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Boys Town sex abuse lawsuit thrown out (AP via Yahoo! News)
Friday September 29th 2006, 11:55 pm

A jury on Friday threw out a lawsuit filed by a man who says he was sexually abused at Boys Town, the home for wayward youths made famous in a 1938 Spencer Tracy film. [News Source]

Jury throws out Boys Town sexual abuse lawsuit (Lincoln Journal Star)
Friday September 29th 2006, 8:11 pm

OMAHA — A Douglas County jury on Friday threw out a sexual abuse lawsuit against Girls and Boys Town and a former counselor there. [News Source]

Sheriff candidate Jerry Airola among several named in sexual harassment lawsuit (KVBC Las Vegas)
Friday September 29th 2006, 6:37 pm

Two nurses have filed a sexual harassment lawsuit which includes candidate for Clark County Sheriff, Jerry Airola. Airola is one of several people named in the lawsuit that clams management of Sun-Western Flyers and Silver State Helicopters didn't do anything to stop ongoing harassment. [News Source]

Lawsuit Claims Harassment at Wilmington Site Asian Employee at Noveon Said to Be Subject of Racial Remarks and Sabotage (RedNova)
Friday September 29th 2006, 6:14 pm

By Tom Spoth, The Sun, Lowell, Mass. Sep. 29--WILMINGTON -- Workers at a Lowell Street manufacturing plant forced an Asian co-worker to quit by sabotaging his work and making demeaning, racially charged comments, according to a lawsuit filed this week. The U.S. [News Source]

Lawsuit Said to Imperil Refco Settlement (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Friday September 29th 2006, 5:39 pm

The court-appointed administrator of a key Refco Inc. subsidiary is worried that a multibillion-dollar settlement with the company's creditors could fall apart because of a $10 million lawsuit filed by a group of online foreign-exchange traders. [News Source]

Judge dismisses alpaca paternity lawsuit (ABC 13 Toledo)
Friday September 29th 2006, 5:33 pm

(9/29/06 - BLOOMINGTON, IN) - A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed over the paternity of a baby alpaca, but the ruling might not mark the end of the barnyard soap opera. [News Source]

Judge dismisses alpaca paternity lawsuit (WABC-TV New York)
Friday September 29th 2006, 5:28 pm

A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed over the paternity of a baby alpaca, but the ruling might not mark the end of the barnyard soap opera. Cathy Crosson sued in Monroe Circuit Court to get the owners of an Illinois breeding farm to disclose which of its male alpacas sired the year-old offspring of her prized female, Peruvian Lily of the Incas. [News Source]

Lawsuit filed against PW District by current and former principals (Forrest City Times-Herald)
Friday September 29th 2006, 4:01 pm

Two former Palestine-Wheatley School District principals and two current principals have filed a lawsuit against the district alleging breach of contract. [News Source]

Pa. court rules against effort to revive lawsuit liability law (WHP CBS 21 Harrisburg)
Friday September 29th 2006, 2:23 pm

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has rejected an effort by the state Legislature's two highest-ranking Republican leaders to revive a business-friendly law that would have altered how civil lawsuit awards are ... [News Source]

Judge Dismisses Alpaca Paternity Lawsuit (Sioux City Journal)
Friday September 29th 2006, 1:25 pm

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed over the paternity of a baby alpaca, but the ruling might not mark the end of the barnyard soap opera. [News Source]