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SUPREME COURT: DEATHS FROM RUNNING RED LIGHTS MANSLAUGHTER
The ruling comes from the first penal section of the Supreme Court which annulled the adjournment of a verdict emitted by Rome's Criminal Court of appeal. The trial involved the death of a young man, who died in his car after having been run into at a
Updated: 03/15/2011 11:31A

Fatal police chase suit nets $375K settlement
AP JACKSON — A lawsuit against the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol over a fatal wreck caused by a man fleeing a trooper in 2007 has been settled for $375000. The Mississippi Tort Claims Board recently approved the settlement for the family of
Updated: 03/15/2011 11:31A

Justice Department opposes fast track on health-care case
A year ago, Virginia filed suit against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, arguing that Congress exceeded its power under the Constitution by requiring nearly every American to purchase health insurance by 2014 or face a penalty.
Updated: 03/15/2011 11:31A

Holperin discovers statute effectively exempting Legislature from open records
The Times filed the lawsuit after 11 weeks passed without an answer. After the lawsuit was filed, Miller released the correspondence but redacted the names of those writing constituent letters, saying the names of citizens who corresponded with him
Updated: 03/15/2011 11:30A

Barbour May Follow in Brewer's Footsteps on Controversial Immigration Policy
No state has been successful in passing an immigration law identical to Arizona's - yet. If Mississippi lawmakers can iron out their differences by the time they adjourn in April, the next move belongs to Gov. Barbour. And that bill could land on his
Updated: 03/15/2011 11:29A

NH House orders AG to sue over federal health care
AP - March 15, 2011 11:25 AM ET CONCORD, NH (AP) - The House has overridden Attorney General Michael Delaney's objections that lawmakers lack the constitutional power and ordered him to join a lawsuit against the federal health care reform law.
Updated: 03/15/2011 11:29A

Jury selection begins in Buffalo mass shooting
McCray says he was at the restaurant but isn't the shooter. His Erie County Court trial will take place under heightened security. Everyone entering the courtroom will be photographed and checked for weapons with a hand-held metal detector.
Updated: 03/15/2011 11:29A

Breckenridge Apartments under gun from lender Well Fargo
Direct lending on apartments and other investments isn't the only way a lender can stumble into the courthouse. An indirect loan to a large apartment complex south of the former Northland Mall in Columbus has ended in foreclosure proceedings against
Updated: 03/15/2011 11:29A

Dr. Phil Requests Dismissal of Dog Bite Lawsuit
Dr. Phil McGraw's doggie bite drama is heating up in court, and now it's being reported that the talk show host is requesting that the entire lawsuit be dismissed based on the fact that it violates an agreement that he and the victim had.
Updated: 03/15/2011 11:29A

Axing of Vermont Cop Shooting Lawsuit Enables Appeal
The family of a Vermont man shot to death by state troopers is clear to ask the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York to overturn the dismissal of a civil lawsuit against the state police stemming from the shooting in May 2006 on a back road in
Updated: 03/15/2011 11:28A

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