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Ancestral Lands case awaits court date
Guam - A class action lawsuit against the Guam Ancestral Lands Commission remains undecided. The plaintiffs - a group of original land owners - are suing GovGuam, claiming a bill signed into law during the Camacho
Updated: 05/20/2011 01:34A
Pomonans 'Bike to Work' for fun, savings and good health
CicLAvia involves closing certain streets to automobile traffic on a Sunday. People then can ride their bikes, toss a Frisbee or walk their dog. The events, however, draw large numbers of cyclists of all ages. Grigsby said he has been talking with
Updated: 05/20/2011 01:33A
Common-sense proposals for our civil justice system
Over the last few days, opinion writers, including those at the Houston Chronicle, have disparaged Texans for Lawsuit Reform and Gov. Rick Perry's lawsuit reform proposals, apparently without taking the time to read the bill and learn what it actually
Updated: 05/20/2011 01:32A
Reject the special interests and throw out tort reform
In a nutshell, the proposal — which is backed by special-interest lobbyists, insurance companies and Gov. Rick Perry - would require families and small-business owners to pay the civil legal costs of corporate defendants not only if they lose a lawsuit
Updated: 05/20/2011 01:32A
Family suing carnival owners over fatality on roller coaster
The death of a man who fell from a roller coaster on the last day of this year's RodeoHouston has been classified as an accident by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. The primary cause of Brian Greenhouse's death has been
Updated: 05/20/2011 01:32A
Family suing carnival owners over fatality on roller coaster
The death of a man who fell from a roller coaster on the last day of this year's RodeoHouston has been classified as an accident by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. The primary cause of Brian Greenhouse's death has been
Updated: 05/20/2011 01:32A
Demjanjuk case: Is it the end or just the beginning?
What began in the United States in the 1970s as an investigation of a suspected armed SS Ukrainian guard at the Sobibor death camp, concluded more than 35 years later in a Munich courtroom with a verdict confirming that initial allegation.
Updated: 05/20/2011 01:32A
The Death Panels That Aren't
Today, we stand confronted with a Republican plan to privatize Medicare and Medicaid, which would leave grandma's care to insurance companies who consistently deny care based on pre-existing conditions. So the question is: Who is creating the death
Updated: 05/20/2011 01:30A
Lawyers Say States' Firm-Ownership Restrictions Are Unconstitutional
NEWARK (CN) - Personal injury powerhouse Jacoby & Meyers filed federal class actions against the justices of courts in New Jersey, Connecticut and New York, challenging what the firm calls an "antiquated" state ethics law that
Updated: 05/20/2011 01:30A
A murderer? Montermini's defense says no
He's not a murderer, he never kidnapped anyone and he suffered a head injury that prevented him from knowing what he was doing after a drunken crash. Not so, attorneys for the state countered Thursday in a Ramsey County courtroom.
Updated: 05/20/2011 01:30A
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