Lawyer: Hancock family’s lawsuit ‘frivolous’ (Sports Illustrated) A lawyer representing the tow truck driver involved in the fatal crash of Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock is giving Hancock's family 21 days to drop its wrongful death lawsuit. [News Source]

Lawsuit Filed In Gustine Hazing Incident (KCRA TheKCRAChannel.com via Yahoo! News) The Gustine and Golden Valley Unified School Districts are facing a lawsuit amid claims of hazing among football players on the Gustine High School football team. A former student and his mother filed the suit after he allegedly suffered emotional, physical and sexual abuse from older teammates. The student, then 14 years old, was allegedly assaulted with a battery-operated air pump, slapped ... [News Source]

Jury deliberates city of Milwaukee’s lead paint lawsuit (Boston Globe)

Jurors deliberated Wednesday following three weeks of testimony in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit brought by the city of Milwaukee against a manufacturer of lead pigments that was used in paint until the 1970s.

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Fired S&P Employee Files Bias Lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A former employee of Standard & Poor's has filed a $5 million discrimination lawsuit that accuses the financial information company of allowing other employees to harass and humiliate him because of his Hispanic ancestry and then fire him because he complained. [News Source]

Coria settles lawsuit over steroid ban with vitamin maker (Sports Illustrated) Tennis star Guillermo Coria on Wednesday settled his lawsuit against a New Jersey-based vitamin maker he blamed for a positive steroid test that cost him millions in earnings. [News Source]

Phila. Stock Exchange Settles Lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Officials of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange said Wednesday they have settled a class-action lawsuit brought by shareholders who accused the exchange of diluting their ownership interest when it sold a major stake to six Wall Street firms. [News Source]

New Battle in R.I. Lead Paint Lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance) After Rhode Island won a landmark lawsuit against three former lead paint manufacturers last year, advocates hoped the state's victory would trigger a wave of additional success against the industry. [News Source]

Coria Settles Lawsuit Over Steroid Ban (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Tennis star Guillermo Coria on Wednesday settled his lawsuit against a New Jersey-based vitamin maker he blamed for a positive steroid test that cost him millions in earnings. [News Source]

Group withdraws JOA lawsuit against newspapers (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) The last remaining legal conflict over whether Seattle will retain two daily newspapers ended Wednesday when a citizens' group voluntarily ended its lawsuit against the papers' owners. [News Source]

Coria settles lawsuit over steroid ban with vitamin maker (USA Today) Tennis star Guillermo Coria on Wednesday settled his lawsuit against a New Jersey-based vitamin maker he blamed for a positive steroid test that cost him millions in earnings. Terms between Coria and Universal Nutrition, which had denied making tainted pills, were not disclosed. The deal came as the 25-year-old Argentine was to testify on the second day of the trial. [News Source]