Barbie doll maker drops Bratz lawsuit (AAP via Yahoo!7 News) Barbie-maker Mattel has dropped its lawsuit against a former employee over the design of the rival Bratz dolls, a lawyer for the giant toymaker says. [News Source]

Little Leaguer’s Metal Bat Injury Sparks Lawsuit (CBS 3 Philadelphia) The family of a boy who suffered brain damage after being struck in the chest by a line drive off a metal bat while playing baseball filed a lawsuit Monday morning against the manufacturer of the bat, the store that sold it, and against Little League Baseball for giving the bat its seal of approval. [News Source]

ACLU lawsuit targets Indiana welfare changes (The Times of Northwest Indiana) INDIANAPOLIS - Problems with Indiana's landmark automation of welfare eligibility have cost some disabled residents food stamps and other benefits they need to survive, the American Civil Liberties Union alleges in a lawsuit that seeks class-action status. [News Source]

New Hearing Ordered In Excessive Force Lawsuit (The Morning News) LITTLE ROCK -- The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis on Monday ordered a new hearing for a recently paroled state inmate who alleged in a lawsuit that three Pulaski County deputies assaulted him while in the county jail in 2004. [News Source]

NYC LAWSUIT ACCUSES LOHAN OF TAKING MINK (New York Post) Lindsay Lohan is being sued by a New York City college student who claims the "Mean Girls actress took her mink coat without permission and kept it for more than two weeks. Maria Markova says in a lawsuit that the 21-year-old Lohan took the $12... [News Source]

Attorney Explains Whistle Blower Lawsuit against the City (KIII Corpus Christi) Attorney Rene Rodriguez speaks to 3 news about Lawsuit [News Source]

Federal judge tosses lawsuit between schools, Idaho high Court (KPAX Missoula) Associated Press - May 19, 2008 6:34 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit brought by schools against the Idaho Supreme Court. [News Source]

ACLU lawsuit targets Indiana welfare changes (Indiana’s NewsCenter) INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit claiming that problems with Indiana's automation of welfare eligibility have cost some disabled residents food stamps and other benefits. [News Source]

ACLU lawsuit targets Indiana welfare changes (INO News) (AP:INDIANAPOLIS) Problems with Indiana's landmark automation of welfare eligibility have cost some disabled residents food stamps and other benefits they need to survive, the American Civil Liberties Union alleges in a lawsuit that seeks class-action status. [News Source]

Lawsuit Filed In Metal Bat Brain Damage Case (WCBS-TV New York) The parents of a boy who suffered permanent brain damage when he was struck in the chest by a baseball during a Little League game filed a lawsuit Monday against the manufacturers of the metal baseball bat that dealt the tragic blow. [News Source]