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Disgraced priest hit again by lawsuit
LOUIS - An Illinois man filed a lawsuit Monday alleging disgraced Roman Catholic priest Raymond Kownacki sexually abused him as a boy and the Diocese of Belleville was partly to blame for hiding the priest's dark history. The man, named John Doe SW in
Updated: 10/03/2011 06:12P
Broker triumphs over Charles Cohen affiliate in $2.1M commission suit
Edward Warren & Co., a brokerage formerly based in Manhattan, triumphed in a recent lawsuit against New York landlord Charles Cohen's Westchester Building Company, the company that owns buildings managed by his Cohen Brothers Realty,
Updated: 10/03/2011 06:11P
New Hampshire Hospital References Executive Compensation Reductions Amidst
Exeter is one of 10 hospitals that filed a lawsuit against New Hampshire regarding Medicaid cuts, but last week, the state said the hospitals could handle Medicaid cuts due to their large operating margins and executive salaries, according to the
Updated: 10/03/2011 06:10P
Estate of Somerville firefighter who died of cancer files malpractice suit
But the lawsuit alleges that Runyon's dentist, Francis Barbieri Jr., first noticed a “raised area” on his patient's tongue in December 2008 — nine months before he first was diagnosed with cancer — and failed to advise him to look into it further.
Updated: 10/03/2011 06:08P
Quinlivan Denies COAST Allegations
A lawsuit filed by the anti-tax group COAST ... Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes... says Council Member Laure Quinlivan has been spending public money for political purposes. Quinlivan is running for re-election next month.
Updated: 10/03/2011 06:07P
South Dakota Supreme Court asked to reinstate ranchers' lawsuit over damage
Former Circuit Judge AP Fuller said the state was required to control the prairie dogs and a trial could be held to determine ranchers' financial damages. The state Supreme Court refused to hear the state's appeal of that decision, and the case was
Updated: 10/03/2011 06:04P
Legal Action begins in Abram civil suit
A wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a former Desoto Central football player against the University of Mississippi has been moved from Hinds to Lafayette County. Hinds County Circuit Judge Jeff Weill ruled Thursday the case,
Updated: 10/03/2011 06:02P
Court to let woman sue over headscarf removal
When the judge learned she had completed only 15 hours of service and her husband four, he ordered them jailed, according to Khatib's original lawsuit. She and her husband were released later in the day after the court entered a new judgment ordering
Updated: 10/03/2011 06:00P
Benzene plaintiff seeks to push back March trial setting until 2013
For more than 10 years, Beaumont resident Claude Villemez claims he was exposed to benzene while working as an electrician, causing him to develop "a serious blood disorder." As previously reported, on Jan. 12 he filed suit against Chevron USA and six
Updated: 10/03/2011 05:59P
SD Supreme Court Hears Prairie Dog Appeal
MITCHELL, SD - Three dozen West River ranchers asked the South Dakota Supreme Court Monday to reinstate a lawsuit against the state for the damage prairie dogs did to their land. An attorney for the ranchers says state law requires
Updated: 10/03/2011 05:58P