Appeals Court upholds decision to halt Wellstone copilot lawsuit (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a lower court's decision to stop a lawsuit by the heirs of the copilot on the flight that killed U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone and seven others. The family of copilot Michael Guess sued the estate of pilot Richard Conry and Aviation Charter Inc., the company that employed them, alleging gross negligence in the crash near the Eveleth-Virginia airport on [News Source]

Massachusetts: Lawsuit Filed in Tunnel Death (New York Times) The family of a woman crushed to death by a concrete ceiling panel in a Big Dig tunnel in Boston filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the state agency that oversaw the project and the numerous contractors who worked on the tunnel. The lawsuit, filed in Suffolk Superior Court, said the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority; the project manager, Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff; Modern Continental, which [News Source]

Judge to rule soon on wiretap lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! News) A federal judge suggested Tuesday that he would try to keep alive a lawsuit that challenges President Bush's domestic wiretapping program, while taking steps not to disclose classified information. [News Source]

Lawsuit Filed by Grasso Is Dismissed (New York Times) The lawsuit was part of the larger legal battle between the New York attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, and Richard A. Grasso. [News Source]

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking Bilbray Election Recount (KGTV TheSanDiegoChannel.com via Yahoo! News) Saying he lacked jurisdiction, a judge Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking a recount in the special election that Republican Brian Bilbray won in June to replace disgraced ex-Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham. [News Source]

$39M settlement OK’d in H&R block lawsuit (MSNBC) A federal judge has approved a $39 million settlement in a long-running class-action lawsuit against H&R Block Inc. by customers who claimed they paid too much for refund anticipation loans. [News Source]

Judge dismisses lawsuit against tobacco companies (Boston Globe) A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a group trying to force tobacco companies to pay at least $60 billion spent by Medicare on smoking-related illnesses. [News Source]

Lawsuit filed in Big Dig tunnel collapse (AP via Yahoo! News) The family of a woman killed in a Big Dig tunnel when 12 tons of concrete ceiling panels fell on her car filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and contractors that worked on the highway project. [News Source]

Defendants file response in Royster lawsuit (WHOI) Tuesday, a response was filed to a federal lawsuit filed by the former District 150 superintendent. Kay Royster was placed on administrative leave in July of 2004, after serving as superintendent for two years. [News Source]

Court dismisses lawsuit against tobacco companies (Reuters via Yahoo! News) R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. on Tuesday said a Federal District Court in Massachusetts dismissed a lawsuit brought against the company and other tobacco manufacturers by United Seniors Association Inc. [News Source]