Recent Updates
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Domino's sued after Texas deliveryman's death
Court Alerts 07/14/2011Domino's is being sued by the widow of a Texas employee who died a year after being robbed and beaten with a baseball bat by teens who lured the deliveryman to a vacant house. The lawsuit alleges the company was negligent in failing to follow safety ...
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Lawyer defends Nevada truck firm in Amtrak crash
Court Alerts 07/11/2011A lawyer for the Nevada trucking company whose tractor-trailer slammed into an Amtrak train, killing six people, defended the company’s safety record Thursday and said it was not at fault in two previous accidents cited in state safety records. John ...
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Ohio appeals court rules in against Browns in Bentley suit
Court Alerts 07/10/2011An Ohio appeals court has ruled in favor of former Cleveland Browns center LeCharles Bentley, saying the team can't force NFL arbitration to halt a lawsuit on the career-ending staph infection he says he contracted at the team's training facility. Th...
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Court: Firing worker who took hot dogs unjustified
Court Alerts 07/08/2011The Indiana Court of Appeals says a department store wasn't justified in firing a worker who took two leftover hot dogs from a company picnic, so it must pay him unemployment benefits.The court ruled Thursday in the case of Nolan Koewler, who was fir...
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Orange County judge to restrict Costa Mesa layoffs
Court Alerts 07/06/2011An Orange County judge said Tuesday that she will issue a court order to restrict Costa Mesa from laying off nearly half of the city's workforce and outsourcing jobs. Superior Court Judge Tam Nomoto Schumann said she would grant the Orange County Emp...
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Bill revision could mean money for NJ drug company
Court Alerts 07/05/2011A billion-dollar "technical revision" added to a patent bill passed by the House last week could provide huge financial benefits to one pharmaceutical company and a law firm. On the surface, the barely noticed amendment simply clarifies a process by ...
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Administration supports lesbian employee's case
Court Alerts 07/03/2011In a strongly worded legal brief, the Obama administration has said the federal act that defines marriage as being between a man and a woman was motivated by hostility toward gays and lesbians and is unconstitutional. The brief was filed Friday in fe...
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Mich. ban on race in college admissions illegal
Court Alerts 07/01/2011A federal appeals court has struck down Michigan's ban on the consideration of race and gender in university admissions.In a 2-1 decision Friday, the court said Michigan's Proposal 2 is unconstitutional because it burdens minorities. Voters approved ...
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Ruling changes politics of southern water dispute
Court Alerts 06/30/2011Metro Atlanta started the week under the threat of a court order that could have shut off its main water source for 3 million people, making Georgia the needy neighbor in legal negotiations with neighboring Alabama and Florida.It ends the week holdin...
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Court won't revive Clemens lawsuit against trainer
Court Alerts 06/28/2011The Supreme Court won't revive baseball star Roger Clemens' lawsuit against his former personal trainer for claiming he injected the pitcher with steroids and human growth hormones.The high court on Tuesday refused to hear an appeal from the seven-ti...
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Supreme Court to review warrantless GPS tracking
Court Alerts 06/27/2011The Supreme Court will weigh in on an important privacy issue for the digital age: whether the police need a warrant before using a global positioning system device to track a suspect's movements. The justices said Monday they will hear the Obama adm...
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Court docs say Clayton Co. daycare worker lied about child death
Court Alerts 06/26/2011Court documents indicate a Clayton County day care operator and a staffer falsified records involving the death of 2-year-old Jazmin Green. Green died Monday after being left in a hot van outside Marlo's Magnificent Early Learning Center in Jonesboro...