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Lawsuit Filed In Deadly Plum Borough House Explosion (WPXI Pittsburgh)
Tuesday August 05th 2008, 11:13 pm

Family of Plum Borough man killed in house explosion have filed a civil lawsuit. [News Source]

Jury in U.S. federal antitrust lawsuit upholds new ATP Tour structure (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday August 05th 2008, 8:48 pm

WILMINGTON, Del. - A federal jury on Tuesday cleared the way for the ATP Tour's planned tournament restructuring next year, rejecting antitrust claims in a lawsuit filed by the German Tennis Federation. [News Source]

Anthrax widow’s lawsuit blames US for death (AP via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday August 05th 2008, 7:23 pm

The widow of a tabloid photo editor who died in the 2001 anthrax attacks insisted in a $50 million federal lawsuit filed years ago that the U.S. government was ultimately responsible for his death. [News Source]

Alaska files lawsuit over polar bear listing (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Tuesday August 05th 2008, 7:11 pm

The state of Alaska has filed a lawsuit against the United States Government for listing the polar bear as a threatened species. [News Source]

Anthrax widow’s lawsuit blames US for death (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Tuesday August 05th 2008, 6:29 pm

The widow of a tabloid photo editor who died in the 2001 anthrax attacks insisted in a $50 million federal lawsuit filed years ago that the U.S. government was ultimately responsible for his death. Now that the FBI is pinning the blame on government scientist Bruce Ivins, the lawsuit brought by Maureen Stevens looks positively clairvoyant. And results of the FBI investigation could have a ... [News Source]

Judge Dismisses Waterboarding-as-Worker-Motivation Lawsuit (Fox News)
Tuesday August 05th 2008, 6:07 pm

A lawsuit alleging the supervisor at a motivational coaching business in Utah used waterboarding on a member of his sales team to motivate staff has been dismissed by a judge. [News Source]

Spain to hear Tibetan lawsuit against Chinese leaders (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday August 05th 2008, 4:18 pm

Spain's top criminal court agreed Tuesday to hear a lawsuit from Tibetan rights groups that accuses Chinese leaders of genocide in connection with the unrest that erupted in the region in March. [News Source]

Grandmother files lawsuit in Lima shooting case (The Toledo Blade)
Tuesday August 05th 2008, 3:37 pm

A family member of the woman who was fatally shot during a police raid at her home seven months ago filed a lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Toledo against the City of Lima and police Sgt. Joseph Chavalia, claiming a violation of civil rights. Darla Kaye Jennings filed the lawsuit on behalf of Sincere Wilson, her 1-year-old grandson who was injured when his mother, Tarika Wilson, 26, ... [News Source]

Lawsuit Claims Apple Failed to Provide Overtime Pay (The Mac Observer)
Tuesday August 05th 2008, 3:22 pm

Apple has cheated some of its employees by not paying overtime, violated California Law and subjecting workers to indentured servitude, according to a lawsuit described by InformationWeek on Monday [News Source]

Inglewood is hit with another lawsuit involving shooting of postal worker (Los Angeles Times)
Tuesday August 05th 2008, 2:52 pm

The victim's mother seeks a court order to force city officials to provide internal investigation records. The mother of a U.S. Postal Service worker shot dead by Inglewood police last month has filed a $50-million federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and police that also asks for a court order to compel city officials to cooperate with investigations of the shooting. ... [News Source]