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U.S. to pay $2.5M in anthrax death
Stevens' lawsuit, filed in 2003, claimed the government was negligent because it failed to stop someone at the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland, from creating weapons-grade anthrax used in letters that
Updated: 11/29/2011 11:58A
Livingston County Judge: Cuomo Administration Steamrolled Lawmakers On Gay
Acting Livingston County state Supreme Court Judge Robert Wiggins ruled that a portion of lawsuit brought by gay marriage opponents may move forward after the state sought complete dismissal. He specifically noted, however, that he was not voicing his
Updated: 11/29/2011 11:58A
Bahrain Pa. filing details alleged Alcoa bribes
The federal court complaint filed late Monday in Pittsburgh details allegations previously described only generally in the ongoing lawsuit filed in 2008 by Aluminum Bahrain BSC, a company also known as Alba. Alcoa denies wrongdoing and says the
Updated: 11/29/2011 11:55A
Family sues over alleged casket-jamming burial
(Rich Boyer/Allegheny County PA USGenWeb Project) PITTSBURGH - The family of a deceased 91-year-old woman claims in a lawsuit that workers at a Roman Catholic cemetery near Pittsburgh jumped up and down on top of the woman's casket and otherwise jammed
Updated: 11/29/2011 11:55A
State seeks dismissal of former alcohol and tobacco control commissioner's lawsuit
AP BATON ROUGE, La. — Attorneys for the Governor's Office and two other state agencies have urged a judge to throw out former Alcohol and Tobacco Control Commissioner Murphy Painter's wrongful-termination and defamation claims.
Updated: 11/29/2011 11:55A
BankAtlantic's Levan: Lawsuit won't stop deal
BankAtlantic Bancorp Chairman and CEO Alan Levan says his deal with BB&T Corp. won't be stopped or slowed by a recent lawsuit. BankAtlantic Bancorp Chairman and CEO Alan Levan said a recent lawsuit would not stop or stall the deal to sell the bank
Updated: 11/29/2011 11:54A
Bahrain-owned firm details $9.5 million in alleged Alcoa bribes in new Pa
It details allegations previously described only generally in the firm's ongoing lawsuit. Alcoa denies wrongdoing and says the allegations are a vague "series of guesses and overdrawn inferences." The lawsuit was filed in 2008 but had been on hold
Updated: 11/29/2011 11:54A
Colo. Man Sues Couple He Took Hostage
(AP) — A Kansas couple is asking a judge to dismiss a breach of contract lawsuit filed by a suburban Denver man who held them hostage while fleeing from authorities. Jesse Dimmick is serving an 11-year sentence after bursting into Jared and Lindsay
Updated: 11/29/2011 11:51A
Lawsuit targets Colo. cantaloupe grower
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - A lawsuit filed on behalf of a Hobbs woman who died in September after eating contaminated fruit says food safety auditors gave a Colorado cantaloupe farm a "superior" rating for safety and quality just weeks before health officials
Updated: 11/29/2011 11:41A
Grooveshark bunged staff bonuses 'for pirating music'
By Andrew Orlowski • Get more from this author Music streaming site Grooveshark paid employees by the amount of music they illegally uploaded to the site, filings in a law suit allege. Universal Music says Grooveshark's own staff submitted at least
Updated: 11/29/2011 10:46A