Blog Posts in June, 2011
Posted on Jun 29, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
An attendant on the Amtrak train struck by a tractor-trailer rig in Nevada last week, in a fiery crash that killed at least six people and injured dozens more, sued the trucking company on Tuesday. ...
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Posted on Jun 28, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
MOBILE, Ala. , June 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 23, 2011 , after five years of litigation and two appeals to the Alabama Supreme Court, a Mobile County, Alabama jury returned a $40 million ...
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Posted on Jun 28, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
The mother of a 19-year-old Cornell University sophomore who died after drinking heavily at a fraternity house in February filed a wrongful- death lawsuit against the fraternity on Monday, saying her ...
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Posted on Jun 24, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
Three families have filed a federal lawsuit against a Panguitch-based boarding school for troubled teens, claiming the institution failed to supervise a counselor charged with sexually abusing several ...
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Posted on Jun 17, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
Who sues kids for cyberbullying? A Houston lawyer does when his daughter becomes the target of a nasty video posted on Facebook, according to a lawsuit filed this week in Harris County. Last month, ...
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Posted on Jun 14, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
The administrator of the estate of murder victim Umi Southworth has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, claiming Lexington police acted in "a reckless, wanton and egregious manner" by ...
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Posted on Jun 14, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
The parents of two Dacula boys who drowned last year are seeking $10 million each in lawsuits that claim Gwinnett County firefighters were negligent in the boys' deaths. Jacob Bullock, 14, and Marvens ...
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Posted on Jun 13, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
A jury awarded two families $100,000 at the conclusion of a federal trial here Thursday after finding that the Wayne County school system failed to protect their children from being sexually harassed ...
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Posted on Jun 13, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
A lawsuit filed after a Utah car crash killed two people will be the first in the country to put Toyota Motor Corp. on trial over allegations that it made defective cars that are responsible for the ...
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Posted on Jun 13, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
A 37-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y., man said he’s considering legal action after being tossed off his flight in Detroit on Sunday for saying the F-word. Robert Sayegh was on a Delta Airlines carrier flight ...
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Posted on Jun 10, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
A Butte County jury awarded $30 million Tuesday to a Chico woman whose head was gashed by a boat propeller in a horrific wakeboarding accident five years ago on Lake Oroville. The Superior Court panel ...
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Posted on Jun 3, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
Houston athlete, 23, contends guards for Patti LaBelle attacked him Lawyers for a West Point cadet who says bodyguards for soul singer Patti LaBelle beat him while he was waiting for a ride at a ...
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Posted on Jun 1, 2011 By Joseph Tosti
A Norwalk couple was awarded $58.6 million Wednesday, a record for a single incident of medical malpractice in Connecticut, in a case involving an obstetrician accused of waiting too long to perform a ...
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