Archive for October, 2007



Plaintiffs prepared to hold out for compromise in discrimination lawsuit, attorneys say (WWL-TV New Orleans)

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 11:09 pm
About a dozen of the original 36 plaintiffs in the discrimination lawsuit against former District Attorney Eddie Jordan met with their legal team Wednesday night in hopes of getting a status check in their fight to receive their $3.7 million settlement.



Anti-war funeral protesters lose lawsuit (Clovis News Journal)

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 10:18 pm
A grieving father won a nearly $11 million verdict Wednesday against a fundamentalist Kansas church that pickets military funerals out of a belief that the war in Iraq is a punishment for the nation’s tolerance of homosexuality.



Browne Sanders Is an Inspiration After Winning a Lawsuit (New York Times)

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 9:23 pm
Since winning her sexual-harassment lawsuit against the Knicks, Anucha Browne Sanders is being hailed as a feminist icon. But her heightened public profile has become its own trial.



Board that handles fund at center of lawsuit takes no action (The Appleton Post-Crescent)

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 6:46 pm
MADISON The board that controls the states medical malpractice fund didnt take any action to block a transfer that is the subject of a lawsuit.



Settlement In Emeryville Stormwater Pollution Case (CBS 5 Bay Area)

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 6:00 pm
An Emeryville forging and metal processing site settled for $36,000 Monday in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency seeking damages against the company for failing to comply with stormwater permits, EPA spokeswoman Wendy Chavez said.   Environment & The Green Beat



Board that handles fund at center of lawsuit takes no action (WKBT La Crosse)

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 5:32 pm
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The board that controls the state's medical malpractice fund didn't take any action to block a transfer that is the subject of a lawsuit.



Board that handles fund at center of lawsuit takes no action (WBAY Green Bay)

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 5:31 pm
Associated Press - October 31, 2007 5:25 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The board that controls the state's medical malpractice fund didn't take any action to block a transfer that is the subject...



Phelps family ordered to pay $2.9 million in funeral-picket lawsuit (The Kansas City Star)

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 5:02 pm
A federal jury on Wednesday delivered a $2.9 million verdict against the Phelps family of Topeka and their homophobe Westboro Baptist Church, a Kansas church that picketed the funeral of a Maryland Marine killed in an auto accident in Iraq last year.



Former coach sues Oregon school district for discrimination (KGW Portland)

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 4:14 pm
SALEM, Ore. -- A former math teacher and middle school coach says in a discrimination suit that he was a victim of an overzealous reaction to a Salem case in which a teacher abused female students.



Kings County Hospital Facing Another Lawsuit (WNYC New York Public Radio)

Wednesday 31 October 2007 @ 12:02 pm

The Brooklyn hospital implicated in the death of a 12-year-old middle-school student has cost the city more than any other hospital in malpractice suits. WNYC’s Fred Mogul has more. The mother of Om….




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