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Case of the Day: Lebel v. Mai
The case of the day is Lebel v. Mai (Cal. App. Ct. 2012). Laura Lebel was a tenant of Eric Mai under a 2010 condominium lease. She became dissatisfied with the tenancy, moved out of the apartment, and brought an action for constructive eviction and fraud in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Lebel’s process……
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Loriot v. Wikipedia: Transatlantic Service and Injunctive Relief
International Judicial Assistance Brigade member Peter Bert is back with a report on a recent service of process case from Germany. The case appears rightly decided: assuming that Loriot’s daughter was required to serve the injunction by a method permitted by the Hague Service Convention, service by postal channels was plainly sufficient in light of……
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Case of the Day: Amaprop Ltd. v. Indiabulls Financial Services Ltd.
The case of the day is Amaprop Ltd. v. Indiabulls Financial Services Ltd. (S.D.N.Y. 2012). The underlying dispute is probably very complicated and in any case not really relevant for Letters Blogatory purposes. Suffice it to say that Amaprop and Indiabulls had arbitrated a dispute, that the award was in favor of Amaprop in the……
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Case of the Day: Hudson Financial Corp. v. Autoliv Steering Wheels Mexico
The case of the day is Hudson Financial Corp. v. Autoliv Steering Wheels Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. (N.D. Ohio 2012). The claim was that Autoliv had bought goods from Red Rock Stamping and Tremont Manufacturing, both of which had assigned their accounts receivable to Hudson Financial, the plaintiff. Hudson sued Autoliv Steering, a……
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Case of the Day: Russo v. Alonso
The case of the day is Russo v. Alonso (Ariz. Ct. App. 2012). Timothy and Annette Russo were involved in a traffic accident in Phoenix. They noted the license plate number on the other vehicle, and the police officer who came to the scene identified the other vehicle as belonging to Jose Arsenio Ramirez Alonso,……