Judge dismisses EBI class action lawsuit (Press & Sun-Bulletin) VESTAL -- A state Supreme Court judge has denied class action status in a lawsuit filed by a group of Elmira Business Institute students who claim the school engaged in deceptive practices and promotion. [News Source]

Lawsuit filed over fatal 2006 motorcycle crash (The Virginian-Pilot) The estate of a motorcyclist killed on Shore Drive last year has filed a $2.4 million wrongful death lawsuit. The complaint alleges that Thelma Charnock failed to keep a proper lookout and did . . . [News Source]

Combs Assault Lawsuit Dropped (ContactMusic) Hip-hop mogul SEAN COMBS is celebrating after a lawsuit accusing him of assault was dropped due to "insufficient evidence". The rapper was alleged to [News Source]

Bridgeton settles lawsuit, agrees marchers won’t have to pay (The Record) BRIDGETON -- An immigrant group that held a march in May will not have to pay the city for expenses under terms of a settlement announced Thursday. Bridgeton and the Farmworkers Support Committee said they had settled a lawsuit over free speech rights. [News Source]

Former worker files lawsuit against Northrop Grumman (Daily Press) A former worker at Newport News Industrial Corp., a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Newport News, has filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the company, contending he was wrongfully fired because he is black. [News Source]

Abbott drops lawsuit against French AIDS activist group (Chicago Tribune) Abbott Laboratories said Monday it dropped a lawsuit against a French AIDS activist group over an April attack on the company's Web site. [News Source]

Slough family continues lawsuit against Christus Spohn (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi) The lawsuit filed against Spohn Health Care filed by the family of Deborah Slough continued Friday. Slough was a nurse who was kidnapped from the hospital and found dead a day later. [News Source]

Digene says Gen-Probe lawsuit dismissed (Boston Globe) Gene-based diagnostic test maker Digene Corp. said Monday a California state court dismissed a lawsuit filed against the company by Gen-Probe Inc. over a license for human papillomavirus materials. [News Source]

Sandata, First Data Settle Lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Sandata Technologies Inc. and First Data Government Solutions Inc., a First Data Corp. unit, said Monday they settled a patent infringement lawsuit. [News Source]

VA failing Mideast vets, lawsuit contends (Los Angeles Times) Troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are not getting proper medical and mental health care, the suit says, citing post-traumatic stress disorder as a particular problem. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs was accused today in a lawsuit of "shameful failures" in providing medical and mental health care to injured servicemen returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. ... [News Source]