City Hall wheelchair ramp sparks political brawl in San Francisco (The Fresno Bee)

    When Michela Alioto-Pier was an aide to Vice President Al Gore in 1992, she couldn’t navigate her wheelchair in some areas of the West Wing. ...
SC textile firm, railroad settle lawsuit over 2005 train wreck, toxic spill that killed 9 (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

    COLUMBIA, S.C. - A textile company that closed after a train wreck and toxic chemical spill left nine people dead in 2005 settled a lawsuit with a railroad company, ending a trial...
Relatives of man killed in car accident appeal to Rell, state to include all facts in final report (Journal Inquirer)

    The brother of a man killed in an car accident last year is asking the governor and public safety commissioner to make sure the crash investigation is carried out fairly. ...
Nation/World Briefs (Detroit News)

    WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers said Sunday that Congress should pass a second economic aid plan that would focus on helping homeowners avoid foreclosure and increasing spending on bridges, roads and transit systems....
Court slaps UK BitTorrenters with landmark damages award

    Copyright ambulance chasers open up new market The Central London County Court has ordered four BitTorrent users to pay a video games company £750 interim damages following a landmark victory by no win,...
Libel suit filed in US for ads against Sonia (New Kerala)

    New York, April 8 : The Indian National Overseas Congress (INOC) has filed a $100 million libel lawsuit against three people associated with the US wing of the Bharatiaya Janata Party (BJP),...
Swazi King gives PM SMS order of boot

    U R sakd, now push off m8 The former Prime Minister of Swaziland was sacked by text message last September following a political reshuffle by the southern African nation’s King. ...
Cong files $100m lawsuit in US for slandering Sonia (Khaleej Times)

    NEW DELHI - The Congress party’s overseas unit has filed a $100 million (Rs4 billion) libel lawsuit against a forum that claims proximity to a group named the Overseas Friends of the...
Grandad refused No WIn No Fee Compensation

    A GRANDFATHER who has watched four friends and former colleagues die of the same asbestos-related disease he suffers from, has been denied the right to claim compensation by the Court of Appeal. Retired...
Solider’s No Win No Fee Claim for Compensation

    A FORMER army corporal from Blyth who was told to ‘act like a psycho’ during a training exercise has been awarded £25,000 after a resulting injury cut short his army career. Daniel Brosnan...