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Children in Panama Could Lose Trust Fund Due to Feud over Will
Lucom's widow alleged that Lehman had coerced Lucom into creating the charitable trust solely so that he could manage it, and an initial lawsuit saw Lehman removed as the estate's executor but found the will to be valid. A further appeal upheld this
Updated: 10/04/2011 03:44A
Nevada Supreme Court asked to enter redistricting battle
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Secretary of State Ross Miller has asked the Nevada Supreme Court to take action in an ongoing legal battle that will decide voting boundaries for the next decade, saying a district court judge overseeing the lawsuit has “impermissibly
Updated: 10/04/2011 03:36A
Vidrine awarded damages in lawsuit
An Opelousas man has been awarded a total of $1.67 million in damages in a malicious prosecution lawsuit against the federal government. Hubert P. Vidrine Jr. of Opelousas sued the US government in 2007, claiming that he was wrongly indicted and
Updated: 10/04/2011 03:35A
Officials pushing to preserve old documents
Now county and state officials are pushing for preservation of these documents ” some nearly 175 years old ” in a statewide effort bolstered by a $15 fee on lawsuit filings. Records reaching back to 1837 and dealing with Sam Houston,
Updated: 10/04/2011 03:30A
Chinese authors file million dollar lawsuit against Apple
He estimated that this piracy has led to at least one billion yuan (around US$154 million) in losses for China's publishing industry, suggesting that compensation demands from future lawsuits could be even higher. This isn't the first time Chinese
Updated: 10/04/2011 03:28A
Case closed: Bama Dining wins dining dollar lawsuit
The Alabama Supreme Court upheld the decision of a state trial court to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit against Dining Dollars at the University of Alabama, Auburn University and UAB Friday. “The University is pleased that the Alabama
Updated: 10/04/2011 03:26A
Supreme Court looks at Calif. Medicaid lawsuit
Some justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Stephen Breyer, voiced concern that if they allow the private groups to challenge state reimbursement rates, the court would open the door to a rush of lawsuits whenever state policy
Updated: 10/04/2011 03:26A
Parents Sue Compton Unified School District Over the Death of Their 12 year
His parents have filed a lawsuit for wrongful death in the Los Angeles Superior Court. Alex Galindo an attorney with the law offices of Curd, Galindo & Smith, LLP, and attorney Derek Yee have filed a lawsuit, (Fraire v. Compton Unified School District
Updated: 10/04/2011 03:25A
Lawsuit: Teachers set up girl for abuse
STOCKTON - Aspire Public Schools and two teachers from one of the well-regarded charter school company's Stockton campuses have been named in a child sexual abuse civil lawsuit filed late last month by a mother on behalf of her
Updated: 10/04/2011 03:25A
ACLU seeks to make an example of TiZA
With at least a dozen other schools on its radar, the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota said Monday it still hopes to win a definitive court ruling in its lawsuit against TiZA. With such a ruling, "We won't have to go through this exercise 12
Updated: 10/04/2011 03:23A