The siblings of quadruple-murder suspect Nicolas Holzer filed a lawsuit in Santa Barbara County Superior Court last week aiming to prevent him from inheriting property or other assets from the trust of his deceased parents, whom he is accused of killing. Holzer faces four murder charges for allegedly murdering his parents and his two children: William Charles Holzer, 73, Sheila Garard Holzer, …
A Bala man is spearheading an attempt to garner support for a class-action lawsuit against the Ontario government over damages caused to Muskoka properties in last spring’s flooding. Martin Ford is inviting Muskoka Lake residents to an Aug. 21 meeting at the Port Carling Community Centre at 10 a.m. He had sent an email to property owners on Lake Muskoka, Lake Rosseau, and Lake …
Attorneys say they’ve reached a settlement agreement in a federal lawsuit challenging Delaware’s practice of collecting abandoned property. In court papers filed Friday, attorneys for the state and for packaging company Temple-Inland Inc., a subsidiary of Memphis-based International Paper, said they had reached a voluntary settlement agreement and asked the judge to dismiss Temple-Inland’s …
Delaware has settled with a company suing it over its abandoned property laws. In a Friday filing with the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, the state and Temple-Inland jointly requested Judge Gregory Sleet dismiss a lawsuit that argued Delaware’s method of estimating abandoned …
A real estate lawsuit out of Emerald Isle is headed to the North Carolina Supreme Court and some say the result of the case could spell disaster for Crystal Coast tourism. “It would kill us from a tourism standpoint that is the number one industry in the economy,” said Carol Lohr, executive director of the Crystal Coast Tourism Development Authority. At center of the controversy are the Nies …
Property owners have dropped a lawsuit challenging a city short-term rental ban and the $500 daily fines that accompany it. July 22 court documents showed five …
The legal boundaries of augmented reality are about to be tested in court thanks to Pokemon Go. Polygon has dug up a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of New Jersey resident Jeffrey Marder, who alleges Niantic placed Pokestops and gyms on private property without the owners’ consent. He argues this has led to at least five strangers walking up to his door to ask if they can catch Pokemon in …
New Jersey resident Jeffrey Marder filed a class action lawsuit against Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, and Niantic Labs on Monday, claiming that the game Pokémon Go entices players to trespass by placing Pokéstops and gyms on private property without the owners’ permission. The lawsuit seeks compensation and a change in the game’s …
Approximately 800 members in a class action lawsuit recently won a case against the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and its Roadway Corridor Official Map Act. The decision in the case, Kirby v. NCDOT, was made June 10 by the North Carolina Supreme Court. The court ruled that limitations handed down on property owners under the Map Act …
A Georgia federal court has considered whether a former homeowner’s lawsuit against the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) for conversion of property that she had left in her home after the property was foreclosed could proceed. Elizabeth Mwangi (“Owner”) owned a residential property with a mortgage. The Owner experienced financial hardship and stopped making mortgage payments …