Temecula family files lawsuit against district (North County Times) TEMECULA -- A Temecula family is contending their daughter was sexually harassed by her teacher at Great Oak High School and is asking a judge to award compensation for the emotional stress those actions have caused, according to a lawsuit filed in Riverside Superior Court on Tuesday. [News Source]

City reaches agreement in $173 million lawsuit; dodges granting immediate payment (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) The city of San Diego tentatively agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a city employee for the originally asking price of $173 million, but avoided having to make an immediate, one-time payment for the entire sum. [News Source]

Berkshire Unit Targeted in A$400 Mln HIH Lawsuit in Australia (Bloomberg.com) June 9 (Bloomberg) -- General Re Corp., a unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., will face a A$400 million ($297 million) lawsuit by the liquidator of HIH Insurance Ltd. that failed in 2001 in Australia's biggest corporate collapse. [News Source]

Lincare Holdings Agrees to Settle Lawsuit (KiplingerForecasts.com) (AP) SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Lincare Holdings Inc., a supplier of home oxygen equipment, has agreed to pay $526,000 to end a federal "whistleblower" lawsuit that claimed three of the company's Massachusetts facilities overbilled Medicare, authorities said Thursday. [News Source]

County named in voting machine lawsuit (Douglas County News Press) Days after a lawsuit was filed in Denver District Court to prevent metro area counties from using electronic voting machines, Douglas County election officials attended intensive elections training. [News Source]

Trump tower developer files lawsuit against labor unions (Crane’s Chicago Business) (Crain’s) — The firm developing Donald Trump ’s 90-story skyscraper on the Chicago River filed a lawsuit against three labor organizations claiming they violated a labor agreement last week when union workers walked off the job. [News Source]

Lincare Holdings Agrees to Settle Lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Lincare Holdings Inc., a supplier of home oxygen equipment, has agreed to pay $526,000 to end a federal "whistleblower" lawsuit that claimed three of the company's Massachusetts facilities overbilled Medicare, authorities said Thursday. [News Source]

McLaughlin lawsuit meeting canceled, no settlement reached (The News-Review) JOHN SOWELL The News-Review Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday canceled a scheduled meeting concerning the lawsuit filed against the county by former Museum Director Stacey McLaughlin. [News Source]

Victims Of Alleged Pyramid Scam File Class Action Lawsuit (WAVE 3 Louisville) A class action lawsuit has been filed against the operators of an alleged pyramid scheme in Louisville. Among the list of defendants: Eli Ohayon, the man convicted of assaulting a WAVE 3 reporter last year. Investigator Eric Flack has more on why the people involved say the lawsuit is about more than money. [News Source]

Family of Legionnaire’s Victim Files Lawsuit (RedNova) NEW YORK, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The family of Richard Montesano today announced the filing of a lawsuit against New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center for the April 13, 2005 death of Richard Montesano, age 63, of Tarrytown, NY. [News Source]