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Deal reached in US 2001 anthrax death suit: filing
MIAMI (Reuters) - The widow of a Florida tabloid photo editor who was the first of five people to die in 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States has reached a settlement with the US government in her wrongful death damages lawsuit against it,
Updated: 10/30/2011 08:37P
'Real World' Star Tonya Cooley Suing MTV Over Toothbrush Rape
Tonya Cooley, who was part of the cast of “The Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Ruins”, has filed a lawsuit claiming that her male cast members acting inappropriately, even raping her with a toothbrush. Cooley is suing MTV, Bunim/Murray Productions
Updated: 10/30/2011 08:30P
Suit claims woman was burned during acupuncture treatment
VALPARAISO | A Valparaiso woman filed a civil lawsuit against East Wind Acupuncture in Chesterton, accusing the business of severely burning her during a treatment involving a moxa "cigar." Denise Hein claims that when she visited the business Nov.
Updated: 10/30/2011 08:19P
Program that checks work eligibility sees wider use in Illinois
Two years after a federal lawsuit over its implementation was dismissed, Illinois businesses are slowly joining the government's E-Verify program to check the employment eligibility of their employees. By Sean F. Driscoll ROCKFORD — Two years after a
Updated: 10/30/2011 07:32P
Dentist: Richter tried to extort him
Neither has the long and nasty civil lawsuit in which Richter accused LaSpisa of sexual assault and he accused her of extortion. It's possible jurors will never hear the story and details of the four-year legal feud that followed, which LaSpisa said
Updated: 10/30/2011 07:32P
Gay-marriage backers making full-court press
Efforts to repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act are in full swing, as a major lawsuit advances, another lawsuit is filed, and a Senate panel meets soon to consider legislation to overturn the law. “We are working hard to strike
Updated: 10/30/2011 07:26P
Settlement reached in Florida anthrax death lawsuit
In her lawsuit, originally filed in 2003, Stevens had claimed that the government was negligent in failing to stop someone from working at an Army infectious disease lab from creating weapons-grade anthrax used in letters that killed five people and
Updated: 10/30/2011 07:16P
Chelsea won't curb attacking style despite Arsenal loss insists defiant Andre
With Roman Abravomich due to take the High Court stand on Monday to defend himself in Boris Berezovsky's £3.2 billion lawsuit, there could be worse moments for Chelsea to suffer the first significant blip of their season. By Jeremy Wilson Patience is
Updated: 10/30/2011 07:10P
Oakland Tribune editorial: Maybe we can finally finish the Edgerly saga
It took a jury last week less than an hour to correctly reject her wrongful termination lawsuit. But she and her attorneys are hinting they may appeal the case against the city. Give us a break. The lawsuit was ridiculous and an appeal would be a total
Updated: 10/30/2011 07:04P
Pot Smokers Sue Obama Over California Medical Marijuana Crackdown
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Americans for Safe Access (ASA), the country's largest medical marijuana advocacy organization, filed suit in federal court on Thursday challenging the Obama Administration's attempt to subvert local and state medical marijuana
Updated: 10/30/2011 06:34P