Church of Latter Day Saints sued for "therapeutic negligence"
2009-09-12 00:20:00 A Lincolnshire couple is suing the Church of Latter Day Saints for "therapeutic negligence" related to counseling their minor daughter received from the church. According to the complaint, plaintiffs Brian and Marcy (surname concealed) brought their daughter Karen to therapist Suzanne Daines, also a defendant, for counseling when Karen was 15. During the session, Karen relayed that four years prior she felt that her father would "watch" her inappropriately but the issue was resolved and there had been no similar behavior in the past four years, the complaint states. The complaint further states that the issue was discussed by Brian, Marcy and Karen with their clergy and a former therapist and that it was determined that a report of possible abuse was not required. Still, according to...
Jewel Sued for Motorized Shopping Cart Crash
2009-09-10 22:55:00 A woman filed a lawsuit today against a supermarket for injuries she says she sustained after being struck by a motorized shopping cart. Plaintiff Raquel Goffin asserts that, while she was in the TCF bank area located within the Jewel food store on North Narragansett in Chicago, she was "struck in her back by a Jewel customer operating a motorized shopping cart." Goffin alleges, among other things, that Jewel Food Stores "failed to warn the Plaintiff of the dangerous condition of the area which allowed persons to operate motorized shopping carts in the TCF counter area thereby causing a danger to the TCF customer." Goffin is suing Jewel Food Stores, Supervalue and TCF. Read the complaint after the jump....
Judge says, "You should have sued the General Assembly"
2009-09-09 23:30:00 Judge Peter Flynn, of the Chancery Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, has issued a ruling in my Driver's Education Fee lawsuit. That's the case in which I challenged, in behalf of my daughter, Dawn, the $350 fee that Buffalo Grove High School and School District 214 charges for its Driver's Education Behind-the-Wheel class. (The classroom portion of Driver's Ed is free.) Dawn and I challenged the amount of the fee because the $350 charge is used mostly to cover the salary and benefits of Driver's Ed teachers. Article X, Section 1 of the Illinois Constitution, says, in pertinent part: "Education in public schools through the secondary level shall be free." The Illinois Supreme Court, in E. L. Segar...
Tow Companies Sued for Alleged Excessive Costs
2009-09-09 00:47:00 An insurance company filed five complaints today against various area towing companies for allegedly defauding consumers and their insurance companies. According to the complaints, the defendant towing company employees would arrive at the scene of an accident unsolicited, offer to tow a driver's car, falsely state that the driver's insurance would cover the towing costs and then later refuse to release the car at the lot until full payment was made of the "excessively high towing, storage and other associated miscellaneous fees." The plaintiff indicates that, in order to fulfill its obligation to the insureds, it had no choice to pay the excessive fees and, if it did not, its consumers would cancel their policies and the premium would go up...
United Methodist Church Daycare Sued for Abuse
2009-08-28 00:37:00 An unnamed woman is suing a daycare associated with the Ministries of the United Methodist Church on behalf of her son for abuse she alleges occurred at the daycare. According to the complaint, on May 7, 2009, defendant Jerome Morgan, an employee of the Marcy Center, a daycare center on S. Springfield in Chicago, "attacked, assaulted and battered" the minor plaintiff. The complaint goes on to state that defendants named - including the Chicago Board of Education which controlled the elementary school where minor plaintiff was enrolled at the time - owe a duty to its students to protect them from "sexual assault and/or battery by its employees." To read the complaint, click here....
The Mechanics: City sued, Bid committee reviewed, Central Area Plan debuted
2009-08-24 16:00:00 Good Monday morning, Chicago. It's been a long, rough year for Chicago politics so far. The fight over the Olympics, privatization, the special election, the schools poor performance and draconian turnarounds, the state budget. I know sometimes it seemed like you were alone; but just know, when you look back and see only one set of footprints, it was Gapers Block's Mechanics that carried you.The IVI-IPO has filed a lawsuit against the city of Chicago over the privatization of the parking meters, arguing that the deal essentially violates state law despite Chicago's broad home-rule authority. Another chink in Daley's armor?Do liberal activists need a real ideology?Mick Dumke, of the Chicago Reader, distinguished himself in a debate on WTTW's Chicago Tonight,...
