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'Nose Doc' loses civil appeal
Weinberger's appeal outlined nine arguments, including that Boyer's award was excessive and that the trial court abused its discretion when it failed to strike jurors for cause, court records state. Weinberger is scheduled to appear for a federal
Updated: 10/19/2011 09:36P
Auckland Drug Court plan welcomed
A community addiction worker has welcomed the Government's decision to establish a Drug Court in Auckland for a five-year trial period. The Government yesterday announced that $2 million will be allocated to alcohol and drug treatment services to
Updated: 10/19/2011 09:33P
'I stabbed my mom,' student admits at court
Flanked by court officials, Wang Jiajing entered Pudong New Area People's Court at the start of his trial yesterday morning. The 24-year-old student is charged with battery after launching a frenzied knife attack on his mother at Pudong International
Updated: 10/19/2011 09:31P
National Finance boss gets six years jail
National Finance, whose core business was car finance, was placed in receivership in May 2006, owing 2000 investors $21 million. Some of the funds have been repaid and the Crown acknowledged Ludlow's offending was not entirely linked to National's
Updated: 10/19/2011 09:28P
Jessop pretrial a no-go
Broden said because the appellate court already had offered the opinion in Emack's case that upheld the trial court, Jessop's appeal focused on different aspects. That included lack of proof that the offense for which Jessop was convicted actually
Updated: 10/19/2011 09:27P
Appeals court orders new trial for Loxahatchee man serving 2 life sentences
The 4th District Court of Appeal on Wednesday threw out John T. Dorsey's conviction on two second-degree murder charges, ruling that evidence presented during his 2009 trial would only justify a manslaughter conviction. Because the court found that
Updated: 10/19/2011 09:22P
NJ lawyer charged with murder plot grills FBI agent on investigation | The
Paul Bergrin is on trial in federal court in Newark. He spent the third day of the trial Wednesday pointing out inconsistencies in the investigation of the murder of Deshawn "Kemo" McCray in 2004. Bergrin is representing himself in court against murder
Updated: 10/19/2011 09:21P
Court Upholds Porco Murder Conviction
Further, the jury was presented with evidence, properly admitted by the trial court with a limiting instruction, of a seeming break-in at the family home during the night of Nov.18-19, 2002, while defendant was home from college for the Thanksgiving
Updated: 10/19/2011 09:12P
Ballard Spahr | N.J. Supreme Court Considers Expansion of Millison Exception
The trial court granted summary judgment to the employer pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act, and the plaintiff appealed. The Appellate Division reversed, determining that fact issues existed with respect to the intentional wrong exception to the
Updated: 10/19/2011 09:11P
Jackson physician acted like employee not doctor: expert
Dr. Conrad Murray sits in court during his trial in the death of pop star Michael Jackson, in Los Angeles By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A medical expert testified on Wednesday that Michael Jackson's doctor acted more like an employee than
Updated: 10/19/2011 09:11P