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Stony Pt. supervisor named in rival's lawsuit claiming 'defamatory' mailing
STONY POINT — A mailing sharply critical of Town Board candidate Stephen Cole-Hatchard was secretly bankrolled by Town Supervisor William Sherwood to strike a blow against a potential rival in November's elections, according to Cole-Hatchard's lawsuit
Updated: 10/03/2011 02:31A
Veterans Fight the VA
Hartston and others have filed a lawsuit to force the Department of Veterans Affairs and the federal government to use the campus to house homeless, disabled vets. As chief counsel and legal director at Inner City Law Center, Hartston's office
Updated: 10/03/2011 02:27A
US files motion to keep Bin Laden death photographs hidden
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit calling for the release of photographs taken shortly after Osama bin Laden's death, notes a Jurist report. Non-profit organisation Justice Watch filed a complaint against the
Updated: 10/03/2011 02:25A
Pilgrim's Pride loses lawsuit
A US magistrate judge in Marshall, Texas has awarded about $25 million in damages to El Dorado, Ark., poultry growers who supplied stock to Pilgrim's Pride. The growers, along with growers in Louisiana, sued Pilgrim Pride in 2009 claiming violation of
Updated: 10/03/2011 02:18A
Coal the wrong track
The IR recently wrote about the lawsuit against the decision (of a bare majority) of the Land Board to lease Otter Creek valley for strip-mining by Arch Coal Inc. (Missouri). This decision was made without evaluating environmental and health impacts to
Updated: 10/03/2011 02:17A
Most disapprove of higher costs for uninsured
After news last week of a lawsuit against St. Peter's Hospital, claiming the hospital charges higher rates to some patients without insurance than it does to those with certain types of insurance, we wondered whether readers believe this practice,
Updated: 10/03/2011 02:11A
Police chief dropped in lawsuit
HACKENSACK — Charles "Ken" Zisa has been dropped as a defendant from a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a Hackensack police officer, potentially diminishing the suspended police chief's legal woes. A state Superior Court judge ruled
Updated: 10/03/2011 02:10A
El Monte faces several legal battles that pit officers, city officials against
Three claims and a lawsuit filed by Police Department employees allege harassment, retaliation and political gamesmanship on the part of various high-ranking city officials, council members, and union leadership. The claims portray city administrators
Updated: 10/03/2011 02:07A
Mushroom farm answers fired worker
Rakhra Mushroom Farm Corp., in recent court filings, denied the allegations Isaias Gallardo made in August in a US District Court lawsuit. Gallardo alleged Rakhra illegally discriminated against him because of his Mexican-American ethnicity,
Updated: 10/03/2011 02:05A
What Others Say: Fair pay program
26), we expressed alarm at a lawsuit filed, claiming that certain farmworkers hadn't been paid per the extra "penny-a-pound" pact negotiated by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers with tomato buyers. The allegations were shocking — and while the
Updated: 10/03/2011 02:02A
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