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Lawsuit: Airline Food Killed Passenger
His family says that death was caused by poisoned food. Sky Chefs, which makes meals for some 300 airlines, has filed to dismiss its part of the suit, saying it couldn't be responsible, because it didn't cater the flight in question.
Updated: 12/02/2011 02:20P
Crowell Client Asked Questions in July re Use of Trust Account By Counsel Now
Jerry Mikolajczyk is CEO of Xun Energy Inc., a small company based in Oregon that filed a federal lawsuit earlier this month against a third party in a transaction that Crowell & Moring handled. While the Southern District of Illinois suit names
Updated: 12/02/2011 02:19P
Activists sue to free Lolita the whale from captivity
"The fact that the federal government has declared these pods to be endangered is a good thing, but they neglected to include these captives," said Karen Munro, a plaintiff in the lawsuit who lives in Olympia, Wash. Plaintiffs include two other
Updated: 12/02/2011 02:17P
Whale activists sue to free killer whale 'Lolita' from captivity
The lawsuit filed in November alleges that the fisheries service allows the Miami Seaquarium to keep Lolita in conditions that harm and harass her and otherwise wouldn't be allowed under the Endangered Species Act. Seaquarium declined to comment on the
Updated: 12/02/2011 02:14P
Correctional officer who was demoted for allegedly sleeping on job files lawsuit
CHICAGO (MCT) — A 71-year-old Cook County, Ill., correctional officer who was demoted from sergeant after allegedly sleeping on the job has responded with a lawsuit alleging that other employees who slept at work
Updated: 12/02/2011 02:14P
Privacy Lawsuit Against Amazon Dismissed
A judge in Seattle has dismissed a potential class-action lawsuit against Amazon alleging that the company circumvented the privacy settings of Internet Explorer users. In an opinion issued this week, US District Court
Updated: 12/02/2011 02:13P
Ala court voids $8.4M verdict against GE Capital
2004 over a contract to convert Boeing 737 owned by GE Capital from passenger planes into freighters. Jurors sided with Pemco, but the Supreme Court says evidence didn't support the claim. The justices sent the case back to Dale County for a new trial.
Updated: 12/02/2011 02:13P
In secret hearing, St. Louis asks for testimony to be kept secret
Cells in the St. Louis Justice Center on Sept. 17, 2002. Photo by Ken Shimizu of the Post-Dispatch. ST. LOUIS • Lawyers for the city of St. Louis are trying to bar two officials from testifying in a lawsuit over the death of an jail inmate,
Updated: 12/02/2011 02:13P
Do Staten Island Ferry Workers Use Surveillance Cameras For Upskirts?
The lawsuit alleges that male deckhands routinely catcall women and even use high-tech surveillance cameras to obtain closeups "down a women's blouse or up a woman's skirt.... It was not uncommon for employees to use the two-way radios to invite
Updated: 12/02/2011 02:11P
Actress' lawsuit puts focus on age as job barrier
The lawsuit filed in October by an actress identified only as "Jane Doe" contends that "lesser-known forty-year-old actresses are not in demand in the entertainment business." How her age became public is at the heart of the suit.
Updated: 12/02/2011 02:11P