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September, 2007

McDonald's Customer Claims Civil Rights Violated

Added: 2007-09-28 17:18:24

A disabled woman that visited McDonald's, the fast food giant, as a customer has claimed that her civil rights were violated by rude staff members. The mother of four claims that staff refused to serve her because of the way that she wanted to collect her food as a result of her disability. The ...

Eye Injury Victim Sues Eye Doctor

Added: 2007-09-27 11:16:58

A lawsuit has been filed against an eye doctor after a teenage boy was injured as the result of a firework. The teenager from Bakersfield was hit and injured in the eye after a Roman candle went off. The lawsuit has been filed against an eye doctor who is accused of purchasing the fireworks. The...

Delayed Execution Results In Lawsuit

Added: 2007-09-26 08:31:34

The executions of a condemned prisoner has resulted in a lawsuit being filed by the family as a result of the execution being delayed and taking an hour or so longer than is the norm. The mother of the prisoner has now filed a lawsuit stating that the way executions are carried out must be changed....

Civil Lawsuit Filed Against Hit And Run Driver

Added: 2007-09-25 11:02:52

A civil lawsuit has been filed against a driver that has been accused of a hit and run accident that resulted in the death of a pensioner. The thirty million dollar lawsuit was filed in Montgomery County Circuit Court with regards to the accident that took place late last year in Rockville where th...

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against GT Resort

Added: 2007-09-24 10:11:16

Employees from the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa have filed a million dollar lawsuit against the company alleging that the company could owe staff as much as one million dollars that was held back from wages between 2000 and 2006 in order to aid marketing. According to the lawsuit the major area em...

Workers From Guatemala Receive Lawsuit Settlement

Added: 2007-09-21 17:09:46

Twelve workers from Guatemala have received compensation after a lawsuit that they filed against a nursery in Connecticut was settled. According to the lawsuit that was filed the workers were made to work for over eighty hours a week yet were underpaid. The lawsuit was filed against Imperial Nurser...

Man Files Lawsuit Over Child Support Imprisonment

Added: 2007-09-20 17:08:23

A man who was imprisoned for falling behind with child support payments has filed a lawsuit against the state of Texas. The man has filed the federal lawsuit in the hope of recovering damages as well as to stop the state from doing the same thing to other people. Bryan Cottingham was sent to jai...

Judge Loses Lawsuit Against Drycleaners

Added: 2007-09-19 11:16:21

An administrative law judge who filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against a drycleaners has lost his lawsuit, much to the delight of other legal professionals who were allegedly embarrassed by the case. The lawsuit was filed by the judge after claiming that the drycleaners lost his trousers. He ...

High Ranking Officer Sues Louisiana State Police

Added: 2007-09-18 17:04:30

A high ranking officer with Louisiana State Police has filed a lawsuit in Baton Rouge claiming that she was humiliated on the job and that she has regularly been passed over for promotion. Twenty-nine year-old Major Genevieve May is the highest ranking female officer for Louisiana State Police and ...

Former Student's Lawsuit Dismissed

Added: 2007-09-17 07:02:05

A lawsuit that was filed by a former student from Jonathan Law High has been dismissed by a Superior Court judge. The lawsuit was filed against educational officials from Milford, and the former student claimed that she had been sexually exploited by a basketball coach. The name of the plaintiff...

Purdue Pharma To Be Sued Over Oxycontin

Added: 2007-09-14 13:59:44

A law firm in Halifax is planning to file a lawsuit against the pharmaceutical giant Purdue Pharma over its opium-based drug Oxycontin. The law firm, Wagner's, has run an ad campaign asking those that have been prescribed the painkiller and believe that they have developed an addiction to it to con...

Pfizer Fights Lawsuit

Added: 2007-09-13 11:46:56

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is fighting a lawsuit that was filed by the Nigerian government for seven billion dollars. The lawsuit was filed in relation to the drug company's anti-meningitis medicine, Trovan, which the Nigerian government claims has had an adverse effect on children and their famil...

Negligence Lawsuit Settled By Midwife

Added: 2007-09-12 15:55:23

A negligence lawsuit has been settled by a midwife after a lawsuit was filed against her by the mother of a baby whose birth she helped with. The midwife from Mendon was accused of violating midwifery regulations in 2004 with two births, and as a result of this she ended up losing her license. T...

Former Employee Wins Settlement From School District

Added: 2007-09-11 10:03:44

A former employee has received a settlement from a school district after she filed a lawsuit against the district in June of last year. The woman, Karen Young, was employed by the Baldwin School District, but in June of 2006 she filed a lawsuit claiming age discrimination. The plaintiff in the case...

Defendants Dismissed From Lawsuit

Added: 2007-09-10 08:51:56

Some of the defendants that were named on a lawsuit filed by a police officer have been dismissed from the lawsuit by a judge. The police officer had filed a lawsuit against the city, and also named the mayor, the police chief and some current and former Billings police officers as defendants. A...

Teacher Suing Four Students

Added: 2007-09-07 16:49:44

A teacher is suing four students after they made a film starring a teddy bear that the teacher believes defamed him. According to the math teacher, Daniel Clevenger, the four students made a movie starring an evil teddy bear with the same name and profession as himself, which went on to order other...

Online Dating Service Sued

Added: 2007-09-06 12:17:30

A woman has sued an online dating service after claiming that it discriminated against sexual minorities. The woman, from Northern California, filed the lawsuit against eHarmony earlier in the week. She stated that the online dating site discriminates against bisexuals, gays, and lesbians. Accor...

Lawyer Sues GE Over Discrimination

Added: 2007-09-05 10:17:05

A successful lawyer with the industrial giant GE is filing a lawsuit against GE over alleged discrimination against women when it comes to top legal positions within the company. Forty-three year-old Lorene F. Schaefer alleges that men are given unfair preference when it comes to senior legal posit...

Lawsuit Settled Against Adoption Website

Added: 2007-09-04 16:38:19

A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against an online adoption website that was accused of sexual discrimination after refusing to let a gay couple post their details on the site with a view to adopt. ParentsProfiles.com publishes the details of couples and people that are looking to adopt c...

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