Cubs Sued in Death of Man Crushed by One of Its Buildings
2009-08-22 00:26:00 The family of a deceased man is suing the Chicago Cubs in connection with a "car wash/bicycle garage" the Cubs owned and where the man's family alleges he died. According to the complaint, on August 23, 2007, Alec L. Drews was "lawfully walking on the public way adjacent to the car wash and took shelter adjacent to a wall of the car wash during a storm. The wall and part of the structure of the car wash then collapsed, struck and crushed Drews. The complaint states that defendant, among other things, failed to warn of the unstable and dilapitated condition of the structure and failed to cordon off the area. To read the complaint, click here....
Forest View Cop Sued by Chicago Man who was Shot and Paralyzed
2009-08-18 03:33:00 A Chicago man has filed suit against a Forest View police officer alleging that- the officer used unnecessary force when he shot at the man. Filed today in the Circuit Court of Cook County, the complaint relays the events of the early morning hours of June 26, 2008, when Plaintiff Donald Petrick was asked to leave 3rd Down Bar in Forest View. Petrick left but tried to regain entry through a back door by knocking on it with a metal crutch that he found in the trash in the alley. ...
Franklin Park Bar Sued for Overserving that led to DUI Injury
2009-08-18 02:47:00 Sneakers Sports Bar & Grill in Franklin Park was sued today for allegedly serving alcohol to a man who then drove drunk and caused injury to Plaintiff Allen Warner. According to the complaint, on January 11, 2009, David Arndt crashed the vehicle he was driving into a house, causing Allen Warner to suffer injuries and "to become disfigured."...
Family services case manager sued for sexually assaulting minor
2009-08-06 00:25:00 A case manager at an Illinois not-for-profit that works with children and foster families is being accused of sexually assaulting and battering a program participant, according to a lawsuit filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County.According to the complaint, Mallory Magee was an employee of ChildServ, Inc. when in August 2008 he forced an unnamed minor "to engage in sexual acts with him" when she was "unable to give her consent or authorization to such intentional touching."...
CTA sued over ban on ads for "x-rated" video games
2009-07-29 13:00:00 Last week the Entertainment Software Assn. filed suit challenging the CTA's ban on advertisements video games rated for adults or mature audiences, saying it violates the First Amendment guarantees of free speech.Last year the CTA pulled ads for Grand Theft Auto under pressure from some media outlets. The game maker sued the CTA a month later.A CTA spokesperson last week said: "We believe our ordinance is defensible. CTA does not allow advertising for alcohol or tobacco products and this ordinance is consistent with that long-standing policy."The CTA may be on to something there.If nothing else, the lawsuit gets some publicity for the game makers....
Sued over a tweet: Will you change your ways?
2009-07-28 17:35:00 Sued over a tweet?Yep. A realty company in Chicago sued a tenant for a comment about mold.That less than 140 character rant about mold could cost that person $50,000 because the company feels the scope of Twitter combined with the tweet was defamatory and damaging.I'm not a lawyer but I watch a lot of Law & Order. (cue that sound ... DUT-DUT!)...
Center for AIDS Prevention advertised as charity, sued because it's no
2009-07-24 00:50:00 Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is requesting the dissolution of a California-based AIDS prevention agency, accusing the agency of representing itself as a charity even though its registration as an Illinois charity was revoked in 1987. The Center for AIDS Prevention nonetheless launched an advertising campaign to solicit charitable donations, "including but not limited to on the websites of the Chicago Tribune and the Daily Herald," according to the complaint filed today in the Circuit Court of Cook County. Both the Center and its president, Morrell S. Neely, are named as defendants in the suit....
