Ayers' widow files civil lawsuit for excess of $5 millionFriday, March 19, 2010 @ 9:36AMA civil lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court by Jonathan Ayers' widow, Abigail, seeks in excess of $5 million in connection with the September officer-involved shooting death of the church pastor.
Trial for Mesac Damas won't take place until year from nowFriday, March 19, 2010 @ 9:35AMThe trial for the man charged with killing his wife and five young children in North Naples will be held about a year from now, prosecutors and...
Were 4th Amendment rights violated?Friday, March 19, 2010 @ 7:59AMPORT CLINTON -- An Ottawa County humane officer testified Thursday she called the owner of emaciated horses twice Jan. 29 and received permission to enter the property to see the animals.
Paradise parents plead not guilty in death of girlFriday, March 19, 2010 @ 2:52AMOROVILLE -- A Paradise couple Thursday pleaded not guilty to the murder and torture of two adopted children, which authorities suspect occurred during a "biblical chastisement" last month that went too far.
UrbaniteThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 7:17PMBeware the mistress who kisses and texts. Tiger Woods and Jesse James, Sandra Bullock’s hubby, were further enmeshed in sex scandal Thursday after their respective extramarital lovers released racy text messages.
TLC LASIK Center in Billings named in patient's lawsuitThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 6:36PMCOLUMBIA, S.C. - A lawsuit filed in South Carolina accuses TLC LASIK Centers across the country, including the one here in Billings, of causing patients serious injury during laser eye surgery.
New York Yankees Team ReportThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 6:33PMJoba Chamberlain and Phil Hughes have commanded the most attention this spring, as usual, due to their high-profile battle for the No. 5 spot in the rotation, but the club's "other" pitchers vying for that spot as well as bullpen roles have given the Yankees a lot to feel good about one way or the other.
Nation's Largest Heath Insurer's Subsidiary Found Guilty of Bad FaithThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 4:26PMIn a timely verdict coming just days before the crucial health care vote in Washington, a Los Angeles jury found one of the nation's largest health insurers liable for wrongly denying coverage of a life-saving liver transplant â even though the operation had been recommended by one of its own physician providers.
Noted jurist with local roots diesThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 4:10PMThe state lost a respected jurist, and dedicated community participant last week with the death of retired Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Chris Byron of Rochester.
Hennis jury shown clothes of victimsThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 3:19PMDefense says investigators have done a sloppy job of saving evidence over the years
Bill: No Statute Of Limitations In Child Sex Abuse CasesThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 5:02AMAttorneys and advocates on Wednesday called for lawmakers to make Connecticut the fourth state in the nation to eliminate the civil statute of limitations in child sexual abuse cases.
Letters to the Editor for March 18Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 4:36AM• Lawmakers must act swiftly • Lawmakers override the electorate • L&I director bankrupting state • Today's political system is broken • Not off the House floor for hours
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Chamber members advised on pot in the workplaceThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 3:45AMMedicinal use of marijuana may be enshrined in the Colorado Constitution, but that does not mean employers are obliged to accept it. That’s according to Curtis Graves, an attorney with the Mountain States Employers Council, a nonprofit consultant to more than 3,000 businesses in Colorado.
Health club owners, chiropractor face fraud chargesThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 3:43AMThe three men are accused of submitting bogus medical bills so they could collect $400,000 from Independence Blue Cross.
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State medical examiner arrestedThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 2:20AMThe Tennessee state medical examiner's career is in jeopardy and some of his biggest cases under scrutiny after Mississippi investigators uncovered a package of marijuana addressed to him and more of the drug in his hotel room.
Patrick H. Flanagan to Head CSH Employment Practices GroupTuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 6:15PMCHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 16, 2010) — Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP ( www.cshlaw.com ), a corporate and civil defense litigation firm, announces today Charlotte partner Patrick H. Flanagan has been named Practice Group Leader.
Minnesota high court hears budget challengeTuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 5:59PMST. PAUL – In the simplest terms, Minnesota’s seven Supreme Court justices are deciding if the Legislature has full control of state spending, or if the governor has a role once a budget is approved.
Civil Suit Filed In Off-Duty Topeka Police ShootingTuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 4:59PMAttorneys for two men injured in a shooting with off-duty Topeka Police Officers made it official Tuesday, suing the city over the incident.
JUST IN - Cuyahoga Falls woman's killer executedTuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 4:46PMLUCASVILLE (MCT) - Lawrence Reynolds Jr. is finally dead. If the condemned inmate had his way, his death would have come nine days ago in his death row cell with a suicidal overdose.
Stories this week at Wake Forest UniversityTuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 3:51PMU.S. SENATOR RICHARD BURR (R-NC) TO SPEAK ON HEALTHCARE REFORM — U.S. Senator Richard Burr will speak on healthcare reform on March 19 at 4 p.m. in the Worrell Professional Center, room 1312. Burr’s speech, “Healthcare Reform: From Washington and from within the Industry,” is free and open to the public.
Trial witnesses call Riley a controlling manTuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 3:23PMTrial witnesses described Michael Riley as an abusive man who ordered his wife Carolyn to dispense prescription drugs to their daughter Rebecca, 4, and her two siblings to quiet them before she died of an overdose of Clonidine on Dec. 13, 2006.
High InterestTuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 3:23PMJason G. Blackwell has been named a partner with the law firm of Blanchard & Newman in Hendersonville. The new name of the law practice will be Blanchard, Newman & Blackwell. Blackwell joins local attorneys Ronald G. Blanchard and Gregory A. Newman.
5 arrested in Kirkland home invasion; detectives find 300-plus pot plantsTuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 2:32PMKing County sheriff's detectives have arrested four men and a juvenile male in connection with Monday's early-morning break-in and shootout at the home of a medical-marijuana activist near Kirkland.
Bill to keep kids in school advancesTuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 6:56AMThe “critical point” in stopping kids from joining gangs and engaging in violent shootings is to keep them in school, says State Sen. Brad Ashford of Omaha.
Recent Cigarette Marketing Campaign Targeted Teen GirlsTuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 6:36AMThe 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) prohibits tobacco industry advertising practices that encourage underage teenagers to smoke, yet new research out of the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego has found that a 2007 marketing campaign for Camel brand cigarettes was effective in encouraging young girls to start smoking. The study, led by John P...
Baby's parents file wrongful death suit against Byrd, churchTuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 6:21AMMUNCIE -- The parents of the second infant to die in babysitter Tina Byrd's care in 11 weeks filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Monday against Byrd and the Muncie church they said referred her to them.
Press ReleaseTuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 4:56AMFAIRFAX, Virginia, March 16, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Genetics & IVF Institute (GIVF), ( http://www.givf.com/ ) Fairfax, Va., is holding a free educational seminar on donor egg IVF treatment in London on Wednesday, March 17, 2010. The seminar has attracted considerable interest and, to help media interested in learning more, GIVF is holding a briefing exclusively for the ...
Hearings begin to review settlements for Ringwood children in contamination caseMonday, March 15, 2010 @ 6:58PMSuperior Court Judge Brian Martinotti in Hackensack held the first of nine days of hearings on Monday to review the settlements for each of more than 120 children who’ll receive nearly $3 million for contamination left in their Ringwood neighborhood, four decades after the borough allowed Ford Motor Co. to dump the toxic waste.
Court: Thimerosal in Vaccine Didn't Cause AutismMonday, March 15, 2010 @ 6:18PMWASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is adding its strongest warning to the label for Plavix after reports that some patients cannot process the blockbuster blood thinner.
Student to return to Joliet school after frustration with FengerMonday, March 15, 2010 @ 6:14PMFrustrated by Chicago Public Schools' inability to provide him with bus service to Fenger High School, an honor student with cerebral palsy plans to return Tuesday to the Joliet high school he left several months ago. Termel Jennings, 18, left a broken home in Joliet and moved in with his aunt on the South Side earlier this year. He registered at Fenger at the beginning of February, but then ...
Local officials rarely fight open records requestsMonday, March 15, 2010 @ 4:32PMThe short walk from the Gazette newsroom to the Rock County Courthouse felt like a trip to my doom. Or at least to a stern talking to.
DENTIST PLEADS GUILTY TO DUMPING NEEDLESMonday, March 15, 2010 @ 4:10PMCAPE MAY COURT HOUSE-- The Pennsylvania dentist charged with dumping medical waste into the ocean that washed up onto Avalon's beaches pleaded guilty Monday.
California Auto Defects Lawyers File Product Liability Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against FordMonday, March 15, 2010 @ 3:35PMThe California auto defects lawyers of BISNAR | CHASE (www.BestAttorney.com) have filed a product liability wrongful death lawsuit against Ford Motor Company and Super Puente Hills Ford, located in the City of Industry, California, and Tuttle Click Ford, Inc. located in Irvine, California. The lawsuit alleges that the 2003 Ford F250 Super Duty pick-up truck ...
Philadelphia Bar Association to Present Employment Law-Themed Legal Advice Program, March 17Monday, March 15, 2010 @ 3:07PMPHILADELPHIA, March 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On March 17, Philadelphia-area residents in need of legal advice on matters involving employment law can speak with a volunteer attorney from the Philadelphia Bar Association by calling LegalLine P.M. at 215-238-6333 from 5 to 8 p.m. Employment law issues include employment discrimination, wage and hour claims, Family and Medical Leave Act ...
Community Events and Public MeetingsMonday, March 15, 2010 @ 2:42PM8:30 a.m., Stimulus Funding Opportunities Conference , at River Room Conference Center (100 Ridge Drive, Flowood).
Why no one cares about privacy anymoreFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 6:23AMA backlash to the Google Buzz backlash indicates that people have grown comfortable relinquishing their privacy. Call it Generation X-hibitionist, developing on Web sites like Loopt, FriendFeed, Flickr, and Blippy.
REC complex renames popular fundraiserFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 6:11AMIn the end, it was a joint effort. The contest to rename MARCaritaville, the popular annual fundraiser for Meadville Area Recreation Complex, combined three of the 73 entries received to form a brand-new name for the event.
Vallejo man's bid to open medical marijuana cooperative deniedFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 3:16AMA legal bid to establish a medical marijuana collective in Vallejo has been denied.Solano County Superior Court Judge Paul Beeman ruled that the argument made for the Vallejo Giving Tree Patients Cooperative's lawsuit, led by city resident Chris Valentine, was not sound.