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Medical monitoring complaint held insufficient
A federal trial court last week dismissed a medical monitoring claim by an employee of a pipe cleaning company pursuant to Twombly. Royal v. Exxon Mobil Corp., No. 12-00081 (ED La., 2/6/12). Junius Royal sued several oil companies for damages in
Updated: 02/16/2012 06:50A
EX PARTE PELLOAT
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, the clerk of the trial court transmitted to this Court this application for writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte Young, 418 SW2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967).
Updated: 02/16/2012 06:34A
PACHECO v. STATE
We affirm the trial court's judgment. Pacheco was married to TK from 1998 to 2005, when they divorced. Their child, JP, was born on September 3, 1999. After the divorce, Pacheco would pick up JP about four times a month and on weekends.
Updated: 02/16/2012 06:34A
STATE v. COOPER
In two assignments of error, he argues (1) that the trial court erred in imposing separate sentences for the aggravated robbery and kidnapping offenses involving Fifth Third Bank because they were allied offenses of similar import committed by the same
Updated: 02/16/2012 06:33A
STATE v. FLECK
Fleck pleaded not guilty and demanded a jury trial. After all the evidence was presented to the jury, the district court submitted two forms of assault to the jurors: (1) assault-fear, Minn. Stat. § 609.02, subd. 10(1) (2010) (prohibiting an act done
Updated: 02/16/2012 06:33A
Bond company appeals forfeited bond for jailed man
By Lynne Tuohy, AP CONCORD, NH (WTW) — A bail bond company wants New Hampshire's highest court to order the return of $11000 in bonds it forfeited when a defendant failed to show up for trial because he was incarcerated in Vermont.
Updated: 02/16/2012 06:28A
With prosecution resting, attorneys in murder trial of ex-U.Va. lacrosse
Attorneys for George Huguely V are due back in court Thursday to continue chipping away at medical testimony that implicates the Chevy Chase, Md., defendant in the May 2010 slaying of Yeardley Love. The suburban Baltimore woman and Huguely had a
Updated: 02/16/2012 06:09A
Honeymoon killer sheds tears in court over wife's death
The interview was played to the jury on the third day of Watson's murder trial in Alabama yesterday. Watson said during the struggle he was breathing heavily and was attempting to activate his wife's buoyancy control vest. "In the back of my mind I was
Updated: 02/16/2012 06:05A
Ecuador court upholds pro-Correa libel verdict
By GONZALO SOLANO - AP QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador's highest court upheld early Thursday a criminal libel verdict favoring President Rafael Correa, sentencing three newspaper executives and a columnist to three years in prison each and ordering them to
Updated: 02/16/2012 03:22A
Ecuador's high court upholds pro-Correa libel verdict, including prison terms
By GONZALO SOLANO | AP | 7 minutes ago in Ecuador's highest court upheld early Thursday a criminal libel verdict favoring President Rafael Correa, sentencing three newspaper executives and a columnist to three years in prison each and ordering them to
Updated: 02/16/2012 02:28A
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