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Ashley Hicks is first to win lead poisoning lawsuit in Monroe County
The property was at the center of her lead poisoning lawsuit. / Carlos Ortiz/staff photographer As a child, Ashley Hicks and her friends often played on the front porch of the family's North Street apartment. "The paint was always peeling," she said,
Updated: 10/08/2011 05:01A
Rental car business sues Rochester airport over bid
Paladino's company, Westover Car Rental LLC, which does business as Thrifty Car Rental at the Buffalo airport but had not had a presence in Rochester, proposed that it could generate $722000 for the airport over two years. The proposal knocked Alamo,
Updated: 10/08/2011 05:01A
Second Chance debt hole deepens
Bankruptcy also could shield the defunct organization from a $5 million lawsuit against the shelter and ousted manager Rosey Quinn. It was filed last year by a one-time Hurley dog breeder over a botched raid. The board's lawyer also said the bankruptcy
Updated: 10/08/2011 04:52A
Judge Garaufis was way out of line accusing Mayor Bloomberg of intentionally
Rarely does a jurist go as far off the dial as Brooklyn Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis went in his latest ruling in the lawsuit over the Fire Department's record in hiring blacks. Where dispassionate reason was called for, Garaufis allowed blind anger
Updated: 10/08/2011 04:49A
Muslim suit riles pork industry
AP COLUMBUS, Ohio — A decision by Ohio officials to remove all pork products from prison menus in response to a lawsuit by Muslim inmates is not sitting well with the state's pork producers and processors.
Updated: 10/08/2011 04:40A
Court weighs ban on guns in churches
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta heard arguments Thursday on a lawsuit brought by the central Georgia church and gun rights group GeorgiaCarry.org claiming that the law violates their constitutionally protected religious freedoms.
Updated: 10/08/2011 04:40A
Police near end of probe over financial adviser
Dennis and a company he operated are the subject of at least one lawsuit by a former client in the Hamilton area. He is also the target of a lawsuit by his former employer, TD Waterhouse, and the TD Bank alleging he misappropriated an estimated $6
Updated: 10/08/2011 04:26A
Feds take on clinic in NoHo, elsewhere
Tim Blakeley, manager of Sunset Junction medical marijuana dispensary, shows marijuana plant buds on May 11, 2010 in Los Angeles. The dispensary is one 25 plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles fighting to
Updated: 10/08/2011 04:17A
Investigation sought into VA loans with 13 major banks
The VA and Justice Department did not immediately reply to requests for comment. "No consumer should be forced to pay illegal fees, but it is particularly disgraceful to impose such extraction schemes on our veterans," Brown said in the letter to
Updated: 10/08/2011 04:14A
Cumberland settles suit with V'land contractor
BRIDGETON -- Cumberland County will pay $15000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a Vineland electrical contractor who cried foul in 2010 when the county rejected his bid to do work. The county risked paying damages and lawyer fees of more than $30000 if the
Updated: 10/08/2011 04:05A