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Family of Clover woman settles wrongful death lawsuit (The Rock Hill Herald)
Saturday August 30th 2008, 11:43 pm

The family of a Clover woman who slipped into a coma and later died after hospital staff failed to perform a doctor-ordered blood test will receive more than $1.2 million in a settlement stemming from a wrongful death lawsuit, according to court documents. [News Source]

Lawsuit bites police dog (Macomb Daily)
Saturday August 30th 2008, 11:28 pm

The city of Warren could be on the hook for trying to take a bite out of crime. A woman who claims a city police dog bit her in the buttocks names the dog in her lawsuit. [News Source]

University settles gay housing lawsuit (KHNL News 8 Honolulu)
Saturday August 30th 2008, 8:18 pm

HONOLULU (AP) - The University of Hawaii has settled a housing discrimination lawsuit filed by a gay couple. The couple, Joseph O'Leary and Phi Ngo, claimed the school wouldn't allow them to return to the housing area they had previously lived in because it was reserved for married couples. [News Source]

Family Seeks To Move Up Amusement Park Lawsuit (WLKY Louisville)
Saturday August 30th 2008, 3:48 pm

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The family of a Louisville teen whose feet were severed by an amusement park ride last summer is seeking to move up the date of the trial in their lawsuit against Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom. [News Source]

Lawsuit Filed Against Cedar Grove Ordinance (WMBB TV Panama City)
Saturday August 30th 2008, 3:43 pm

A lawsuit may put a temporary halt to efforts to dissolve the Town of Cedar Grove. [News Source]

SuperSonics Owner Dropping Bennett Lawsuit (KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma)
Saturday August 30th 2008, 2:44 pm

SEATTLE -- The final long-shot at bringing the Supersonics basketball team back to Seattle is over. Former Seattle SuperSonics owner Howard Schultz is dropping his lawsuit against new team owner Clay Bennett, ending an attempt to return the team from its new home in Oklahoma City. [News Source]

Judge rejects N.Y. strip club’s lawsuit (UPI)
Saturday August 30th 2008, 2:43 pm

NEW YORK, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit filed by a New York strip club trying to prevent being stripped of its liquor license. [News Source]

National City hit with third shareholder lawsuit this year (The Columbus Dispatch)
Saturday August 30th 2008, 5:36 am

Yet another shareholder lawsuit has been filed against National City Corp. [News Source]

El Dorado deputies’ lawsuit against mom of man who shot them sparks outrage (The Sacramento Bee)
Saturday August 30th 2008, 3:04 am

Two El Dorado County lawmen who are suing a widowed Shingle Springs mother for $38 million have become the targets of public outrage for taking the 66-year-old hospice nurse to court. Ron Briggs, El Dorado County supervisor, said a lawsuit filed against a widowed Shingle Springs mother by two El Dorado deputies was despicable. [News Source]

Former Sonics owner Shultz drops lawsuit (The Oklahoman)
Saturday August 30th 2008, 1:42 am

The former owners of Oklahoma City's NBA basketball team have dropped their Seattle federal court lawsuit aimed at voiding the team's 2006 sale and moving the team back to Seattle. "We are pleased to now be able to move on,” Clay Bennett, chairman of NBA OKC, said in a news release late Friday. "We look forward to an exciting future of NBA basketball in Oklahoma City.” Former Sonics chairman ... [News Source]