Judge allows lawsuit over death of former Raider Darrell Russell (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County's transit agency will face a negligence lawsuit in the deaths of former Oakland Raider defensive lineman Darrell Russell and his former teammate at USC. [News Source]

Judge allows lawsuit over death of Darrell Russell (Los Angeles Daily News) Los Angeles County's transit agency will face a negligence lawsuit stemming from the deaths of former Oakland Raider defensive lineman Darrell Russell and his former teammate at USC. [News Source]

Trial set to begin Monday in lawsuit alleging sex abuse by priest in Belleville Diocese (Belleville News-Democrat) Despite a request filed with the Illinois Supreme Court by the Catholic Diocese of Belleville to throw out a lawsuit alleging that one of its priests sexually abused an altar boy, a civil court trial is scheduled to begin next week in St. Clair County Circuit Court. [News Source]

Dunbar lawsuit nearly settled (The Palm Beach Post) The city's housing authority has reached a tentative settlement of a lawsuit that stemmed from the attack and rape of a mother and son last year at the Dunbar Village housing complex, according to a lawyer for the family. [News Source]

Judge allows lawsuit over death of Darrell Russell (The Fresno Bee) Los Angeles County's transit agency will face a negligence lawsuit stemming from the deaths of former Oakland Raider defensive lineman Darrell Russell and his former teammate at USC. Read comments [News Source]

Radio host drops lawsuit against Islamic group (The Fresno Bee) Conservative talk show host Michael Savage is dropping his lawsuit against an Islamic rights group that launched an advertisers' boycott after he attacked Islam and the Quran on his radio show "Savage Nation." Read comments [News Source]

Woman Files Lawsuit, Claims Priest Sexually Abused Her (NBC 10 Philadelphia) A Delaware woman files a lawsuit claiming that a priest sexually abused her. [News Source]

Mistrial declared in student’s Confederate flag lawsuit (USA Today) A teenager's free-speech lawsuit against a school dress code that banned Confederate flag clothing ended in a mistrial Friday when a jury in federal court failed to reach a verdict. [News Source]

Nashua settles education lawsuit (WCAX-TV Vermont) Associated Press - August 15, 2008 10:55 AM ET NASHUA, N.H. (AP) - The city of Nashua has settled an education funding lawsuit against the state. [News Source]

Coastal Contacts files defamation lawsuit against the College of Opticians of BC (Canadian Business) The Canadian Press August 15, 2008 - 1:48 p.m. VANCOUVER - Coastal Contacts Inc. (TSX:COA), a provider of contact lenses through the Internet, says it has filed a defamation lawsuit against the College of Opticians of British Columbia. [News Source]