Response: Federal civil rights lawsuit by parents of Brittany Zimmermann should be dismissed (Wisconsin State Journal) A federal civil rights lawsuit filed against Dane County and a former 911 dispatcher by the parents of homicide victim Brittany Zimmermann should be dismissed because the county has no constitutional obligation to protect individuals from the acts of others, a response to the lawsuit states. The response, written as a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, was filed late last month by private attorneys ... [News Source]

NC lawsuit against utility opens in federal court (Lexington Herald-Leader) North Carolina lawyers asked a federal judge Monday to force the Tennessee Valley Authority to install better pollution controls on 11 coal-fired power plants that they say pollute air across state lines. North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper filed the lawsuit in 2006, arguing that the TVA had a history of not complying with pollution controls without legal pressure. The lawsuit said ... [News Source]

I-Team: Dr. Johnson Lawsuit (FOX 5 News Atlanta) ATLANTA (MyFOX Atlanta) -- Imagine you are pregnant and you go to the doctor, only to find out later, the man caring for you was not a doctor. Even worse, you lose your child during the delivery. That's what one Atlanta woman says happened to her. And now she has filed a lawsuit against the man she claims was posing as a doctor and a well known gynecologist the man worked for. [News Source]

ACLU To Be In Court On Lawsuit Over Plans For DNC (CBS4 Denver) The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado is involved in a pretrial conference in U.S. District Court on its lawsuit over plans to handle protesters during the Democratic National Convention. [News Source]

Lawsuit planned against GRDA (News On 6 Tulsa) Associated Press - July 14, 2008 3:55 PM ET MIAMI, Okla. (AP) - A Kansas attorney says he plans a class-action lawsuit against the Grand River Dam Authority for damages caused in a July 2007... [News Source]

Marlins Ballpark Lawsuit Headed Back To Court (WPBF Palm Beach) Unless a settlement is reached, the lawsuit challenging financing for the Florida Marlins is headed back to court. [News Source]

Trial opens in lawsuit challenging Florida Marlins ballpark financing as ’shell game’ (Canadian Business) Curt Anderson July 14, 2008 - 2:09 p.m. MIAMI (AP) - The financing for a new stadium in Little Havana for baseball's Florida Marlins amounts to an illegal "shell game" that can only be authorized by the county's voters, attorneys said Monday as the trial opened in a lawsuit challenging the plan. [News Source]

ACLU to be in court on lawsuit over plans for DNC (WPBN Traverse City) Monday, July 14, 2008 at 2:33 p.m. DENVER (AP) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado is preparing for a pretrial conference in U.S. District Court on its lawsuit over plans to handle protesters during the Democratic National Convention. [News Source]

eBay wins counterfeit-sales lawsuit brought by Tiffany (CNET via Yahoo! News) eBay cannot be forced to police its auction listings to identify counterfeit Tiffany & Co. products, a federal judge ruled Monday in a lawsuit brought by the iconic 171-year old jewelry company. [News Source]

First lawsuit filed in connection with fatal Huntsville Air Show tragedy (WAFF 48 News Huntsville) A family whose children were injured in the airshow accident last month have filed a lawsuit against the Huntsville Airport Authority and the company that provided tents for the airshow. [News Source]