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Lawsuit filed in Selmer crash (WREG-TV Memphis)
Tuesday June 26th 2007, 11:36 pm

JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) - A ten (M) million dollar lawsuit has been filed as a result of the fatal accident during a charity parade in Selmer, Tennessee. [News Source]

Student harassment lawsuit settled (The Californian)
Tuesday June 26th 2007, 11:27 pm

TEMECULA -- A lawsuit filed one year ago by a Temecula family alleging that their daughter was sexually harassed by her former teacher has been settled. [News Source]

Lawsuit filed against West Memphis officer just weeks before shooting (WMCTV Memphis)
Tuesday June 26th 2007, 11:03 pm

West Memphis Police are keeping quite about the identity of the officer who fatally shot 12-year-old DeAunte Farrow last Friday. But Action News 5 has learned the officer, who’s identity we are not releasing due to death threats against him, had a lawsuit filed against him only weeks ago.

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First lawsuit filed in Selmer drag car crash (WMCTV Memphis)
Tuesday June 26th 2007, 11:02 pm

The first wrongful death lawsuit has been filed after a drag car at a charity event in Selmer veered off a highway and into a crowd, killing six people. The lawsuit names the defendants as driver Troy [News Source]

Jackson, Falcons ‘resolve’ lawsuit (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Tuesday June 26th 2007, 10:58 pm

Falcons defensive tackle Grady Jackson's lawsuit against the team has been "resolved," according to his attorney Eric Farber of San Francisco. "Grady is very happy with it," said Farber on Tuesday. "Now he can focus on football." A Falcons spokesperson acknowledged that the case was resolved and added that the team did not want to comment. [News Source]

Harvey settles lawsuit with Southtown for $30,000 (Daily Southtown)
Tuesday June 26th 2007, 6:53 pm

The Harvey City Council voted Monday night to pay the Daily Southtown $30,000 to settle a lawsuit the newspaper brought against the city for systematically violating Illinois' Freedom of Information law. [News Source]

Priest, religious group settle in sexual abuse lawsuit (KMOV St. Louis)
Tuesday June 26th 2007, 6:48 pm

(KMOV) -- There's been a settlement to a lawsuit that accused the former president of Vianney High School of sexually abusing a student. While not admitting guilt, the priest's religious order has agreed to improve efforts to protect children from abuse. [News Source]

Vianney settles lawsuit with former student (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Tuesday June 26th 2007, 5:15 pm

The Roman Catholic order that operates Vianney High School in Kirkwood settled a lawsuit with an 18-year-old who had accused the school’s former president of molesting him in two years ago when he was a student there. [News Source]

Court refuses to dismiss Nigeria’s $7 billion Pfizer lawsuit (Boston Globe)
Tuesday June 26th 2007, 2:45 pm

A court denied a request Tuesday by Pfizer Inc. to throw out a Nigerian government lawsuit seeking $7 billion in damages over allegations the company conducted a drug experiment that led to deaths and disabilities among children more than a decade ago [News Source]

Federal judge allows six more inmates to join injection lawsuit (WKYC Cleveland)
Tuesday June 26th 2007, 2:06 pm

Federal judge allows six more inmates to join injection lawsuit [News Source]