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Commerce Railyard Wrongful Death Lawsuit to Move Forward
By City News Service The widow and daughter of a 63-year-old Union Pacific Railroad Co. worker who died of a heart attack after an on-the-job accident can take their wrongful death lawsuit against the company to trial, a judge ruled May 27.
Updated: 06/02/2011 02:31P
Future of Family in Coalition Britain Conference -- A WCF Regional Congress
Julian Rivers (professor of Jurisprudence, University of Bristol), Benjamin Bull, Esq. (chief counsel, Alliance Defense Fund) and Ignacio Arsuaga (president of the Spanish pro-family group HazteOir.org and organizer of World Congress of Families VI
Updated: 06/02/2011 02:30P
Illinois Supreme Court denies social host liability claim
In the lawsuit, it was alleged that the defendants were responsible for Daniel's death. The plaintiff claimed the the defendants were aware that there was underage drinking going on at their house on the evening of Daniel's death, but they did nothing
Updated: 06/02/2011 02:30P
Texas prison guard arrested on federal drug charge
Smith is a guard at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Eastham Unit in Lovelady, located about 100 miles north of Houston. Smith is expected to appear in Houston federal court on Friday. If convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to
Updated: 06/02/2011 02:30P
Officials seek $265800 seized in traffic stop in Burns Harbor area
State law allows for forfeitures when property, such as cash or vehicles, are used in carrying out a crime or are the result of the offense, he said. Frost said his office uses discretion when filing these suits and does not, for example,
Updated: 06/02/2011 02:29P
Whistleblower wants control of NM investment case
AP - June 2, 2011 2:15 PM ET SANTA FE, NM (AP) - A former pension fund investment officer behind a whistleblower lawsuit is trying to stop Attorney General Gary King's office from taking over legal efforts to recover money because of politically
Updated: 06/02/2011 02:29P
Minister of Justice: "National Dialogue for all"
Manama, June 2 (BNA) The Minister of Justice Islamic Affairs and Endowments Shaikh Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa said that the Kingdom of Bahrain was in continuous dialogue towards reforms through His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa's reform project.
Updated: 06/02/2011 02:29P
Investors Suing Las Vegas Homeowner Associations Over Collection Fees
Two Las Vegas real estate investors filed a lawsuit recently against more than 500 neighborhood associations, claiming the groups charge illegal collection fees to people who own foreclosed homes. The massive lawsuit is the latest,
Updated: 06/02/2011 02:29P
Climate Change: A wasted year, if only, at COP15, the developed states had
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Updated: 06/02/2011 02:29P
Former Atherton priest accused of abuse says he will not return
A former Far Northern priest at the centre of a lawsuit filed by a former Atherton altar boy alleging he suffered years of abuse has refused to return to Australia to face his accuser. Father Joseph Sultana relocated from the Cairns diocese to Malta in
Updated: 06/02/2011 02:28P
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