Ex-Vigo teacher planning lawsuit (Terre Haute Tribune Star) A former West Vigo High School teacher whose termination was ruled by a federal agency as retaliation based on sex, said she will file a lawsuit in federal court after failing to reach an out-of-court settlement with the Vigo County School Corp. [News Source]

Alleged rape victim defends lawsuit (Lincoln Journal Star) A woman barred from using the words “rape,” “victim” and other terms in court says her lawsuit is a groundbreaking case needed to stop a growing national trend of muzzling victims. [News Source]

Lawsuit Filed To Block Brown County Fire Merger (WRTV TheIndyChannel.com via Yahoo! News) A lawsuit has been filed in Brown County, hoping to stop the merger of the county?s fire departments. [News Source]

LINCOLN, Neb. - The defendant in a state senator’s lawsuit is accused of causing untold death and horror and … (WIBW-TV Topeka)

State Sen. Ernie Chambers sued God last week. Angered by another lawsuit he considers frivolous, Chambers says he’s trying to make the point that anybody can file a lawsuit against anybody.

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Lawsuit opposing state’s stem-cell question filed (Asbury Park Press) TRENTON -- A week before New Jersey's ballots are to be printed, a conservative group filed a lawsuit today seeking a restraining order over a statewide public question that seeks approval to borrow $450 million for stem-cell research. The suit, filed by the Morristown-based Legal Center for Defense of Life, says the wording of the bond question does not specify that embryonic stem cell research ... [News Source]

Court won’t reinstate Corrie family’s lawsuit against Caterpillar (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) A federal appeals court panel Monday refused to reinstate a lawsuit brought against Caterpillar Inc. by the family of peace activist Rachel Corrie, who was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer. [News Source]

Champps agrees to settle lawsuit (BizJournals) Restaurant company Champps Entertainment Inc. has agreed to settle a lawsuit that sought to stop the company's impending takeover. (CMPP) [News Source]

Madison officials deny claims in strip-search lawsuit (The Times of Northwest Indiana) MADISON, Ind. - The mayor and city attorney on Tuesday denied claims made in a lawsuit that city officials tried to cover up a strip search of three women following a traffic stop. [News Source]

Deskovic files federal lawsuit over his 15-year wrongful imprisonment (The Journal News) WHITE PLAINS - Peekskill police and a Westchester medical examiner fabricated evidence that led to the wrongful conviction of Jeffrey Deskovic in the 1989 murder of a Peekskill High School classmate, a federal lawsuit filed today alleges. [News Source]

Lawsuit Challenges Equality Of Columbus Public Schools (WCMH Columbus)

Ohio’s embattled public schools were confronted with a new lawsuit Monday challenging whether students within each district being treated equally.

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