Blog Posts in August, 2010
Posted on Aug 26, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
Two former female Hooters employees who filed a lawsuit against Hooters alleging weight discrimination can proceed with their cases after a Macomb County Circuit judge declined a Hooters’ request to ...
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Posted on Aug 19, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
The 2nd District Court of Appeal has upheld a $65 million verdict for a Wauchula woman injured in a 2007 traffic crash. #forumnumcom h6 { width: 250px; float: left; margin: 18px 10px 0 0; padding: ...
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Posted on Aug 16, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
The city of Long Beach agreed Wednesday to pay nearly $8 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who spent 24 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of murder based largely on the testimony ...
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Posted on Aug 16, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
Howard v. American National Fire Inc. Co. (2010) , Cal.App.4th [Nos. A121569 and A123187. First Dist., Div. Four. Aug. 11, 2010.] JAMES HOWARD et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. AMERICAN NATIONAL ...
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Posted on Aug 13, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
An Alachua County jury returned a $6.2 million medical malpractice verdict Wednesday against Shands at the University of Florida hospital in Gainesville in favor of the survivors of a University of ...
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Posted on Aug 12, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 12 (UPI) -- The organization that oversees events to develop Olympic swimming contenders has been named in a lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct, a report says. Colorado Springs, ...
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Posted on Aug 9, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
A Hinds County Circuit Court jury has awarded $4.7 million to the parents of two children who nearly drowned in 2007 in the swimming pool at the La Quinta Inn in Jackson It's believed the children ...
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Posted on Aug 4, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
MOUNT VERNON, Ill., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A lawsuit alleging a Jefferson County, Ill., sheriff's deputy used a stun gun on three teens has been settled, records show. Deputy David Bowers was accused in ...
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Posted on Aug 3, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
A Las Vegas woman is suing the Toyota Motor Corp. and a Henderson Toyota dealership after her husband was killed in a December car crash, alleging the death was the result of a faulty accelerator and ...
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Posted on Aug 2, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
Slinging booze to horny strangers was actually the best part of working at Sin City. Waitresses at the Bronx jiggle joint were routinely groped by depraved managers who stole their tips and demanded ...
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