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lawsuit stories: 451 news summaries

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(Newser) - Even as Washington rails against AIG’s bonus giveaway, the insurer is quietly suing the government for $306 million in tax payments, the New York Times reports. AIG’s case hinges largely on its use of offshore tax havens, including one entity that handles executive compensation. It also says it... More »

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lawsuit • AIG • Internal Revenue Service • tax code • bank scandal • bailout • tax haven

 LiLo Settles Suit 
 Over Missing Mink 

Woman says Lohan stole coat from club

Mar 13, 09 9:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan has settled with a woman who claims the actress stole her mink coat from a club, the New York Post reports. It's unknown how much Lohan paid to get the lawsuit to go away. Masha Markova lost the $11,000 wrap last year at New York's 1OAK; photos... More »

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New York • Lindsay Lohan • fur • lawsuit • nightclub • Masha Markova

Madoff Profiteers Scramble From Threat of Clawbacks

New York law allows those who lost money to reclaim from those who gained

Mar 12, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The threat that authorities will seek to recoup profits reaped through their investments in Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme have some investors hurrying to put those funds in hard-to-reach places, the Wall Street Journal reports, like homes, trusts or life-insurance policies. So-called “clawback” lawsuits could allow those who were... More »

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profits • lawsuit • Ponzi scheme • defrauding investors • Bernard Madoff • Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities • clawback • Bill Maher Grid

Obama Defends Bush 'Torture Memo' Author

Yoo case should be up to executive, Congress, Justice Dept argues

Mar 8, 09 2:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s Justice Department is defending a Bush official being sued over his interrogation memos, ABC News reports. Lawyers for Jose Padilla, who was sentenced to 17 years in jail for conspiring to support Islamist extremists, are arguing in court that John Yoo’s memos were behind Padilla’s... More »

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Bush administration • torture • Jose Padilla • lawsuit • John Yoo • George W. Bush • Obama administration • torture memo

(Newser) - Hapcheon residents think they live in the unluckiest town in earth. When Japan occupied the tiny South Korean farming community during World War II, it sent locals to work in munitions factories—in Hiroshima. Thousands of Hapcheon residents died instantly when the bomb dropped. The rest were shunned when they... More »

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South Korea • Japan • Hiroshima • lawsuit • war reparations

(AP) - The Minnesota Supreme Court today rejected Democrat Al Franken's petition for an election certificate that would put him in the US Senate without waiting for a lawsuit to be resolved. Franken is ahead of Republican Norm Coleman by 225 votes. Coleman's ongoing lawsuit argues some uncounted absentee ballots were wrongly... More »

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Congress • Senate • trial • lawsuit • Norm Coleman • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • recount • Mark Ritchie • Minnesota Supreme Court • election certificate


 Joe the Plumber Sues 
 Over Privacy Violations 

Snooping part of pattern of hostility, claims Wurzelbacher

Mar 6, 09 9:12 AM CST
(Newser) - “Joe the Plumber” is suing former Ohio officials for violating his privacy, reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Employees of the state’s family services department (since resigned) checked Samuel Wurzelbacher for unpaid child support obligations, after Sen. John McCain elevated him to prominence. “You shouldn't have to regret... More »

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lawsuit • Bill Maher • invasion of privacy • Joe the Plumber

Would-Be Suicide Wins $130K Against Life-Saving Hospital

'I can't even cuddle my wife with my right hand,' he complains

Mar 6, 09 5:39 AM CST
(Newser) - A would-be suicide has won a $130,000 settlement against the British hospital that saved his life, reports the Telegraph. The father of two complained that an extra heavy dose of IV drugs used to neutralize the 100 pills he swallowed reduced his arm function by 75%. "I know... More »

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suicide • overdose • lawsuit • hospital • settlement • malpractice

She'd Still Rather Have the Arm, But the $6.7M Will Help

$6.7m award will make life easier, but is no substitute for arm lost in botched injection

Mar 5, 09 10:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Millions of dollars and a landmark Supreme Court victory is great—"The fact that the justice system worked, it's pretty impressive"—but it's still no substitute for a right arm, musician Diana Levine tells the AP. Levine, whose arm was amputated in 2000 after she developed gangrene from... More »

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lawsuit • Wyeth • pharmaceutical industry • amputation • Diana Levine

 Vatican Can 
 Be Sued 
 for Abuse: 
 US Court 

Ruling finds that Vatican can be held responsible for priests' actions

Mar 5, 09 3:35 AM CST
(Newser) - A federal court has ruled that the Vatican hierarchy can be sued for sexual abuse committed by priests, the Los Angeles Times reports. Judges decided that a man—who says he was molested by a priest in the '60s—can proceed with his lawsuit against the Vatican, even though it's... More »

