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Partial deal reached in land sale lawsuit (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Friday August 04th 2006, 11:09 pm

Less than three months have passed since an appeals court, with a sharply worded rebuke, reinstated a lawsuit over a $4.2 million land purchase for a 400,000-square-foot Steinhafels Inc. store, but a partial settlement has been reached in the ... [News Source]

Lawsuit seeks to undo 1978 strip annexation (The Arizona Republic)
Friday August 04th 2006, 10:55 pm

A struggle for prime West Valley land is playing out in a lawsuit filed by El Mirage accusing Glendale of illegally strip annexing roughly 39 square miles of land more than 25 years ago. [News Source]

Toyota profit jumps 39%; settles U.S. sexual harassment lawsuit (USA Today)
Friday August 04th 2006, 7:53 pm

Toyota reported a 39% jump in profit in its fiscal first quarter, with strong vehicle sales around the world keeping the company on a pace to possibly overtake General Motors as the world's No. 1 automaker in coming years. Separately, Toyota said it had settled a sexual harassment lawsuit against the Japanese automaker's former top U.S. executive. [News Source]

Lawsuit Claims Thousands of Graves Lost (San Francisco Chronicle)
Friday August 04th 2006, 7:26 pm

Thousands of burials at a Miami cemetery were not properly recorded, leaving relatives unable to locate family graves, a lawsuit claims. Lawyers said Friday they are seeking class-action status for the lawsuit, which says more than 5,460 bodies buried... [News Source]

Lawsuit claims thousands of graves lost (AP via Yahoo! News)
Friday August 04th 2006, 6:20 pm

Thousands of burials at a Miami cemetery were not properly recorded, leaving relatives unable to locate family graves, a lawsuit claims. [News Source]

Asyst stock drops on news of lawsuit, delayed financials (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Friday August 04th 2006, 5:42 pm

Asyst Technologies Inc. dropped more than 5 percent Friday to $6.67 after saying Thursday it is the target of a shareholder class-action lawsuit and that it will delay filing its first quarter financials. [News Source]

Lawsuit Claims Thousands Of Graves Lost In Fla. Cemetery (Local6.com Central Florida)
Friday August 04th 2006, 4:09 pm

CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Thousands of burials at a Miami cemetery were not properly recorded, making it nearly impossible for relatives to locate graves of the dead, a lawsuit claims. [News Source]

Lawsuit Filed Against University After Student’s Suicide (Cleveland - NewsNet5 via Yahoo! News)
Friday August 04th 2006, 3:42 pm

The family of a local college student has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the University of Akron. [News Source]

Royal Caribbean Seeks to Dismiss Lawsuit (KiplingerForecasts.com)
Friday August 04th 2006, 2:50 pm

(AP) STAMFORD, Conn. Royal Caribbean is urging a court to dismiss a lawsuit containing what the cruise line calls false and frivolous allegations by the family of a Connecticut man who vanished from his honeymoon cruise a year ago. [News Source]

Feds Ask For Dismissal Of National Guard Lawsuit (The Boston Channel)
Friday August 04th 2006, 2:39 pm

BOSTON -- Government lawyers are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the Massachusetts National Guard. Four soldiers claim they were not reimbursed for thousands of dollars in personal expenses while protecting possible targets after the Sept. 11 attacks. [News Source]