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Where plaintiff sheriff alleges that, while acting in his official capacity, he accompanied a woman to her home after an incidence of domestic violence and the sheriff was shot and injured by the woman’s husband, his tort claim is barred ...

Although the subcontractor/carpenter filed his memorandum of mechanic’s lien against both Lot 12, which contained the residence on which he worked, and Lot 12A, a noncontiguous lot which provided a drainfield and septic area for the residence, and the property ...

An owner of a partial interest in real estate that is sold to pay delinquent taxes is entitled to only a fractional share of any after-tax surplus equivalent to his ownership fraction, and any fractional share of the surplus not ...

Where wife was awarded a divorce on no-fault grounds and wife was blameless for the marital breach, while husband’s adultery generated the separation, the court awarded the following: 1) each party retained their respective IRAs and savings accounts, 2) wife ...

Where defendant alleged that he was discharged in retaliation for reporting to the U.S. Dept. of Labor that employer was not paying overtime as required, defendants’ demurrer to plaintiff’s counts alleging a violation of federal statutory law are denied but ...

Where husband and wife made equal contributions to the acquisition and maintenance of the marital assets and the well-being of the family, and wife is unemployed due to clinical depression, the assets will be divided as indicated below, husband ordered ...

Where plaintiff-buyer sued a corporate defendant, with whom buyer had entered into a written contract for defendant to build a house, and the defendant’s principal claims are for fraud, breach of contract, and negligence, buyer’s claim for breach of contract ...

Employee was properly compensated for psychiatric treatment, despite psychiatric treatment prior to the accident, because her current emotional disability was exacerbated by a workplace injury; and employer’s motion for an evidentiary hearing was properly denied due to failure to timely ...

An application for benefits was properly dismissed where claimant had lost use of both legs after a roofing accident but failed to sufficiently quantify the amount of loss attributable to the accident considering the existence of serious, unrelated medical conditions. ...

Where defendant in this Title VII suit alleging sex discrimination is a law firm with four partners and approximately 11 other employees, the partners are not counted as employees for the purpose of determining coverage under Title VII’s requirement that ...