Blog Posts in October, 2010
Posted on Oct 26, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
A mother and father's lawsuit says a Steak 'n Shake restaurant served their son hot sauce that led to hospital treatment. Tim and Mary Katherine Gann of Cleveland said in their lawsuit against the ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
A civil jury Thursday awarded more than $9 million in damages to two motorists who were seriously injured in a rear-end collision on Highway 180 in Fresno in April 2008. Susan Lutz, 51, of Fresno ...
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Posted on Oct 25, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
A Gila Bend resident is suing Buckeye Elementary School District and the town of Buckeye a year after a motorcycle accident left the 30-year-old partially blind. The lawsuit was filed Sept. 15 in ...
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Posted on Oct 25, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
A Platte County worker has filed a civil lawsuit accusing the county auditor of sexual harassment and creating a sexually hostile and retaliatory work environment. Leanna K. Fannon, 44, has worked in ...
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Posted on Oct 20, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
Pima County and the organizers of El Tour de Tucson have settled a lawsuit with a Surprise resident who was brain-damaged in a crash nearly two years ago. The settlement was for $3.5 million. The ...
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Posted on Oct 15, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
eneral Motors Co. is recalling 303,100 Impala cars in the U.S. because seat belts in the front seat may not be properly anchored and may not restrain passengers in a crash. The company will reinstall ...
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Posted on Oct 15, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
A woman who said her toddler's stroller was dragged by a CTA train and her daughter flung off the station platform in 2009 sued the transportation agency Thursday, alleging the driver failed to ensure ...
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Posted on Oct 12, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
The Lower Merion School District will pay more than $600,000 to settle two lawsuits over its tracking of student laptops, ending an eight-month saga that thrust the elite district into a global ...
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Posted on Oct 11, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
Pamela Williams couldn't understand why her bottom was covered with infected, painful blisters after what she believed was a routine gynecological procedure at Bethesda Hospital in 2005. Days earlier, ...
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Posted on Oct 11, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
What happens in Dakar doesn't necessarily stay in Dakar. That is what a Delta Air Lines pilot and a flight attendant know if they've seen the lawsuit filed against them and the Atlanta-based airline. ...
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Posted on Oct 8, 2010 By Joseph Tosti
OAKLAND -- The city of Oakland has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who suffered third-degree burns when a "flash-bang" grenade thrown by a police officer on the city's ...
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