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Catholic Church • Vatican • sexual abuse • lawsuit • priest sex abuse • clergy

 840-Pound Brazilian Emerald Lands in Court 

Detectives puzzle over ownership of 840-pound Brazilian gem

Feb 28, 09 7:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A colossal emerald valued at almost $400 million is under lock and key in Los Angeles County while detectives try to figure out who owns it, the Wall Street Journal reports. Police managed to track down the 840-pound Bahia emerald after it was reported stolen last fall, but they also... More »

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theft • Brazil • lawsuit • gems • emerald

(Newser) - The first lawsuit involving the crash of Continental Flight 3407 contends that the turboprop airplane should not have been flying at all in icy conditions, the Buffalo News reports. The “antiquated de-icing boots,” said a lawyer filing suit on behalf of Cantor Susan A. Wehle, “are 1920s,... More »

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plane crash • lawsuit • Bombardier • Buffalo • icing • Flight 3407 • Susan Wehle • Dash-8 • de-icing

(Newser) - The woman injured in a car crash with Morgan Freeman last year is filing suit against the actor, RadarOnline reports. Demaris Meyer has vowed to reveal the nature of her relationship with Freeman and release details—including explicit photos—of the crash. Freeman announced he was divorcing his wife shortly... More »

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Morgan Freeman • car crash • lawsuit • Gloria Allred • actor • celebrity divorces • Demaris Meyer • injuries

Jagger Sued Over Lost $250K Ring

Austrian who found it wants his reward; she says he dallied

Feb 23, 09 8:41 PM CST
(Newser) - An Austrian who found Bianca Jagger's lost $250,000 ring is suing her for his reward, AFP reports. Reinhard Ringler says he picked up the ring in Salzburg last month and gave it to police days later. But Mick Jagger's ex refused to give him a standard reward—5% of... More »

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Bianca Jagger • lawsuit • jewelry • civil trial

Times, McCain Lobbyist
Spar Over Settlement

Lobbyist claims to have extracted a retraction; paper disagrees

Feb 20, 09 9:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Vicki Iseman’s lawsuit against the New York Times ended not with money changing hands, or a retraction, but with what Iseman’s lawyer have dubbed a retraction of an "implication"—which allows both parties to declare victory, Politico reports. The paper issued a statement that it never... More »

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John McCain • New York Times • lawsuit • Vicki Iseman

Google to Fight All Patent Lawsuits

Search firm worries it's seen as easy target for settlements

Feb 18, 09 4:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Google is pursuing a more aggressive litigation strategy in an attempt to curb the number of patent lawsuits filed against it, Bloomberg reports. The company originally tended to settle lawsuits, getting rid of them quickly. But management is worried that doling out settlements has made it look like an easy... More »

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Google • lawsuit • settlement • patent • patent law • patent disputes • litigation

(Newser) - A top judicial authority in France ruled today that the nation was guilty of deporting Jews in the Second World War, the Times of London reports. The landmark decision, confirming France's legal responsibility for the first time, left victims' families frustrated by refusing to give compensation. “The different measures... More »

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Holocaust • France • Jews • lawsuit • compensation

 Farrah Sues Over '70s Poster 

Says firm 'falsely' claims she lacks rights to photo

Feb 14, 09 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Farrah Fawcett is suing for a minimum of $100,000 in a rights dispute over her legendary 1970s swimsuit photo, TMZ reports. The actress says two companies have been using the image—which once adorned bedroom walls the world over—without her permission and asserts that she owns all the... More »

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copyright • lawsuit • photograph • Farrah Fawcett • swimsuit

Addiction Led
to Smoker's Death: Jury

Widow scores first blood in potentially groundbreaking trial

Feb 13, 09 11:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Addiction to cigarettes caused chain smoker Stuart Hess’ death from lung cancer, a Florida jury ruled yesterday, paving the way for his widow to receive damages from Phillip Morris. The case is the first of 8,000 to spin out of a landmark 1994 class-action suit. That case's $145 billion... More »

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cancer • Florida • lung cancer • smoking • tobacco • Miami • lawsuit • Philip Morris • tobacco companies • Stuart Hess • Elaine Hess • Benson & Hedges

 Miley Slapped With $4B Suit 

Asian-American woman sues for damages

Feb 12, 09 12:55 PM CST
(Newser) - The backlash against Miley Cyrus and her "goofy face" photo continues: An Asian-American woman in Los Angeles has filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all the city’s Asian Pacific Islanders, E! reports. Lucie Kim wants $4,000 in damages for each of LA’s approximately 1 million... More »

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celebrity • lawsuit • photograph • Miley Cyrus • racist • scandal • Margaret Cho

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