Holiday Inn Select by O'Hare sued over bed bug infestation
2009-07-23 00:41:00 Last summer, I had my first ever experience with what I think were bed bugs. It was bad. Real bad. A bunch of us were staying in a lodge on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and I was unlucky enough to have the bunk with the bedbugs. I changed mattresses twice, maybe three times, but each time the bugs moved with me. So I can sympathize with the plaintiffs in today's case. And as a result, I will not tag this entry frivolous or for real. We are not playing that game today. This is for real. Bed bugs are evil, insidious creatures....
?Big? Ben Roethlisberger Sued for Sexual Assault
2009-07-21 05:57:00 WTAE in Pittsburgh is reporting that Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been accused of sexual assault by an employee at Harrah’s Casino in Las Vegas. Harrah’s casino employee Andrea McNulty filed the civil lawsuit last week in Washoe County, Nev., stemming from an alleged incident at a hotel room in July 2008. The Steelers organization is backing ...
Another Illinois cemetery sued over double-sold grave sites
2009-07-21 03:54:00 Just as the Burr Oak scandal takes a break from the city's top headlines, another Illinois cemetery finds itself facing legal action over allegations of disinterred bodies and double-sold grave sites. In a lawsuit filed today in Cook County, Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens South, a cemetery in Glenwood, Ill., is accused of fraud and "unauthorized tampering with grave sites." According to a former gravedigger cited in the complaint, it was common practice at the cemetery to bury multiple bodies in a single burial vault....
‘Tagged.com’ To Be Sued - A Call For Moral Standards For SNS?
2009-07-13 07:28:00 Mid-level social networking sites were always criticized for their use of lewd methods to target users. Now it seems that the State of New York plans to sue the social-networking site Tagged.com for allegedly using fake e-mails to gain new users. The charges claims that Tagged sent 60 million e-mails from April through June, to people saying that members of the site had tagged them in photos but the photos did not exist at all. The petition also says that Tagged devised an illegal plan to lure new members and artificially inflate traffic on its site, they even disguised these solicitations mails to appear as if they were coming from a personal contact, when they were actually spams. The whole modus operandi was operational-zed by asking users to invite their friends through open inviters and those e-mail addresses were finally used to harvest users with spam mails. Tagged was Started in 2004 by Harvard students, Tagged.com was ranked 9th by Nielsen in social networking list. In Ju...
By: WATblog
Lawyer who filed suit for a client today is sued himself
2009-07-08 01:47:00 Just now, a slip-and-fall case caught my eye--not because the actual case was surprising, but because of its interesting tie to another case filed on the same day. The first case is of a woman suing the Chicago Housing Authority for a slip-and-fall incident that occurred in July 2008, on the first floor of a CHA building. Georgia Jackson is alleging that she fell on an "unnatural accumulation of water that had leaked from the first floor ceiling, and formed a puddle on the first floor of the Lincoln Perry Annex Building Council." Hmm... A leaky ceiling in a CHA building. Who's surprised?...
Taste of Chicago '07 vendor sued on the festival's opening day
2009-06-26 23:14:00 So the Taste of Chicago '09 opens today, if you haven't already checked out all the pre-event coverage.As I type this from the courthouse pressroom (and I'm starving, by the way), my very own sister is out there, just a few miles away, partaking in the summer festivities and sweating it out in long lines for massive turkey legs approximately the size of her head.Mmmm-mm-mmm. It beats work on a Friday afternoon, I gotta say.But that's assuming the food doesn't make you sick. Which, according to Karen Rudolph, is not a safe assumption at all. ...
Archdiocese of Chicago sued over racial discrimination allegations at a Cat
2009-06-25 06:55:00 The mother of a student at St. Bernadette Catholic School in Evergreen Park, Ill. is suing the school, the Archdiocese of Chicago, the school's principal and four teachers, alleging that her son was subjected to a hostile environment at the school and was treated differently because of his race.The student plaintiff is black. According to the complaint, St. Bernadette has a "primarily Caucasian student body and the staff is a primarily Caucasian staff."...
Elisabeth Hasselbeck Sued Over Book ? Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
2009-06-24 00:59:00 ?The View? host Elisabeth Hasselbeck is getting sued by a woman from Massachusetts named Susan Hasset who claims Elisabeth?s new book ?The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide? infringed on copyrights of her own book titled ?Living With Celiac Disease.? Susan says she sent Elisabeth a copy of her book in April of 2008, in addition ...
