http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/lawsuit/ en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:33:37 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051093/posts link only per rules: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080725/METRO/807250385/1409/METRO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051093/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:33:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050658/posts We're told the greatness of our nation comes from the satisfaction Americans have in knowing they have a fair and just forum — the courts — in which to make their claims. Hence, all the frivolous or vindictive claims that clog the dockets. Take Robert Robertson of Brooklyn, N.Y. He won a judgment against United Equities Corp. (UEC), so his lawyer, Roberta Felton, went after United Equities Inc. (UEI) with a vengeance, even though UEI is "unrelated to its near namesake," the New York Law Journal reported. UEI lawyers made that fact "crystal clear" to her in phone calls, faxes... Waterbury Republican-American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050658/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:49:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050626/posts But New York City's former first son is swinging back hard. Late Wednesday, his attorneys filed a federal lawsuit in North Carolina, contending the university has violated its obligations to him as a student-athlete and demanding he be invited back to Duke's state-of-the-art golf-training facility. newsday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050626/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:52:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050123/posts SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre said on Wednesday he had filed a lawsuit against Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) and its Countrywide unit to prevent the mortgage lenders from foreclosing on homes in his city, which he aims to make a "foreclosure sanctuary." Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050123/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:17:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049837/posts In Michigan, a homosexual man is suing two Christian publishers—Zondervan and Tyndale House—for $70 million dollars. Bradley Fowler claims they violated his constitutional rights and caused him "emotional distress" by publishing versions of the Bible that call homosexuality a sin. In my view, Fowler is suing the wrong party, but perhaps he realizes he is likely to have difficulty hauling the real author into court. While the lawsuit may strike us as funny, we ought to take such attacks on Christian teaching seriously: We are going to see many more of them if same-sex "marriage" is foisted upon us by... Breakpoint http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049837/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:43:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049775/posts The case of the San Jose/Evergreen Community College firing of June Sheldon is raising some eyebrows among academics, liberal and conservative. Here is the media version : The controversy centers on an incident in June 2007, when Sheldon was asked by a student in a human heredity class about heredity’s impact on “homosexual behavior in males and females.” Among other references, Sheldon noted a German study demonstrating some link between maternal stress and homosexual behavior in males, according to the lawsuit. After a student complained, college officials investigated and dismissed Sheldon, an adjunct professor at the school since January 2004.... Crosswalk.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049775/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:05:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049667/posts Three residents of the Greek island of Lesbos have lost an attempt to ban the use of the word "lesbian" to describe gay women. The residents argued that using the term in reference to gay women insulted their identity. But an Athens court ruled there was no justification for their contention that they felt slighted, saying the word did not define the islanders' identity. Greeks often refer to the island as Mytilene, after its capital. "This is a good decision for lesbians everywhere," Vassilis Chirdaris, lawyer for the Gay and Lesbian Union of Greece, told Reuters news agency. Court expenses... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049667/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:21:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049566/posts U.S. lawyer urges Iran to sue over nukes Tehran | July 23, 2008 12:01:13 AM IST A University of Illinois law professor says he has offered to represent Iran if it decides to sue the United States over threatened nuclear program sanctions. Iran's Press TV reported Tuesday that Francis Boyle, an international law expert, is urging Iranian leaders to sue Israel and the United States through the International Court of Justice in The Hague over their ultimatum that Iran freeze its nuclear enrichment program in a matter of weeks or face further sanctions. If Iran decides to sue, he told... Web India 123 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049566/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:49:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049162/posts Guidelines being drawn up by senior officers will tell dog handlers they should "avoid offending" people with phobias of animals when dogs are used in drug raids and other investigations. The rules have been produced amid fears that suspects with medical conditions triggered by the presence of dogs, such as asthma, may file costly compensation claims against the police if they suffer an allergy or panic attack during a police raid. Dog handlers have also been told to take "cultural sensitivities" into account, though reports that dogs would be required to wear specially-designed boots on their paws during searches of... telegraph.