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Pennsylvania City Settles Police Chase Lawsuit for $6000
Pittsburgh City Council has approved paying $6000 to settle an excessive force lawsuit filed by a man serving 10 to 20 years in prison for a bank robbery and 20-mile, rush-hour police chase. Tuesday's vote settles the lawsuit filed in August by
Updated: 10/20/2011 05:14A
KCTV 5Lawsuit filed over death amid Columbia flooding
Entertainment News from AP COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - The parents of a Columbia woman who died in a 2008 flood have filed suit claiming the city and the apartment complex where she lived were responsible for her death. Twenty-year-old Michelle Runkle died
Updated: 10/20/2011 05:10A
First Nations file lawsuit against federal gov't
1, First Nations in New Brunswick are going to have to make a decision - either pay bills or put food on the table. Roger Augustine, regional Chief of the NB and PEI Assembly for First Nations, speaks during a media conference Wednesday at the Catch 22
Updated: 10/20/2011 05:10A
Court OKs secrecy in Atlantic strip-search case
The court dismissed a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Iowa that sought the release of details surrounding the discipline of two district employees who led the strip searches of five female students in a locker room in
Updated: 10/20/2011 05:07A
US lobby group takes legal action against plastic bag ban
Unlike most plastic bag bans in the US which largely bar supermarkets and retailers from handing out single-use plastic carryout bags at checkout, the Santa Cruz County law additionally bans restaurants and food vendors from handing out plastic bags to
Updated: 10/20/2011 05:07A
Route 35 Check Cashing Hearing Moved To December
Be-Av-Mar Financial Services, on Highway 35, filed a lawsuit with Monmouth County Superior Court of New Jersey against the township, calling the ordinance limiting check-cashing businesses unconstitutional. The Board of Adjustment at
Updated: 10/20/2011 05:06A
Pioneer sues Monsanto over patent
The lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Des Moines, says former Pioneer scientists are now working for the St. Louis company. Monsanto responded: “This filing appears to be another in a series of frivolous claims initiated by DuPont against our
Updated: 10/20/2011 05:05A
Appeals court to hear legal challenge to heath insurance mandate
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit will hear arguments in St. Paul on whether to revive a lawsuit brought by two Missouri residents. Samantha Hill and Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder object to the law's mandate that they buy
Updated: 10/20/2011 05:05A
Parents of woman who died during attempted flood rescue file suit against Columbia
The Columbia Daily Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/rpNNRk ) that the parents' lawsuit claims the street was unsafe and should have been closed. It also says the developers of the apartment complex were responsible for building a box culvert to let the
Updated: 10/20/2011 05:04A
Suit: 2 counties keeping blacks off juries
The federal lawsuit filed by the Montgomery-based Equal Justice Initiative says Houston and Henry counties in south east Alabama use challenges during the jury selection process to exclude blacks from some panels. The violates the defendants' right to
Updated: 10/20/2011 05:00A
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