Park Sued for Tot's Roller-Coaster Death
CHICAGO (CN) - A family that saw and felt a 3-year-old boy run over repeatedly sued the maker of the Python Pit roller coaster and Go Bananas amusement park. The Shehadi family sued Go Bananas...
View ArticleNew Alaska Oil Leases Debated in 9th Circuit
(CN) - Native Alaskans and environmentalists who worry that new oil and gas leases in the Chukchi Sea may threaten the marine life urged the 9th Circuit to intervene. Located in the Arctic...
View ArticleBP 'Played It Fast and Loose,' Expert Testifies
NEW ORLEANS (CN) - An expert testified for the Department of Justice on Thursday that the cementing of the Macondo oil well showed at least nine "risks" that combined to create the Deepwater...
View ArticleDeKalb Board Members Face Ax From Governor
ATLANTA (CN) - The governor of Georgia can remove six school board members from scandal-plagued DeKalb County, a federal judge ruled, tossing a restraining order. With an order for the school...
View ArticleOnly in NY, 'Cannibal Cop' Jurors Probe Location, Location, Location
MANHATTAN (CN) - Jurors tasked with deciding whether a police officer conspired to kidnap and eat women will resume deliberations Monday after admitting unease about venue. New York Police...
View ArticleGay Stuyvesant Worker Loses Suspension Appeal
(CN) - A gay librarian who was suspended amid accusations that he touched students inappropriately does not have a discrimination case, a New York appeals court ruled. Christopher Asch, a...
View ArticleWoman's Guardian Claims YMCA Hired a Crook
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (CN) - A YMCA employee with a criminal record swindled a disabled elderly woman out of money and property, the woman's guardian claims in court. Kelly White, guardian for...
View ArticleSEC Whacks Oppenheimer for $2.8 Million
WASHINGTON (CN) - Oppenheimer Asset Management will pay $2.8 million to settle charges it misled investors about the performance of a private equity fund it manages, the SEC said. Check out...
View ArticleCorruption Alleged in Tax Lien Auctions
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (CN) - A longtime Madison County treasurer rigged tax lien real estate auctions for his political allies, a class action claims in Madison County Court. Plaintiff Virgil...
View ArticleShareholder Class Action
MANHATTAN - ITT Educational Systems propped up its stock price with false and misleading statements, and it crashed by 86 percent when the truth came out, a class action claims in Federal Court.
View ArticleSports Shrink Blows Whistle on Canucks
VANCOUVER, B.C. (CN) - A sports psychologist claims in court that the Vancouver Canucks hockey team lured him to Vancouver with the promise of a job and partnership, then fired him after learning...
View ArticleHarassment
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - The Blue Springs Elk Lodge fired a woman for complaining that her boss, Robert Tharp, sexually groped her and pointed a gun at her head, Eliza Lorino claims in Jackson County...
View ArticlePleased to Meet Your Boobs
ROSEVILLE, Calif. (CN) - It wasn't funny when her boss shook her boob as though he were shaking her hand, it was sexual harassment, a woman claims in court. Shannon Creek sued Labor Ready...
View ArticleConstitution
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania imprisons mentally ill people in cruel and unusual conditions called Restricted Housing Units, which exacerbates their mental illness, the Disability Rights Network...
View ArticleClass Calls Wilson's 'Federer' Rackets Bogus
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A class action accuses Wilson Sporting Goods of defrauding consumers by selling expensive tennis racket models it falsely claims that Roger Federer used in competition. Lead...
View ArticleShareholder Class Action
WILMINGTON, Del. - Sauer-Danfoss is selling itself too cheaply through an unfair process to its controlling shareholder, Danfoss A/S, for $58.50 a share or $700 million, shareholders claim in...
View ArticleChinese Companies Want Solyndra Case Tossed
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) - Three Chinese solar energy companies seek dismissal of an antitrust complaint from U.S. solar panel-maker Solyndra. Click here to read Courthouse News' Environmental Law...
View ArticleClass Action Over AIG Equity Units Tossed Out
WASHINGTON (CN) - AIG investors lack jurisdiction to pursue a $5 billion class action over allegedly bogus equity units they bought, a federal judge ruled. Click here to read Courthouse News'...
View ArticleCablevision Sues Viacom in Antitrust Complaint
MANHATTAN (CN) - In a "diabolical and coercive scheme," Viacom forced Cablevision to pay for lame cable channels by withholding access to popular channels, under threat of a billion-dollar...
View ArticleProsecutor Upbraided for Handling of Fraud Case
DALLAS (CN) - Claims of political favoritism led a judge to hold a district attorney in contempt and nix mortgage fraud charges against an heir to the Hunt oil fortune. Judge Lena Levario...
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