Sempra Settles Lawsuit (San Diego Business Journal) Sempra Energy has settled a lawsuit brought by the California Public Utilities Commission and state Attorney General Bill Lockyer related to service curtailments of certain industrial San Diego Gas & Electric natural gas customers in 2000-2001. [News Source]

Celina lawsuit says Pilot Point staged a land grab (The Celina Record) The City of Celina filed a lawsuit against the city of Pilot Point last June in Denton County District Court. [News Source]

Sempra Settles Lawsuit (San Diego Business Journal) Sempra Energy has settled a lawsuit brought by the California Public Utilities Commission and state Attorney General Bill Lockyer related to service curtailments of certain industrial San Diego Gas & Electric natural gas customers in 2000-2001. [News Source]

Teen’s Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit (KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley) (AP) _ The family of a teenager killed by officers has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Brownsville Police and border authorities. Brownsville police and U-S Customs and Border Protection Agents [News Source]

Former controller of Marin garbage hauler files discrimination lawsuit (KESQ) SAN RAFAEL, Calif. The former controller of a Marin County garbage hauler has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the company claiming he was discriminated against because he is gay. [News Source]

Lawsuit Filed After Aspiring SoCal Actress Dies (NBC 11 Bay Area) An attorney for an aspiring actress announces a lawsuit against Carnival Cruise Lines in connection with the woman's death during a three-day cruise to Ensenada, Mexico. [News Source]

Lawsuit Filed Against Traditionally Whit Schools (WJZ 13 Baltimore) An advocacy group has filed a lawsuit that seeks to dismantle several new academic programs at traditionally white campuses. [News Source]

Settlement Reached on Easement Lawsuit (RedNova) By Brian Lazenby and Herman Wang, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn. Oct. 14--The parties in an environmental lawsuit that involves Chattanooga and former Mayor and Republican U.S. Senate nominee Bob Corker reached a proposed settlement, officials said Friday. [News Source]

Lawsuit claims hospital, doctor performed unnecessary heart procedures (WIS News 10 Columbia) (Hilton Head Island-AP) October 8, 2006 - A lawsuit filed in federal court against Hilton Head Regional Medical Center and a former cardiologist James D. Johnston alleges the hospital performed hundreds of medically unnecessary heart procedures from 1997 through 2000. [News Source]

Intel faces lawsuit over chip patents / Transmeta seeks royalties, injunction and triple damages (San Francisco Chronicle) A tiny chip company has filed a huge lawsuit against Intel Corp., alleging that the microprocessor giant copied low-power features and other technologies covered by 10 patents. The suit was filed Wednesday by Transmeta Corp., a high-tech darling of the... [News Source]