Council to settle lawsuit (The Times-Journal) A three-year-old lawsuit over a building permit the city of Rainsville issued in error may be settled Thursday. The lawsuit, filed in 2004 by Rodney and Benita Etherton of Rainsville, stems from a building permit the Ethertons were issued to build chicken houses on property within the city limits. [News Source]

Taxpayers To Foot $200,000 For Off-Duty Officer Lawsuit (WTAE ThePittsburghChannel.com via Yahoo! News) The city of Pittsburgh is going to pay more than $200,000 to settle a lawsuit over alleged excessive use of force by a police officer who was working a side job for a private employer at the time. [News Source]

Arlington Park Settles Federal Housing Lawsuit (BloodHorse) (from Arlington Park report) Arlington Park has agreed to a settlement in a federal lawsuit brought by the United States and HOPE Fair Housing Center regarding backstretch housing, the track announced March 1. The settlement still must be approved by the federal court. [News Source]

Family files lawsuit over girl hit by steel beam while at school (KMOV St. Louis) (KMOV) -- The family of the Lincoln County girl that was hit by a steel beam at school last year has filed a lawsuit. [News Source]

Another lawsuit filed in tainted peanut butter case (The News-Press) A part-time Pinellas County resident filed today a $5 million class-action federal lawsuit against ConAgra Foods and Wal-Mart stores because of a... [News Source]

Sammy Strain of the O’Jays files $15 million civil lawsuit against ex-partners, record label (Asbury Park Press) A longtime member of the O'Jays has sued his former partners and record label over royalties. Sammy Strain charges in his $15 million civil lawsuit that he never received any royalties from his 16 years with the group, when the O'Jays recorded hits such as "Use Ta Be My Girl" and "Forever Mine." "My client has been stabbed in the back for the love of money," said lawyer Charles A. Whittier, ... [News Source]

Convention Center Lawsuit Settled (WPXI-TV Pittsburgh) PITTSBURGH -- A lawsuit has been settled over the deadly collapse during construction of the Convention Center. In 2002, a 150-ton steel truss collapsed, killing ironworker Paul Corsi. [News Source]

Ark.: CenterPoint Lawsuit Can Go Forward (AP via Yahoo! Finance) CenterPoint Energy Resource Corp. is a proper defendant for a lawsuit filed by the wife of a man who died after an explosion stemming from a natural gas leak, the Arkansas Court of Appeals says. [News Source]

Pilots union files lawsuit against US Airways (The Scranton Times-Tribune) Frustrated with stagnant contract negotiations, US Airways and America West Airlines pilots filed a lawsuit Wednesday, claiming that management is merging the carriers illegally. [News Source]

Lawsuit Field In Georgia In Peanut Butter Contamination (NBC 26 News Augusta)

A Tennessee law firm has filed a lawsuit in federal court against ConAgra on behalf of people who became ill from eating peanut butter contaminated with salmonella.

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