. Questions of fact remain pertaining to his negligence claim against the sheriff.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Reidinger, Filed On: July 14, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv28, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Malicious Prosecution, Negligence
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J. Bell grants, in part, Honeywell International's motions in limine in its contract case against an electronics company. Testimony from the company's expert pertaining to the fact he believed certain patents had been withdrawn must be excluded, as he was not allowed to explain why he believed this due to attorney-client privilege.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Bell, Filed On: July 13, 2023, Case #: 3:21CV506, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Patent, Experts
J. Mullen grants, in part, two hair products companies' motion to dismiss a company's trademark infringement case related to a skincare product. The company's service of process related to its summonses were defective and, therefore, are quashed. It has 30 days to sufficiently perfect service.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Mullen, Filed On: July 13, 2023, Case #: 3:23cv159, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: Civil Procedure, Trademark
J. Bell refuses to dismiss claims against an individual arising from a $2.7 million deposit a bottling company made in exchange for a $55 million loan that never occurred. The bottling company and the lender of its deposit have sufficiently pleaded their claims for fraud, negligence, negligent misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Bell, Filed On: July 13, 2023, Case #: 3:22CV83, NOS: Other Fraud - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Fraud, Fiduciary Duty, Negligence
J. Reidinger dismisses a politician's defamation action against an internet commentator. She fails to show the comment about her "rap sheet" was untrue, or that the commentator acted with malice pertaining to other comments.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Reidinger, Filed On: July 12, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv270, NOS: Assault, Libel, & Slander - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Elections, Defamation
J. Reidinger grants, in part, a mother's motion to proceed anonymously and add her minor child as a party to an ERISA case. The child has reached the age of majority and, therefore, should be added to the case.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Reidinger, Filed On: July 5, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv265, NOS: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) - Labor, Categories: Civil Procedure, Erisa
J. Bell refuses to dismiss Boeing's fraud action against a company arising from the company's buyout of one of Boeing's contracted aircraft suppliers, which it allegedly forced to declare bankruptcy only months after the purchase. Boeing sufficiently pleads its claims for fraudulent misrepresentation, unfair and deceptive trade practices, tortious interference with contract and related claims.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Bell, Filed On: June 28, 2023, Case #: 3:22CV481, NOS: Other Fraud - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Fraud, Interference With Contract, Contract
J. Reidinger grants, in part, a company's request for the review of a former business partner's application for copyright registration of anti-phishing software in a dispute over ownership of portions of the software's code. Although the case will not be stayed, the company has sufficiently supported its claims regarding inaccuracies in the year of completion and publication date.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Reidinger, Filed On: June 12, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv67, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright
J. Nucor denies, in part, a steel manufacturer's motion to dismiss a couple's claims related to the death of their son, who died from a gunshot wound after testing an allegedly faulty bullet-proof vest. The couple has adequately pleaded their manufacturing defect claim.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Bell, Filed On: June 7, 2023, Case #: 3:23CV29, NOS: Personal Injury - Product Liability - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Product Liability, Wrongful Death