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049162/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:42:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048987/posts Well, I can finally identify with some of my clients. In my first 41 years of life, I have been relatively injury free. However, that all changed at the AAJ (American Association for Justice) Conference in Philadelphia, PA. On Sunday, July 13, 2008, we decided to run a sponsored 5k (3.1 miles) in Philadelphia. About half of the way through, I was talking to the attorney next to me and not paying attention. At that point, there was a lower area of the sidewalk where a tree was planted, and my left foot folded under, breaking my fibula. Of course,... InjuryBoard.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048987/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:14:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048728/posts Executives from the state highway department are again defending themselves at the Capitol against people who say they are using taxpayer money to advance an agenda in favor of toll roads in Texas. At the heart of the issue are claims that TxDOT has hired lobbyists, using taxpayer dollars, to push in favor of projects like the Trans-Texas Corridor. Part of that is the "Keep Texas Moving" website. "Marketing is undertaken to inform drivers in the Austin area about the opening of new toll roads, toll road locations and incentive periods, and about the benefits of paying with an electronic... KLBJ News Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048728/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:48:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048549/posts Dan Rather’s $70 million lawsuit against CBS heated up in a Manhattan court on Wednesday as his lawyers sought to have several key documents in the case made public. Rather’s lead attorney Marty Gold asked Justice Ira Gammerman to release the documents, arguing that they would help refute CBS’s public characterization of Rather’s claims in the suit as a fantasy, the New York Observer reported. Gold said that Rather would like to give the public access to about 10 of the thousands of documents handed over by CBS. But Gammerman rebuffed the effort, saying he considered the request to release... NewsMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048549/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:32:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048483/posts Officer Suspended For 5 DaysCHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A teenager died after being hit with a police Taser gun for 37 seconds, and the whole thing was caught on tape by surveillance cameras. Authorities said that Darryl Turner had been in a confrontation with a supervisor at work at a North Carolina grocery store. When Officer Jerry Dawson arrived, he fired his Taser gun at the 17-year-old and struck him in the sternum. "The initial use of the (Taser gun) is not in question," said Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Chief Ken Miller. However, for 37 seconds, Dawson continued to use the Taser gun... NBC4 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048483/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:16:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047984/posts An illegal immigrant charged with killing two people in a South Richmond car crash now faces a $2.3 million wrongful-death suit filed by the family of one of the victims. The administrators of the estate of Kathryn L. Jones, who was fatally injured in the May 24 wreck, also has named as a defendant the construction company for which Carmen Alejandro Garcia-Hernandez was employed. Garcia-Hernandez was driving a pickup truck registered to R.J. Biringer Construction Co. Inc., whose owner, Ronald J. Biringer, is under federal indictment for transporting illegal immigrants. Richmond police allege that Garcia-Hernandez was driving the truck when... Richmond Times-Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047984/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:44:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047980/posts Six years ago, when I was a reporter at New Times LA, IÂ’d written several stories about Scientology (Los Angeles is one of its headquarters), and I was about to uncork the longest one yet—a 7,000 word piece about an embarrassing, $8 million defeat Scientology had just suffered, when the weekly paper suddenly folded. That unpublished story has been sitting in storage ever since. Fast forward to 2008, and the world of reporting on Scientology has changed radically, thanks in part to the lunacy of Tom Cruise, but also in part to a worldwide, leaderless movement that calls itself Anonymous.... villagevoice.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047980/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:20:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047933/posts Arguments were heard today in a federal district court case to determine whether a state university system can dictate that private Christian schools in the state teach their college prep courses from exclusively secular, Bible- and God-free textbooks. As WND reported earlier, the University of California system adopted a policy last year that basic science, history, and literature textbooks by major Christian book publishers wouldn't qualify for core admissions requirements because of the inclusion of Christian perspectives. Robert Tyler, who is representing Calvary Chapel Christian School and five students in the case against the University of California, told WND that... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047933/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:28:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047850/posts Designer claims unhappy customer got assaulted, now wants to sue When a 25-year-old Manhattan graduate student who was assaulted Tuesday night got dressed that morning, she probably didn’t anticipate that her T-shirt would provoke four teens into shoving her, pulling out her earphones and spitting in her face. Then again, with a shirt sporting the slogan, “Obama is my slave,” it may have been wise to consider the possibility. Now she’s suing the $69 shirt’s designer, Apollo Braun, for “all he’s got,” the designer claims. But the Israeli-born Braun — born Doron Braunshtein — says what allegedly happened to his... ny.metro.us http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047850/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:39:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047834/posts