Parents file lawsuit over western Ky. high school player’s death (USA Today) Football coaches and school officials were named in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in the death of a western Kentucky high school player's death last summer. Ryan Owens, 16, collapsed July 19, shortly after practice at Henderson County High School, and died. A state medical examiner found that Owens suffered from a heart defect that was exacerbated by the heat. [News Source]

Reporter uses state’s anti-SLAPP law to fight News-Press lawsuit (The Fresno Bee) A reporter is using a state law designed to protect whistleblowers to seek dismissal of a lawsuit over an article she wrote about turmoil at the Santa Barbara News-Press. [News Source]

Brandy Facing $50M Lawsuit over Fatal Crash (E! Online) It's only Tuesday and it's already Brandy's worst week ever. A day after Los Angeles prosecutors revealed that the 27-year-old entertainer could face a misdemeanor manslaughter charge for allegedly causing a fatal highway accident, the victim's parents have launched a $50 million wrongful-death lawsuit against the former Moesha star. The civil action accuses Brandy (listed in court papers ... [News Source]

Tenn. judge denies request to expedite Caremark lawsuit (Boston Globe) A federal judge on Tuesday denied a shareholder request to expedite hearing a lawsuit that seeks to halt a merger between Caremark Rx Inc. and CVS Corp. [News Source]

Disney settles wrongful death lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! News) Walt Disney World has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of a 4-year-old boy who died of a heart condition after going on a ride, court records show. [News Source]

Disney settles lawsuit after boy’s death (Stuff) Walt Disney World has settled a negligence lawsuit with the family of a 4-year-old Pennsylvania boy who died after riding the Epcot theme park's Mission:SPACE thrill ride, a court official said today. [News Source]

Group drops Prop 2 lawsuit against U-M (Detroit News) A pro-Proposal 2 group and a white U-M Law School applicant have dropped their lawsuit against the University of Michigan because the university has agreed to comply with the new constitutional amendment. [News Source]

Lawsuit alleges Schwan’s discriminated (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) ST. LOUIS A company that makes frozen food home deliveries discriminated against a qualified black job applicant for a route sales job out of concerns that St. Charles County customers would be intimidated by him, a federal lawsuit has alleged. The lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission also claims The Schwan Food Co. refused to hire a black job applicant for a warehouse position in ... [News Source]

Oakwood Lawsuit Ongoing In Local Court (The Times-Union) Two of six parts of a lawsuit filed against the Oakwood Corp. board of directors will continue in Kosciusko Superior Court I. The suit, filed by Dr. Donald Blosser and Howard Brembeck, consisted of six counts, but four were dismissed Jan. 10 by Superior Court I Judge Duane Huffer. [News Source]

Lawsuit Alleges Racial Discrimination (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A company that makes frozen food home deliveries discriminated against a qualified black job applicant for a route sales job out of concerns that St. Charles County customers would be intimidated by him, a federal lawsuit has alleged. [News Source]