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Neb. Supreme Court reinstates train crash lawsuit
(AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court has reinstated part of a lawsuit filed by a woman who was rendered a paraplegic in a 2005 train collision in Thayer County. Krista Rosencrans was 18 when the vehicle she was riding in was struck by a Union Pacific
Updated: 10/14/2011 12:42P
Gunder's Auto Center declines State Farm lawsuit settlement
Oct. 14, 2011—Ray Gunder, owner of Gunder's Auto Center in Lakeland, Fla., on Friday announced he declined to accept settlement offers from State Farm Insurance regarding lawsuits filed by three of the shop's customers. The lawsuits, in which Gunder is
Updated: 10/14/2011 12:38P
JUICY SUITS: Woman Sues After Falling Asleep in Tanning Bed
Fitzpatrick, the suit says, "sustained first and second degree burn [sic] to her entire body, permanent scarring and discoloration of her skin, the emergence of moles and small growths on her skin, and will in the future face an increased risk of skin
Updated: 10/14/2011 12:36P
Palo Alto mulls lawsuit over Mitchell Park Library
The council directed City Attorney Molly Stump to consider whether the city should consider a lawsuit against the project architect, South San Francisco-based Group 4 Architecture. The council also requested monthly reports about change orders for the
Updated: 10/14/2011 12:35P
Senate GOP Jobs Plan Crushes Rights, Protects "Big Medicine"
The MCAP Act crushes each state's right to manage its own civil justice system with respect to any lawsuit related to health care (ie, providers and insurance companies). It imposes, for the first time in American history, federal limits on certain
Updated: 10/14/2011 12:33P
Nebraska Supreme Court reinstates train crash lawsuit filed by 18-year-old and
The Nebraska Supreme Court has reinstated part of a lawsuit filed by a woman who was rendered a paraplegic in a 2005 train collision in Thayer County. Krista Rosencrans was 18 when the vehicle she was riding in was struck by a Union Pacific freight
Updated: 10/14/2011 12:30P
Swing votes may change Tampa Bay Water reservoir vote
Last month, Tampa Bay Water's board members voted 4-3 to settle their lawsuit against the designer of the utility's flawed reservoir for $30 million. But Tampa Bay Water's rules requires a vote of at least five of the nine board members.
Updated: 10/14/2011 12:27P
Facebook's Timeline Legal Fight with Timelines, Inc.
Besides whipping Facebook users into a frenzy with another change to its format, the company also managed to draw the ire of Timelines, Inc. (Timelines), which slapped them with a trademark infringement lawsuit. Timelines is a small company that runs
Updated: 10/14/2011 12:26P
Hospital settles lawsuit
A Keene hospital has agreed to pay a $25000 federal fine and put in place a program to provide interpreters to patients who are deaf or hard of hearing in a settlement of a lawsuit alleging discrimination. In documents filed last week in US District
Updated: 10/14/2011 12:24P
Lawsuit: So. Calif. school racially profiled teens
A lawsuit claims that a Southern California school district illegally detained and searched 55 Hispanic youngsters in a blatant case of racial profiling. The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California sued Glendale Unified School District
Updated: 10/14/2011 12:24P