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Civil juries get bad rap when it's the judges who need to own up
Like the apocryphal scalding-coffee ruling in the United States, this judgment will be cited as proof ordinary people are incapable of parsing a complex personal injury case. The $2.86-million productliability award against McDonald's in 1994 became a
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:15A
Civil juries get bad rap when it's the judges who need to own up
Like the apocryphal scalding-coffee ruling in the United States, this judgment will be cited as proof ordinary people are incapable of parsing a complex personal injury case. The $2.86-million productliability award against McDonald's in 1994 became a
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:15A
Des Moines' Central Library's boilers 'pretty much shot' after 5 years
LAWSUIT: The city of Des Moines filed a lawsuit in January 2008 in Polk County District Court that alleged "negligence, breach of contract and breach of implied warranty" against Architectural Wall Systems Co., Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck Architecture
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:14A
KOLD.comJudge: Free speech no defense for urging suicide
Melchert-Dinkel's attorney, Terry Watkins, said the defense was disappointed with the verdict and planned to appeal. Watkins said appellate courts will have to answer whether Melchert-Dinkel's actions rose to the level of a crime or were protected
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:14A
The Long Road to Justice
The final decision has been withheld, but Ahsan seems hopeful that justice will finally be delivered to Mukhtaran. “In the cross-examination, the accused admitted to the [award of the punishment by the] panchayat, they admitted to taking her into a
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:14A
The Long Road to Justice
The final decision has been withheld, but Ahsan seems hopeful that justice will finally be delivered to Mukhtaran. “In the cross-examination, the accused admitted to the [award of the punishment by the] panchayat, they admitted to taking her into a
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:14A
Guatemalans sue Washington over 1940s STD study
Seven Guatemalans filed a classaction lawsuit in Washington over a 1940s US study in which hundreds of people in the Central American nation were deliberately infected with syphilis and gonorrhea without their consent. The suit by the Guatemalans,
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:14A
Court indicts Davis for twin murder
US national Raymond Davis was formally charged by the trial court Wednesday on the charges of twin murder in Lahore on January 27. The hearing of the double murder case against CIA contractor took place at Kot Lakhpath jail. Davis can be awarded death
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:14A
Police do the dirty work
But tell me: when has an ironworker had to wrestle in a wet gutter with a criminal, and then stand outside for hours directing traffic at a car accident? Never. When has an ironworker had to chase a crackhead through the sludge and snow,
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:14A
No need for nuclear
Nuclear production near Peace River, proposed by some to provide energy for oilsands development in northern Alberta, would pose a huge risk in the event of a failure or accident. As every prairie farm boy and girl knows, the most frequent winds blow
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:14A
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