Friday 3 September 2010 @ 3:13 pm
Threatened with a lawsuit from several environmental organizations, the city and state have agreed in principal to upgrade sewage treatment plants on Jamaica Bay in the hope of improving water quality. [News Source]
Friday 3 September 2010 @ 3:02 pm
A federal judge in Pittsburgh ruled yesterday that a state trooper waited too long to file a lawsuit alleging that her superiors delayed a sexual harassment investigation so that its target could retire with a higher pension rather than face punishment. [News Source]
Friday 3 September 2010 @ 2:16 pm
Attorney Yetta Kurland filed a freedom of information lawsuit on Aug. 16, demanding that the New York State Department of Health and its commissioner, Richard Daines, make public “any and all documents” relating to the closing of St. Vincent’s Hospital. [News Source]
Friday 3 September 2010 @ 2:14 pm
A group of artists has filed a second lawsuit challenging the Department of Parks’ new rules limiting where they can sell their First Amendment-protected material in four Manhattan parks. [News Source]
Friday 3 September 2010 @ 1:57 pm
A copy of the lawsuit provided by Nowlin contends that the judge faced racial discrimination and has “suffered continuous retaliation due to his complaints regarding discrimination.” [News Source]
Friday 3 September 2010 @ 1:51 pm
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP announced it filed a class-action lawsuit today against Charles Schwab & Co. on behalf of investors who owned shares in the Schwab Total Bond Market Fund as of Nov. 30, 2006. [News Source]
Friday 3 September 2010 @ 1:28 pm
Google MapsA map view of Sea Isle City, where a family settled a second time in a racial discrimination lawsuit. SEA ISLE CITY — An African-American family has reached a second settlement with a New Jersey shore town for more... [News Source]
Friday 3 September 2010 @ 1:00 pm
Ford has settled a long-running lawsuit over a rollover accident in a 2001 Ford Explorer. | September 03, 2010 | Ford Motor Company JASPER COUNTY, Mississippi — Ford has agreed to a $131 million settlement in a case from 2002 involving a Ford Explorer Sport rollover accident. [News Source]
Friday 3 September 2010 @ 12:52 pm
A Brookfield family filed a wrongful death lawsuit Sept. 2 against ManorCare of Hinsdale, citing neglect and improper care. Dolores “Dee” Howorth, a former Western Springs and Woodridge resident, died at age 74 on April 15, 2009 from acute renal failure caused by dehydration. [News Source]
Friday 3 September 2010 @ 12:44 pm
AUSTIN, Texas -- A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Phillips and his wife, accusing the couple of allowing minors to drink alcohol at their home before the 2009 death of a teenager. The law ... [News Source]
