Tuesday February 19th 2008, 11:52 pm
ZOAR – Another 85 people have signed agreements to participate in a lawsuit against Countywide Recycling and Disposal facility north of Bolivar in Pike Township, Stark County, according to Dwayne Flickinger, who has been organizing related meetings.
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85 join lawsuit against landfill (Times-Reporter)
Families of NJ victims of serial killer nurse settle lawsuit against hospitals where he worked (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Tuesday February 19th 2008, 11:40 pm
TRENTON, N.J. - The families of New Jersey patients murdered by a serial killer nurse have settled a lawsuit with the hospitals where he worked, an attorney representing two of the families said Tuesday.
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Judge halts final part of shareholders’ lawsuit against Block (The Kansas City Star)
Tuesday February 19th 2008, 11:35 pm
A federal judge Tuesday threw out the remaining count in a shareholder lawsuit alleging that H&R Block violated securities laws by misleading investors about the company’s legal problems.
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Gtown Schoolboard Lawsuit (WCBD-TV Charleston)
Tuesday February 19th 2008, 9:12 pm
Georgetown County has an all white school board, now the U.S. Justice Department is considering filing a lawsuit against it over voting rights concerns.
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Summary Box: Supreme Court rejects ACLU domestic spying lawsuit (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Tuesday February 19th 2008, 8:06 pm
SETBACK FOR PRIVACY ADVOCATES: The Supreme Court, without comment, turned down an appeal from the American Civil Liberties Union to let it pursue a lawsuit against the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program.
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Sears settles tipping-stove lawsuit (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Tuesday February 19th 2008, 6:24 pm
Sears has agreed to install safety brackets on its stoves in some 4 million households to settle a class action lawsuit in Madison County.
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Atomic veterans launch lawsuit against Ottawa (CBC)
Tuesday February 19th 2008, 3:24 pm
Canadian soldiers who took part in nuclear weapons testing on foreign soil during the Cold War have launched a class-action lawsuit against the federal government, their lawyer said Tuesday.
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Oregon inmate loses sex-change lawsuit (Seattle Times)
Tuesday February 19th 2008, 3:05 pm
An Oregon prison inmate has lost a lawsuit to force the state to pay for a sex-change operation and transfer him to a women’s prison. U U.S. Magistrate…
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Court allows lawsuit over 911 call in murder (WPVI-TV Philadelphia)
Tuesday February 19th 2008, 3:03 pm
The family of a woman who was abducted and killed after stepping off a commuter train in Camden may go forward with a lawsuit against police after all.
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Lawsuit accuses chocolate makers of price fixing (Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News)
Tuesday February 19th 2008, 2:40 pm
A Toronto law firm said on Tuesday it has filed a class action lawsuit against the Canadian divisions of major chocolate makers over allegations of price fixing.
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