City, CPD officers sued for the death of a man in police custody
2009-06-23 01:56:00 Here's another wrongful death suit filed today. This one haunts me a little in particular because I walk by this particular location several times a day. It's the Chicago Police Department station in the 14th District, at 2150 N. California Avenue. You know, the one right across from the California blue line stop. According to the complaint, a man was brought to the lockup at the 14th District, even though he "exhibited abnormal and/or suicidal behavior." Within a few hours of being placed in his jail cell, the man hung himself....
Illinois' Abbott Laboratories sued for gender discrimination
2009-06-19 05:54:00 A longtime employee of a pharmaceutical company based out of north surburban Chicago is suing her company of 27 years, claiming she suffered gender discrimination and retaliation after she reported the discrimination. Olga Jasinsky alleges that her employer Abbott Laboratories did not promote her for 11 years, and that she "received significantly less pay than her similarly situated male colleagues."...
Britney Spears is being sued by former bodyguard
2009-05-19 13:53:00 A former bodyguard to Britney Spears took legal action against her, saying ‘he sustained physical injuries’ while working for Brit in her Beverly Hills’ home ‘The Summit’. According to TMZ, Kerry Vine says Britney brought him to perform duties that put him in dangerous situations. “(Britney)negligently operated...
Louisiana State Board Sued for Not Probing Psychologist Tied to Torture
2009-05-05 17:28:00 A Louisiana state board has been sued for failing to investigate possible professional and ethical violations committed by Larry James, who served as the chief psychologist at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. The lawsuit alleges that James, a retired Army colonel, helped design and implement the Bush administration?s harsh interrogation programs. Larry James is a ...
By: Today's Talk
Wanna Get Sued In China? Your Ex-Employees Can Help. Part II, The Corpora
2009-04-25 17:53:00 I should have waited a couple of days. The day before yesterday, I did a post on foreign employees getting sued in China by their ex-employees, entitled, "Wanna Get Sued In China? Your Ex-Employees Can Help." Today, Corporate Counsel Magazine came out with a related article, in which I am quoted. The article is entitled, "Companies Considering Layoffs in China Must Coordinate With Government." It is written by Anthony Lin, an attorney and Chief Asia Correspondent at Incisive Media. The article does a great job describing the topsy-turvy labor situation in China these days. The article starts out by setting the stage regarding the Chinese government's somewhat contradictory messages: Beijing is doing what it can to stanch the loss of jobs by downplaying some aspects of the new labor law and emphasizing others. Even before the economic downturn hit, companies complained that they would have to get rid of employees because the statute's social welfare provisions were a burden....
By: China Law Blog
Wanna Get Sued In China? Your Ex-Employees Can Help.
2009-04-24 07:47:00 China Daily (h/t to my friend Brian over at China Challenges) just came out with an article headlined, "Cases soar as workers seek redress." The article gives facts behind what many of us already knew: "the number of labor disputes heard by courts has skyrocketed this year." I knew it because my firm's handling of such matters has probably just about doubled in just the last three months. According to the numbers, employee cases have increased by 59 percent over last year. The article rightly ascribes this increase to three things: 1) the economic downturn; 2) "Ever since the implementation of the Labor Contract Law in January 2008, workers have become more aware of their rights and the legal avenues available to safeguard them:" and 3) A reduction of costs for such suits to at most 10 yuan. We are finding that most of these cases arise from one (or more of the following): -- Firing of an employee for a reason not explicitly mentioned in the employer manual or not having a...
By: China Law Blog
Obama Artist Shepard Fairey Sued by AP
2009-02-05 17:11:00 Shepard Fairey, the artist who painted the historic portrait of President Barack Obama (see above), is being sued by the AP (Associated Press) for copyright infringement. The image, Fairey has acknowledged, is based on an Associated Press photograph, taken in April 2006 by Manny Garcia on assignment for the AP at the National Press Club in ...