Spitzer hooker sued for ID theftPublication date: 18 July 2008 A New Jersey woman alleged in a lawsuit that the woman accused of being a prostitute who allegedly catered to New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer stole her identity. Ashley Dupre was accused of using a driver's license bearing the name of Amber Apraio in order to get herself into a Girls Gone Wild video that was widely circulated on the Internet after the Spitzer prostitution scandal broke. The Star-Ledger newspaper of Newark, N.J., said Dupre was underage at the time the video was produced several years ago. Arpaio, a resident... Politicom.moldova http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047834/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:02:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047462/posts Man claims Subway baked knife into sandwich Thu Jul 17, 1:08 PM ET A New York man claimed in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday that he found a knife with a 7-inch (18-cm) blade baked into the bread of his foot-long "Cold Cut Trio" Subway sandwich. John Agnesini, 26, a magazine designer, said he had already taken a few bites from the sandwich in late June when he spotted the knife jutting out from the bread's crust. The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan state court, seeks $1 million. "If I didn't look at it, I don't know what would have happened,"... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047462/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:28:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047369/posts A federal appeals court has ruled the First Amendment rights of homosexuals at Philadelphia's taxpayer-funded "Outfest" celebration in 2004 trumped the First Amendment rights of Christians, and has dismissed the civil rights complaint the Philadelphia 11 had filed. "The city has an interest in ensuring that a permit-holder can use the permit for the purpose for which it was obtained," this week's opinion from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said. "This interest necessarily includes the right of police officers to prevent counter-protestors from disrupting or interfering with the message of the permit-holder." The decision upheld a lower court's... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047369/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:47:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047071/posts The designer pictured wearing the shirt. A 25-year-old New York City graduate student is threatening to sue a T-Shirt designer after being assaulted for wearing one of his designs. The woman bought a $69 shirt from Apollo Braun's Manhattan boutique that bore the words, "Obama is my slave." When she wore the shirt on Tuesday, four teenage girls accosted her - shoving her, pulling out her earphones, and spitting in her face, according to the New York edition of Metro News. The unnamed woman is reportedly seeking solace by suing Braun - born Doron Braunshtein - for "all he's... Livesteez http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047071/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:15:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046995/posts Jury to York County: Highpoint land worth $17.25 million A York jury awards a Lancaster developer an additional $10 million for his former property. Daily Record/Sunday News Article Last Updated: 07/17/2008 07:35:36 AM EDT LATEST TRIAL UPDATES 3:33 p.m. -- Jury returns with a verdict. The jury decided the county should have paid a Lancaster developer $17.25 million as fair market value for his Lower Windsor Township land, when it seized it for a park. Peter Alecxih has received $7.5 million for the land so far. County solicitor Mike Flannelly said the county has 30 days to appeal, and it... York (PA) Daily Record http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046995/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:14:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046847/posts HOLLAND - The mayor of this small community 15 miles south of Temple said Tuesday the commission of which she is president is ready to take by the horns the Texas Department of Transportation and its controversial proposal, the Trans-Texas Corridor. Armed with an 80-page manual, “How to Fight the TTC,” and backed by two non-profits who say they protect private property rights, Holland mayor Mae Smith said rural Bell County is ready for a fight. “Bell County sits here like a stepchild and they’re cramming this corridor down our throats,” Ms. Smith said, regarding the commission’s relationship with TxDOT.... The Temple Daily Telegram http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046847/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:59:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046555/posts A former corrections officer has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against the Kane County Sheriff's Department, claiming he was forced to resign after refusing to shave his traditional Muslim beard. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court, seeks unspecified damages and a letter of apology to Abal Zaidi, who says he was forced out of the department because of his faith. "I always had a beard as long as I can remember," Zaidi, 31, said in a brief telephone interview Tuesday. "They were just giving me a hard time." According to the lawsuit, Zaidi, of Streamwood, was a Kane County... Daily Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046555/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:54:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046551/posts Omaha, NE (KFAB-AM) - McDonald's is all ears after a lawsuit from a customer hard of hearing. Karen Tumeh recently visited a McDonald's in Omaha and tried to place an order at the pick up window at the drive thru. Tumeh is hearing impaired and she states that she could not understand the speaker at the order menu board. The restaurant told her that she had to go back to the menu board to place her order or come inside. The lawsuit would force McDonald's to make special accommodations for those hearing impaired so they too could use the drive-thru.... KHBZ-TV News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046551/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:46:12 GMT