Former Red Cross leader loses lawsuit (North County Times) SAN DIEGO ---- The former chief of the San Diego chapter of the American Red Cross has lost a breach of contract lawsuit she filed against the organization. [News Source]

Murdered Reporter?s Family Settles Lawsuit (New York Times) The family of a retired reporter for The New York Times who was fatally beaten in January 2006 has settled a lawsuit arising from his death. [News Source]

Mentally Ill Inmates at Risk in Isolation, Lawsuit Says (New York Times) A new lawsuit seeking to prevent Massachusetts from placing mentally ill inmates in segregated cells reflects an increasing national concern. [News Source]

Family of Benicia man killed in apparent jet-ski accident files lawsuit (San Francisco Chronicle) The family of a Benicia man whose body was recovered from the Martinez shoreline after he apparently was fatally struck by a jet ski filed a wrongful-death lawsuit today against the promoters of a popular powerboat event. The body of Ryan Francis... [News Source]

FYI: Voter-approved lawsuit limits have produced licensing logjam (The Lufkin Daily News) Q: Three years ago, Texas voters passed Proposition 12 which granted limited lawsuit protections to doctors in our state. Is it too early to tell if Prop 12 did what it was designed to do? [News Source]

Lenovo hit with lawsuit by 3M (Triangle Business Journal) Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo Group has been named in a lawsuit alleging that the company violated patents owned by plaintiff 3M Co. [News Source]

ONLINE UPDATE: Lawsuit against Bush officials is next legal battle in CIA leak case (2:50 p.m.) (Las Cruces Sun-News) WASHINGTON — The CIA leak saga did not end with I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's conviction this week. On top of his lengthy appeals, he and senior Bush administration officials face a lawsuit for their role in the exposure of a former CIA operative. [News Source]

Emeryville settles discrimination lawsuit (BizJournals) The city of Emeryville has agreed to settle a workplace discrimination lawsuit against longtime employee and union activist Leslie Pollard to the tune of $2.3 million, plus $1.3 million in attorney fees, according to plaintiff lawyers. [News Source]

Former Red Cross head lawsuit dismissed (The Fresno Bee) A lawsuit filed by the former head of the San Diego American Red Cross has been dismissed by a federal judge. [News Source]

Whirlpool lawsuit (WHOI Peoria) (AP) -- FORT SMITH, Ark. - A federal lawsuit has been filed in western Arkansas against Whirlpool . The suit claims the Benton Harbor company has done nothing to fix or warn customers of leaky icemakers in some of its side-by-side refrigerators. [News Source]