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Teen dies three years after injuries suffered at Oklahoma County Juvenile
In November 2008, Colbert filed a federal lawsuit against Oklahoma County Commissioners and others for $27.5 million in damages. Detention officers deliberately failed to protect her son, according to the lawsuit. US District Judge Joe Heaton ruled
Updated: 05/21/2011 01:09A
Wyandotte to fund $10M upgrade to power plant
The federal government was ready to sue the city and crafted a lawsuit asking for civil penalties of up to $37500 per day for each violation on two of the plant's three smokestacks if officials hadn't agreed on terms. In paperwork filed in US District
Updated: 05/21/2011 01:08A
Parents claim alcopop drink led to son's death
US teen Bo Rupp, 15, was fatally hit by an SUV after he drank two cans of Four Loko on September 25, a lawsuit filed in Virginia this week alleges. Karla and John Rupp blame the drink, nicknamed “blackout in a can” by drinkers, for their son's death
Updated: 05/21/2011 01:07A
Teen killer jailed for life
Omer Ninham is one of more than 2200 US teens sentenced to life in jail without parole after they were prosecuted as adults, according to the Equal Justice Initiative. Some 73 of those cases involved children aged 13 or 14 at the time of the crime.
Updated: 05/21/2011 01:07A
District rejects claim in alleged child porn case
The filing and rejection of a claim are often the precursor to a lawsuit. The Californian was only recently able to obtain the claim, through a Public Records Act request that took weeks to resolve. Cooper has pleaded not guilty, and has been on home
Updated: 05/21/2011 01:06A
Southaven apartments' access cited in Justice Department suit
Sutton Place Apartments in Horn Lake and Oak Hollow Apartments in Southaven are two of the nine apartment complexes in three states that are inaccessible to disabled people, the US Justice Department alleges in a lawsuit filed
Updated: 05/21/2011 01:05A
Southaven apartments' access cited in Justice Department suit
Sutton Place Apartments in Horn Lake and Oak Hollow Apartments in Southaven are two of the nine apartment complexes in three states that are inaccessible to disabled people, the US Justice Department alleges in a lawsuit filed
Updated: 05/21/2011 01:05A
Remembrance marks anniversary of West Memphis police shooting
50 area law enforcement cars with blue lights flashing create a mile-long blue procession Friday at the I-40 mile marker 275 site where West Memphis police Sgt. Brandon Paudert and officer Bill Evans were slain one year ago during a traffic stop.
Updated: 05/21/2011 01:05A
Coffee Break: Amtrak's City of New Orleans rolls to the sea again
A Nashville lawyer who has represented both bankruptcy debtors and creditors has been named trustee for Tennessee and Kentucky based in Memphis by US Atty. Gen. Eric Holder. Samuel K. Crocker has been in private practice for 25 years representing
Updated: 05/21/2011 01:05A
Coffee Break: Amtrak's City of New Orleans rolls to the sea again
A Nashville lawyer who has represented both bankruptcy debtors and creditors has been named trustee for Tennessee and Kentucky based in Memphis by US Atty. Gen. Eric Holder. Samuel K. Crocker has been in private practice for 25 years representing
Updated: 05/21/2011 01:05A
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