Child support lawsuit against Bears’ Briggs close to settlement (Chicago Tribune) Lawyers continue to exchange barbs Bears linebacker Lance Briggs may be close to settling a child support lawsuit that the mother of his 8-month-old daughter filed against him last year, lawyers for both sides said Wednesday. But the case continues to provide legal fireworks. [News Source]

Lawsuit Filed Against International Paper Company (WLBT 3 Jackson) A worker injured in a deadly paper mill explosion in Warren County earlier this month has filed a lawsuit. 52-year-old Glen Rankin wants one million dollars plus punitive damages. [News Source]

Settlement Ends Medical Lawsuit Trial (The Morning News) FAYETTEVILLE - A family's lawsuit - claiming Vista Health and a local psychologist turned away their suicidal mother, who later killed herself - ended in mid-trial Wednesday with a settlement. [News Source]

Cape Girardeau County Commissioner Files Lawsuit Against Commission (KFVS 12 Cape Girardeau) Secret recordings, flaring tempers, and now a lawsuit!  Would you believe we're talking about the Cape Girardeau County Commission? [News Source]

RAK Industries Settles Lawsuit (R News) A Rochester highway products company will pay $375,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit. According to the lawsuit, 18 female employees of RAK Industries, including four teenagers, were abused by the owner, president, vice president and other staff members of the company. [News Source]

Lawsuit claims negligence in balcony’s collapse (The Beaufort Gazette) A man who fell three stories from a Port Royal balcony in February filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming that the building's contractor, engineer, architect and landlord were negligent by allowing the accident to occur. [News Source]

FORMER OWNER OF STEEL PLANT FILES LAWSUIT (Dundalk Eagle) The now former owners of the Sparrows Point steel mill, ArcelorMittal, filed a lawsuit against one of the original bidders for the plant, the Luxembourg-based company announced last Thursday, according to a company press release. [News Source]

Boiling Spring Lakes officials hope rezoning lawsuit is dropped (The Wilmington Star-News) Bolivia | Boiling Spring Lakes officials do not believe three residents have any standing in their lawsuit against the Brunswick County community.But during a Superior Court hearing Monday, Judge Thomas Lock disagreed.The residents have sued the city over a rezoning to allow the planned residential development Willow Brooke. [News Source]

Lawmakers ask state for help with Morganza lawsuit (The Houma Courier) HOUMA Eight local lawmakers are asking the state to intervene in a lawsuit filed against the Terrebonne levee district aimed at slowing or halting work on a section of Morganza to the Gulf under construction in Pointe aux Chenes. [News Source]

Lawyers plan lawsuit to stop state investigations (BizJournals) An Albany, N.Y., lawyer plans to file a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to stop the state attorney general and comptroller from continuing to revoke membership or credits from lawyers in the state's pension system. [News Source]