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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: 10/26/2011 06:16A
Torture allegations lawsuit appeal will be heard by federal court wednesday
Padilla is looking to reinstate his lawsuit against government officials including former Defense Secretary Donald Runsfield. He claims they played a part in what he describes as an illegal detention and torture in a military prison.
Updated: 10/26/2011 06:15A
Auditor: Ohio high court should remove web video
In the video, Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor urges Ohioans to vote "yes" on Issue 1. The Columbus Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/rTptS4 ) that Auditor Dave Yost has a problem with the video's placement on the Supreme Court's taxpayer-supported website
Updated: 10/26/2011 06:14A
Polk atheist drops lawsuit against Sheriff Grady Judd
By AP The leader of a central Florida atheist group has dropped a lawsuit that accused a county sheriff of harassing her. The Ledger of Lakeland reports that EllenBeth Wachs has dropped her federal suit against Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.
Updated: 10/26/2011 06:14A
PRESEC threatens lawsuit against Searchlight paper
Authorities of the Presbyterian Boys Secondary School are threatening to take the Searchlight news paper to court for a negative publication against the school and the Headmaster, Africanus Kwame Anane. The Headmaster says the said publication made
Updated: 10/26/2011 06:07A
Tender process ties city's hands
When it comes to risk, city council decided in a tight vote Monday night it would rather face a potential injury lawsuit instead of a more likely lost profit recovery lawsuit. By a vote of 4-3, council voted to rescind a previous motion that requested
Updated: 10/26/2011 06:05A
Tainted Meat Causes One Death and 76 Illnesses Notes Michigan Litigation
The perfect solution could be lawsuit funding, which is a lawsuit cash advance to help them make it to trial and pay their outstanding debts. Litigation funding is advanced against the potential, future outcome of the case. It allows plaintiffs to get
Updated: 10/26/2011 06:01A
PETA says SeaWorld is engaging in slavery with whales
The animal-rights group PETA is expected to file a federal lawsuit in California this week alleging that SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment is violating the US Constitution's ban on slavery by keeping five wild-caught killer whales at marine parks in
Updated: 10/26/2011 06:00A
Black Eyed Peas Win Suit
their hit from her copyrighted song “Boom Dynamite,” a track she submitted to Interscope Records. The judge determined that the songs were similar but not similar enough to grant a judgment to the singer. He declared that the lawsuit was unwarranted.
Updated: 10/26/2011 06:00A
Lawyers for Jose Padilla to appeal South Carolina case
By: AP Lawyers for the man convicted of plotting terrorism want a federal appeals court to reinstate a lawsuit alleging he was tortured at a South Carolina Navy brig. Lawyers ask the Fourth US Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia on Wednesday to
Updated: 10/26/2011 05:55A
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