Nuangola Borough Council takes steps to finance $7 M sewer system (The Citizens’ Voice)

    NUANGOLA — Faced with the threat of a lawsuit by its sewer authority and 20 residents as well as another stern warning from the state Department of Environmental Protection, borough council took...
Criminal Injuries In A European Union Country

    A European Union Directive requires member states to have in place a criminal injuries compensation scheme similar to that in England. What does that mean? Simply - if you have received...
Norfolk Southern, SC textile firm settle in train wreck lawsuit (The Virginian-Pilot)

    COLUMBIA, S.C. A textile company that closed after a train wreck and toxic chemical spill in 2005 has agreed to settle a lawsuit with a railroad company, an attorney for the firm...
No Win No Fee Solicitor gets £1m payout for brain-damaged man

    A man who sustained a severe brain injury when he was struck down by a car as a young child has won massive compensation in recognition of the suffering which he will...
No Win No Fee Claim for Boys Martial Arts Accident

    The family of a Wigan schoolboy whose leg was broken during a martial arts lesson are locked in a legal fight with his instructors. Jay Howlett was only six when he suffered a...
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. ...
U-46 lawyers blasted for bill (Daily Herald)

    A nine-page document recently filed by two teams of lawyers for Elgin Area School District U-46 shows why costs in the four-year-old racial discrimination lawsuit continue to mount — and show no...
Accident Claim Cadet Sues MOD

    An Army cadet who claims she was left scarred for life by an accident during a training exercise is suing the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Claire Huntington, 22, from Shetland, wants £20,000 compensation...
SPORTS HEADLINES (Grand Haven Tribune)

    A discrimination lawsuit over the awarding of a job to repair the Northwest Ottawa Water System’s lake intake has been dismissed, officials said. ...
Citigroup Confirms $33 Million Smith Barney Gender Bias Settlement (Insurance Journal)

    Citigroup Inc. Friday confirmed it agreed to pay $33 million to about 2,500 current and former female brokers at its Smith Barney unit to settle a class-action gender discrimination lawsuit. The ag ...