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Lawsuit May Stop South Carolina Presidential Primary
The lawsuit filed Monday by the election commissions in Beaufort, Chester, Greenville and Spartanburg counties says the state doesn't have the legal authority to run the primary in 2012 and can't force counties to pay some of the cost for the election.
Updated: 10/18/2011 01:09P
40-year-old actress sues Amazon for $1 million for revealing her age on IMDb
The actress is not named in the lawsuit filed Thursday that refers to her as Jane Doe. It says she lives in Texas and is of Asian descent and has an Americanized stage name. The lawsuit accuses IMDb of misusing her personal information after she signed
Updated: 10/18/2011 01:09P
Warren Settles False Rape Lawsuit for $2.8M
12 years in prison for rape before he was acquitted at a second trial. The settlement by Warren is disclosed in documents filed Monday in federal court. The deal with Jeffrey Moldowan is on behalf of the city and a former Warren police detective.
Updated: 10/18/2011 01:07P
Insurer can't "handle the truth" in bad-faith case: judge
Justice Arthur Schack granted plaintiff Jesus Taveras' motion for summary judgment in the bad-faith action against American Transit Insurance Company, putting the insurer on the hook for a $2.25 million jury award to Taveras, who was injured when the
Updated: 10/18/2011 01:06P
'Jane Doe' Actress Sues Amazon for Publishing Her Real Age on IMDb
The lawsuit, which seeks $75000 plus $1 million in punitive damages, alleges that Amazon's "actions have had a double-whammy effect on the plaintiff's livelihood." "First, because lesser-known forty-year-old actresses are not in demand in the
Updated: 10/18/2011 01:04P
$10M injury suit awaits court decision
A local construction company is being sued for at least $10 million after an employee lost his leg in an on-the-job car accident. Frank Ukau alleges that he was backed over by a pickup driven by his boss, Jennie Wang, the head of Entity Construction,
Updated: 10/18/2011 01:01P
Actress sues Amazon when real age used on IMDB
The actress is not named in the lawsuit filed Thursday that refers to her as Jane Doe. It says she lives in Texas and is of Asian descent and has an Americanized stage name. The lawsuit accuses IMDb of misusing her personal information after she signed
Updated: 10/18/2011 12:58P
Kelly Settles Interview Lawsuit
Kelly Services Inc. settled a class-action lawsuit filed by temps who claimed time spent during interviews should be compensated, according to the October issue of the Legs & Reg Advisor now available to corporate members of Staffing Industry Analysts.
Updated: 10/18/2011 12:58P
Update: Families of people killed by sheriff's deputy can't challenge hiring
The families contended in a lawsuit that Forest County Sheriff's Deputy Tyler Peterson suffered from mental disorders that left him prone to violence. They argue the county should have conducted psychological tests on him before he was hired,
Updated: 10/18/2011 12:57P
LAWSUIT: Fire district sues over access to Stampede Pass station
The fire district first filed a federal lawsuit in 2009, but a judge ordered the two parties to find a solution. Washington State Parks and a private landowner had been negotiating to let the fire district build a new route that did not cross Forest
Updated: 10/18/2011 12:57P