Blog Posts in July, 2010
Posted on Jul 30, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
The family of an alleged victim of priestly sexual abuse who killed himself filed a wrongful death suit Thursday against the Catholic diocese of Pittsburgh. Michael Unglo's family said the diocese and ...
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Posted on Jul 30, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
Almost four years after filing a civil suit against former Lafayette Police Chief Randy Hundley and the department, Jeanette Luque was awarded $23,000 in a settlement. Luque, Hundley's former ...
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Posted on Jul 29, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
Six bus passengers injured in last week's horrific accident on Highway 99 filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Greyhound as another passenger charged that the bus driver was speeding just before the ...
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Posted on Jul 29, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
After Joshua Munroe and his wife entered a settlement agreement that released those who allegedly caused a severe tractor-trailer accident from any individual liability above their liability insurance ...
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Posted on Jul 28, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
The 2006 shooting of Sean Bell, the unarmed black man shot in his car and killed by police officers early on the morning of his wedding day, is one of the most controversial in recent New York City ...
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Posted on Jul 26, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
A Kalama home developer won a $5.8 million settlement against the man who shot him four times in 2008, according to court documents. Clark County Superior Court Judge Barbara D. Johnson ruled last ...
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Posted on Jul 20, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
The maker of an instrument used in circumcisions claimed that injury was impossible with its use, but after an infant lost a portion of his penis during an operation with the Mogen clamp, a judge ...
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Posted on Jul 19, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
WASHINGTON, July 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Tots in Mind playard tents due to a risk of strangulation. About 20,000 portable tents were ...
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Posted on Jul 16, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
REDWOOD CITY - Caltrans and a driver who ran her car into a Millbrae girl walking across El Camino Real were ordered to pay the now-comatose woman $12.2 million in damages, attorneys said Wednesday. A ...
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Posted on Jul 13, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
A Chicago area father claims in a lawsuit that Southwest Airlines failed to protect his teenage son from an older female passenger who made sexual advances and offered him illegal drugs during a ...
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Posted on Jul 13, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
ELASSAAD v. INDEPENDENCE AIR INC ; Delta Air Lines, Inc. No. 08-3878. Argued Jan. 28, 2010. -- July 06, 2010 AMENDED OPINION OF THE COURT Joseph Elassaad appeals from an order granting summary ...
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Posted on Jul 13, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
In December 2002, a car accident paralyzed a foster care child, I .H. A jury found that his foster father's negligent driving caused I.H.'s injury. The single issue before us in this tragic case is ...
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