Suzanne Somers Being Sued By Investor for Failed Business Venture
2008-12-21 16:27:00 Suzanne Somers- best known for infomercials and her infamous Thighmaster- is being sued over a business venture that failed to ever get off the ground. The concept was called Suzanne’s Kitchen, and the premise was to offer a place where consumers could create their own meals using recipes that Somers developed. These dishes could then ...
BRANDY SUED AGAIN FOR ACCIDENT
2008-12-17 16:55:00 Brandy is being sued again for her involvement in the 2006 accident that killed a woman. A man injured in the multi car pile up has filed suit against Brandy and the family of the deceased woman for personal injury and negligence.Per Yahoo.com, the suit was on filed Dec. 8 in Los Angeles Superior Court and a copy of which was obtained by E! News, plaintiff Donald Lite alleges he sustained "serious and permanent injuries" as a result of excessive speed on the part of Brandy and Awatef Aboudihaj and their failure to properly maintain a safe distance from each other.If everyone remembers, Brandy's 2007 Land Rover collided with a vehicle driven by the 38-year-old Aboudihaj, a wife and mother of two. She in turn smashed into a 1989 Toyota Tercel driven by the 82-year-old Lite, while a fourth car broadsided Aboudihaj, who died the following day as the result of major blunt force trauma.In 2007, Brandy was cleared of all charges because of lack of evidence.source
By: Ghetto Fabu
Las Vegas to be sued by Humanists?
2008-12-14 18:15:00 Here’s a bit of interesting news, the American Humanist Association may be suing the City of Sin due to state laws that forbid atheists from officiating weddings: In a city launched by shotgun weddings and quickie divorces, and which offers the chance to be wed by faux Liberaces, King Tuts and Grim Reapers, there remains at ...
By: Bligbi
Epic Drop 10/24/08: 'Constitution-Free Zone', Fed to back Mortgages, Sued
2008-10-24 10:48:00 The last Epic Drop of the week is once again here for you to enjoy. Don't get too upset though, it will be back like herpes late Sunday night, Monday morning. Tonight I have some humorous video... Hi, want more? Visit http://starfeeder.com for more StarCraft 2 news, rumors, videos, contests & more!
Oprah Sued For $180 Million
2008-10-23 23:17:00 Oprah sure does get a lot of lawsuits thrown at her doesn’t she? Today is no exception, it seems an ex employee of the talk show queen is suing her for a whopping $180 million. The Associated Press reports that Keifer Bonvillain, a man from Louisiana is suing Oprah because she and her attorney allegedly ...
By: Gone Hollywood
Dr.Phil Being Sued Over OJ Simpson
2008-10-22 23:44:00 Dr. Phil is being sued by the memorabilia dealer involved in O.J. Simpson’s hotel-room robbery. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday against the “Dr. Phil” show, Philip McGraw himself and Stage 29 Media, Thomas Riccio claims that his comments on the show were edited to twist their meaning. Riccio filmed an interview Oct. 6 explaining his ...
By: Gone Hollywood
BIRDMAN SUED FOR EVENT LIL WAYNE NEVER SHOWED UP FOR
2008-10-16 15:59:00 Rap mogul BIRDMAN is facing legal action for breach of contract and fraud after allegedly taking an advanced payment for a U.S. concert by his protege LIL WAYNE that never took place.The hip-hop entrepreneur, real name Bryan Williams, is accused by concert promoter Jose Fernandez from Illuminaty, Inc. of accepting $275,000 in cash to put on a show by "Lil Wayne and Birdman and friends" on 23 November last year (07) in their native New Orleans, Louisiana.But the gig was scrapped by Williams after receiving some advance cash, who, according to legal papers obtained by TMZ.com, reportedly claimed there was "lack of time to promote the event, not enough time to schedule the talent and that the weather was too cold".read the rest here
By: Ghetto Fabu
Oprah's Mommy Gets Sued
2008-09-03 21:20:00 For some reason I seem to forget that Oprah has a mother. I always somehow thought she was created via imaculate conception between Maya Angelou and God.Vernita Lee, of Milwaukee, has had an open-ended charge account with Valentina Inc. since January 2004, the civil complaint says. She has hired three attorneys to prove she doesn't owe the bill, according to the lawsuit filed in Waukesha County Circuit Court.The lawsuit, which was first reported by columnist Pete Kennedy in the Waukesha Freeman, says Lee racked up a bill of $155,547.31 in purchases and interest as of July 1. Lee was required to make a minimum monthly payment of $2,000 to the store, court records show.Valentina attorney Joseph Niebler, Sr., said today that at some point Lee stopped making the monthly payments. The store is asking for full payment plus interest, the complaint says.Niebler said the store tried to resolve the bill before filing the lawsuit and continues to pursue a resolution out of court."There isn't...
