Lawsuit alleges faulty murder investigation (Bozeman Daily Chronicle) A lawsuit against the Gallatin County sheriff and former coroner alleging that they were negligent in a 2004 investigation of the death of a 24-year-old man moved closer to a jury trial last week when a District Court judge denied a defense request that the case be dismissed. [News Source]

Q.C. moves forward with lawsuit over road work (East Valley Tribune) Queen Creek is getting ready to file a lawsuit against the insurance company of a homebuilder that went belly up earlier this year to make sure road improvements at Queen Creek and Sossaman roads are completed. [News Source]

Minneapolis settles dog-attack lawsuit (Moldova.org) Minneapolis has agreed to settle a suit brought by a woman who was almost killed by a friend's dogs in an attack witnessed by her young daughters.Paula Ybarra's lawsuit claimed the city was liable because Thomas Mohrbacker's dogs had been left in his possession after being declared dangerous. The city council approved a $367,000 payment Friday, The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.Ybarra's ... [News Source]

Naked Cowboy, M&Ms settle lawsuit (UPI) NEW YORK, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- "The Naked Cowboy," Robert John Burck, has settled his lawsuit against the candymaker Mars for allegedly stealing his look for ads in New York. [News Source]

Lawsuit alleges student sexually assaulted on bus (Proviso Herald) Proviso High School District 209 is one of the defendants named in a lawsuit that has been filed on behalf of a Proviso West special education student, who allegedly was sexually assaulted more than a year ago by another student on a school bus. [News Source]

Attorney General Appeals Voter Check Lawsuit (CBS 5 Green Bay) Three days after the election, Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has appealed a judge's decision dismissing his voter registration lawsuit. [News Source]

Assessment lawsuit now uncertain (Times Leader) A taxpayer group that collected donations to file lawsuit challenging Luzerne County’s reassessment is returning that money. The group’s leader says he doesn’t know if a lawsuit will be possible because attorney Sam Stretton isn’t calling him back. [News Source]

Economy, lawsuit delay development (San Diego Union-Tribune) SANTEE – A major Santee housing development is on hold due to the sagging economy and a lawsuit contending it wasn't properly approved. Construction on the nearly 1,400-home Fanita Ranch housing development, the largest in city history, was expected to begin as early as this summer and take 10 years to complete. [News Source]

Reporter ordered to lawsuit deposition (Detroit Free Press) U.S. District Court Judge Robert Cleland ruled Friday that Free Press reporter David Ashenfelter must appear for a deposition in a lawsuit, rejecting the newspaper's bid to have a Washington, D.C., judge decide the matter. [News Source]

Judge throws out ethanol group lawsuit (The Bismarck Tribune) FARGO (AP) - A federal judge in Fargo has thrown out a civil lawsuit filed by a group that planned to build an ethanol plant in Minnesota. [News Source]