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Environmentalists settle with Pa. wastewater plant
AP PITTSBURGH—Two environmental groups have settled a federal lawsuit against a Pittsburgh-area municipal sewage plant over concerns the facility didn't have a permit to treat often-toxic Marcellus Shale drilling wastewater. The lawsuit was filed in
Updated: 01/25/2012 10:31A
Nation: Woman returns adopted son to Russia with a note
By Anonymous AP A March trial has been scheduled in a child support lawsuit against an American woman who sent her adopted son back to Russia alone on a plane with a note saying she didn't want to be his mother anymore.
Updated: 01/25/2012 10:07A
Novartis to pay $99 mln in sales rep overtime case
Jan 25 (Reuters) - Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp has agreed to pay $99 million to settle a lawsuit by current and former sales representatives who claimed they were denied overtime pay despite working more than 40 hours per week.
Updated: 01/25/2012 10:05A
Lawsuit follows heart flight crash
Christine Hines, daughter of Mayo Clinic organ procurement technician David Hines, has filed a lawsuit at Clay County Court, Florida, US, claiming that the organ transplant flight that led to her father's death should never have taken place.
Updated: 01/25/2012 09:45A
Man Testifies He Was Molested By Priest In Derby, Courant Reports
The victim, identified only as “Jacob Doe,” took the stand during the first day of a trial in a civil lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford. The lawsuit claims the Archdiocese knew that the priest, Ivan Ferguson, was a pedophile,
Updated: 01/25/2012 09:43A
Appeals court weighs value of dead pet's life
AP WRAL-TV reports that the state Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit by Herb and Nancy Shera of Wilmington. Their 12-year-old Jack Russell terrier Laci died at North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine in 2007.
Updated: 01/25/2012 09:27A
Oklahoma hospital must pay $1 million to Garth Brooks
Brooks says an Oklahoma hospital pledged to name a women's center for his late mother in return for $500000, but a deposition unveiled Monday showed that, after filing a lawsuit, the country singer couldn't remember what he had been promised.
Updated: 01/25/2012 09:22A
Catawba Indian Tribe Sues State Over Gaming
The suit filed Tuesday by the Catawba Indian Nation also asks that local authorities be prevented from seizing gaming machines while the lawsuit moves forward. The tribe was officially recognized under a 1993 settlement. Attorneys for the Catawbas say
Updated: 01/25/2012 09:16A
Garth Brooks Wins $1 Million Settlement
Garth Brooks received justice in a lawsuit against an Oklahoma hospital that the court ruled had failed to build a women's health center in honor of his late mother, the AP reports. The ruling, which was reached on Tuesday evening, states that the
Updated: 01/25/2012 08:57A
Indian Minister: Don't Want to Shut Websites
By Amol Sharma The volume of debate over Web censorship in India has reached high decibels lately, especially with a criminal lawsuit against companies including Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. that alleges they hosted objectionable content on their
Updated: 01/25/2012 08:55A