Woman Blames Police for Fatal Crash
ST. LOUIS (CN) - An irresponsible police car chase cost a woman her leg and killed her friend, the woman claims in court. Elvira Secic sued the St. Louis Police Board, police Officer Dwayne...
View ArticleRR Agency Changing Risk Level in E-Control Regs
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Federal Railroad Administration has proposed amendments to regulations implementing electronic train control systems for certain trains, such as for those carrying poison....
View ArticleCorrupt Cops Cost Him FIve Years, Man Says
ST. LOUIS (CN) - Corrupt police officers sent an innocent man to prison for five years by lying about drugs, and he was freed only after the cops pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges, the...
View ArticleAgency Proposes Bluefin Tuna Catch Limits
WASHINGTON (CN) - In an effort to curb overfishing of bluefin tuna, the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed new regulations that would set limits for commercial retention of those fish in...
View ArticleSEC Sanctions Checkered Brokerage & Exec
WASHINGTON (CN) - The SEC on Tuesday revoked the registration of a frequently fined Toronto brokerage and charged its president - also a frequent flyer - with failing to prevent market manipulation....
View ArticleDialysis Company Faces Barrage of Claims
SCRANTON, Pa. (CN) - A widow claims in court that her husband died because of faulty dialysis products from Fresenius USA, the largest maker of dialysis products and services in the world....
View ArticleUncle Sam Calls Texas Developer's Bluff
BEAUMONT, Texas (CN) - A Texas developer defied the federal government by clearing 22 acres of public land to create a waterfront view of a lake, after the Army Corps of Engineers told him not to,...
View ArticleEmployee T-Shirt May Have Crossed the Line
(CN) - Medco may have been justified in ordering an employee to remove a union-sponsored T-shirt protesting the company's employee-appreciation program, the D.C. Circuit ruled. "This case...
View ArticleInjunction Won't Compound Awardof $1 Billion that Samsung Owes Apple
SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) - Apple cannot permanently ban Samsung from selling Galaxy smartphones and tablets, a federal judge ruled, finding lack of irreparable harm. Despite a $1 billion jury...
View Article$250 Million Demand for Taxicab Tech
(CN) - A tech company that created and installed a system for taxi riders to pay in the cab with credit cards claims in court that VeriFone Media fka Clear Channel Taxi Media owes it $250 million....
View ArticleCourt Nixes Landmark Verdict for Ailing Smoker
(CN) - A Florida woman with emphysema who won a landmark $300 million judgment against Phillip Morris must face a new trial on damages, an appeals court ruled. In a 2006 complaint, Lucinda...
View Article$318 Million for New L.A. Federal Courthouse
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Uncle Sam has awarded a $318 million contract for a new federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles. The contract was awarded to Clark Construction Group, the U.S. General...
View ArticleHilton Deserves Penalty for Backloading Pensions
(CN) - Hilton Hotels improperly calculated employee retirement benefits and must enact specific changes to its plan, the D.C. Circuit affirmed. In the late 1990s, Jamal Kifafi, a Hilton...
View ArticleAgents Say Farmers Group Cut Their Throats
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Farmers Group insurance cuts its own agents' financial throats by taking information from them and using it to offer their customers lower rates through a subsidiary, the United...
View ArticleAiding Kidnappers Will Cost Syria $338 Million
(CN) - Two American archaeologists who were held captive in the Turkish wilderness while searching for the remnants of Noah's Ark can recoup $338 million from their captor's sponsor, Syria, a...
View ArticleRobert Bork, 85
(CN) - Robert Bork, whose unsuccessful nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court led to political warfare that still rages, died this morning at his home in Virginia. Wire services this morning...
View ArticleState Judge Is in Hot Water
CAIRO, Ga. (CN) - A state judicial commission is investigating a judge on 11 counts of ethical misconduct, including nepotism, racial prejudice, electioneering from the bench, threatening...
View ArticleBelated Intervention in Firefighter Case Denied
CHICAGO (CN) - Four firefighters cannot intervene in a class action that resulted in a $30 million judgment against Chicago for a discriminatory civil service examination, the 7th Circuit ruled....
View Article31 Clients Sue Big Houston Law Firm
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (CN) - The O'Quinn Law Firm made millions from its "silicosis litigation machine" by deducting unauthorized expenses from clients, "squandering" money, and failing to deliver...
View ArticleRetrial of LCD Exec Ends in Antitrust Conviction
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - An executive for the largest producer of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels in Taiwan conspired to fix product prices, a federal jury found. The jury said Shiu Lung Leung...
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