Victoria Osteen Sued by Flight Attendant
2008-08-06 22:15:00 Televangelist Joel Osteen’s wife Victoria Osteen has been sued by a flight attendant over an incident that took place on a Continental Airlines flight two years ago. Victoria allegedly lost her cool when attendant Sandra Brown didn’t respond to her desire to have a spill cleaned off of her first class seat. The lawsuit, filed ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Victoria Osteen Sued by Flight Attendant", url: "http://bumpshack.com/2008/08/0-6/victoria-osteen-sued-by-fligh-t-attendant/" });
Zara Zara Touch Me (Race); Tips Sued For $320,000!
2008-08-06 21:22:00 Zara Zara Touch Me (Race); Tips Sued For $320,000! read more
JAY-Z'S CLUB SUED FOR CHEATING PEOPLE OUT THEIR PAYCHECKS....
2008-07-02 17:01:00 Rapper Jay-Z is at the center of a bitter lawsuit filed by current and former employees of his New York City nightclub.The music mogul's hip-hop hot spot 40/40 was named in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday (01Jul08) in a Manhattan court.Employees of the sports bar claimed they were denied hourly wages and forced to be compensated by customer tips alone.Workers allege in the class action that they were forced to pay for breaks, spills, and "walkouts" on the job.According to the New York Daily News, hundreds of former employees could be eligible to collect on the claims if their case wins in court.Federal Judge Loretta Preska has admitted the club owners violated federal labour laws after reviewing an earnings report for at least two workers who showed they were not paid for overtime at the venue.She says, "The record contains corroborating evidence of the allegations."The workers' lawyer Maimon Kirschenbaum added:: "It's a good day for restaurant workers throughout the citysource
By: Ghetto Fabu
Canada Sued for Climate Change Failures
2008-06-19 11:20:00 I've been substantially away from the home front news for quite awhile, but this is worth mentioning on both a national and personal note. On June 18, Canada became the first country ever to be brought to court for failing to comply with its legal commitments to combat global warming, specifically its failure to meet (and perhaps more to the point, their failure to do anything about) their mandatory legal obligations under the Kyoto Protocol.The lawsuit itself is being argued by a coalition of groups - most notably my former workplace, Ecojustice Canada - and seeks a declaration from the Court that the government has not complied with the law, and an order requiring it to do so. A decision is likely to occur in the coming months.For readers unfamiliar with Ecojustice (formerly Sierra Legal Defence Fund), I strongly recommend them as a worthy organization to support (I do so myself). For my American readers, think Earthjustice.
Clairvoyant Sued Over Energy Price Hike
2008-06-10 13:13:00 Blackheath, London — A contract labourer from East London is taking legal action against an amateur clairvoyant over claims of misleading information, sources have revealed today. Philip McCrevuce, the cockney welder currently pressing charges, is undergoing treatment for chronic depression after describing his clairvoyancy meeting as, “a load of fackin’ rubbish.” “Listen ‘ere guv,” said McCrevuce ...
