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Former RI prison operator sues in federal court over $671808 it's seeking from
In a lawsuit filed Monday in US District Court in Providence, Cornell Corrections of Rhode Island, Inc. says the corporation running the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls still owes money it agreed to pay the firm in 2008.
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:13P
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LOUIS (AP) -- A St. Louis judge has declared a mistrial in a $700 million lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, after jurors failed to agree whether Missouri smokers were misled into believing that light cigarettes were safer than regular cigarettes.
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:12P
Appeals Court Rules Bougainville Residents May Pursue Genocide Claims Against
According to the lawsuit, this resulted in the exposure of dangerous chemicals to local residents, dispossessing them of their ancestral lands and destroying their culture. The case was originally filed on September 18, 2000.
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:12P
LETTER: Don't put trespassers before taxpayers
It brings me no pleasure to be part of a lawsuit that demands that the city of Destin and the Okaloosa Sheriff do what they're required to do by law — protect our property rights. It was a last resort to file the federal lawsuit, and it's a last resort
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:12P
Will the Media Follow the Military Out of Iraq?
In your trippin Tuesday media column: post-pullout Iraq media plans, Dylan Byers to Politico, Harvey Levin lectures, a Bloomberg discrimination lawsuit, and rumors of layoffs at Martha Stewart Living. Now that America is officially (heh) pulling out of
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:12P
Trial reset for Iowan in deadly crash
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A St. Louis judge has declared a mistrial in a $700 million lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, after jurors failed to agree whether Missouri smokers were misled into believing that light cigarettes were safer than regular cigarettes.
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:11P
US court revives human rights case against Rio Tinto
A US federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit seeking to hold Rio Tinto Plc responsible for human rights violations and thousands of deaths linked to a Papua New Guinea copper and gold mine it once ran.
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:11P
Stallone sued over screenplay
Action movie star Sylvester Stallone is accused in a lawsuit of copying another writer's screenplay to make The Expendables , a movie about mercenaries hired to defeat a military dictator. The lawsuit was filed in Manhattan federal court today by
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:11P
Alabama Judge Raises Questions About Immigration Law's Constitutionality
AP A circuit judge in Birmingham has denied a car dealer's motion seeking dismissal of a lawsuit that accuses him of misleading the buyers about the condition of the cars they bought. The car dealer attempted to get the dismissal by arguing that
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:09P
Port Columbus passenger totals for September, year hold steady
The Ohio Attorney General filed a lawsuit today against Egyptian Cotton Warehouse, an Ohio-based company that sells home linens and bedding online, accusing the company of violating Ohio numerous consumer sales practices laws.
Updated: 10/25/2011 04:08P
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