Gwyneth Paltrow?s Cooking Show Sued
2008-06-06 18:59:00 Gwyneth Paltrow is starring in a new show Spain... On the Road Again where she and chef Mario Batali show a variety of recipes from the country's cuisine. Now Ben Karlin, a former writer from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, is suing the makers of the show because he was approached to "conceptualize and oversee" a companion book for the program and was later dismissed without pay for the work he had done. But it isn't just the production company who is named in the filed papers. The Emmy-winning writer is also accusing Gwyneth and Mario of refusing to work with him on his project. The producer, Charles Pinsky has hired an attorney to fight the suit. His attorney released a statement saying, "We will vigorously defend this lawsuit, including the good names of Charles Pinsky and Mario Batali." I guess that means Gwyneth doesn't have a good name to defend. Photos: Bauer-Griffin Online
Victoria Gotti Sued
2008-06-06 18:24:00 Victoria Gotti, daughter of mob boss John Gotti, has been sued by HarperCollins Publishers for being given a $70,000 advance on a book …. she never wrote.Gotti use to be a columnist for the New York Post and led the reality show “Growing Up Gotti” on A&E. When was Gotti suppose to write the book by? ...
Texas justice of the peace sued over paddlings
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2008-06-05 04:50:00 AP - A family sued a justice of the peace Wednesday, complaining that he ordered a man to paddle his teenage stepdaughter in the courtroom and threatened to convict her of truancy if he didn't.
H&R Sued In Massachusetts Over Minority Lending
2008-06-04 17:14:00 If you think that this lawsuit is because H&R Blocks mortgage unit, Option One Mortgage, failed to lend to minorities and over charged them, you would be partial right. According to the suit minorities were overcharged. What is interesting is that they are also being sued because they actually made the loans available to people of ...
MS sued over the use of ‘Vista capable’ logo
2008-06-04 04:35:00 A class-action lawsuit alleging that Microsoft deceived consumers has been given the green light by a federal court. The suit, fi led in Seattle, WA, alleges that Microsoft’s “Vista Capable” logo program—used on machines prior to the release of the OS—was intentionally misleading. Many of the PCs that sported the badge used Intel’s anemic 915 integrated graphics chipset, which was incapable of running Vista’s 3D Aero interface. Federal judge Marsha Pechman allowed the case to proceed based on a “price inflation” theory that consumers were tricked into paying more for machines with the “Vista Capable” badge. How bad were the Vista Capable machines? One email from a Microsoft employee said “even a piece of junk will qualify.” Source : Maximum PC Magazine
Telenor in Norway sued G.W. Bush
2008-05-29 15:25:00 While preparing invasion of Iraq The US Marine Corps had to borrow a lot of advanced equipment from Norway. Among the equipment were 25 advanced laser target systems and measure systems. This became an embarrassed incident in Norway but its mostly forgotten. Now however a new incident has come to our attention, at the same time ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Telenor in Norway sued G.W. Bush", url: "http://hoysater.no/oyvind/inde-x.php/archives/114" });
By: Green Colibri
Korina Sanchez to be Sued by Lucida DS Gluthathione for Libel
2008-05-26 11:27:00 United Shelter Health Products, the manufacturer of Lucida DS Glutathione, announced that they will file a libel case against Bandila’s news anchor and ABS-CBN top journalist Korina Sanchez. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: Starmometer
Former AOL Executives Sued in Ad-Revenue Case
2008-05-24 16:18:00 Slashdot It!In a reminder that the wreckage of the disastrous merger between America Online and Time Warner is still being sifted, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday filed fraud charges against eight former AOL executives, saying they had inflated online advertising revenue by more than $1 billion.The specific allegations made by the S.E.C. in two civil lawsuits are well-trodden territory. The company settled the charges three years ago. But the action is the most far-reaching yet against executives, who are accused of inflating revenue at AOL around the time of its 2000 announcement that it planned to merge with Time Warner.The allegations involve a series of online advertising transactions beginning in 2000 — a time when AOL was under increasing pressure to reach revenue targets to justify its merger with Time Warner — that eventually led to several earnings restatements. The lawsuits were filed Monday in United States District Court in Lower Manhattan.The action...
By: Tech Talk
Kanye, Common, Method Man Sued For Sample
2008-05-24 16:05:00 The three emcees are each accused of using a 70s jazz musician's music without permission. |
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