While there are technically no limitations on what kind of evidence a lawyer can submit to a jury, a recent trial in Massachusetts’ Taunton District Court shows that not every request will be allowed. The defendant in the case, Kyle ...
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Slot-machine-type system brings about maker suit Bally Technologies, North America’s second-largest maker of slot machines, sued International Game Technology, accusing the larger company of infringing a patent covering electronic casino games. The suit, filed Tuesday in Las Vegas federal court, ...
Read More »Families claim hog farms bring down quality of life
A lawsuit brought by a dozen northwest Missouri families is scheduled to go to trial this week. The families claim that hog confinements owned and operated by ContiGroup Cos., Premium Standard Farms and PSF Group Holdings in Grundy, Gentry, Daviess ...
Read More »Supervisor aims to exclude himself as 'employer' in suit
A disabled dishwasher is suing the Renaissance St. Louis Hotel Airport for firing him and failing to explore on-the-job accommodations for his substantial mental impairments. Timothy Hogan of Arnold worked for 17 years in the hotel’s kitchens, loading dishes, cleaning, ...
Read More »Appeals court rules no need to provide remote work site
A manufacturer did not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act by refusing to allow an engineer who claimed his asthma was aggravated by chemicals used in the company’s plant to work remotely, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ...
Read More »BP hires former U.S. District Court judge to hear U.S. worker complaints
BP has hired a former federal judge to investigate and resolve issues raised by BP’s U.S. employees and contractors as executives prepare to face congressional hearings this month. Stanley Sporkin, a former U.S. District Court judge, will hear worker grievances ...
Read More »St. Louis judge finds board bylaw restrictions illegal
William Purdy can keep his seat as vice president of the St. Louis Board of Education because the board cannot impose restrictions on board candidates that do not exist in state law, St. Louis Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer ruled. “The ...
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Family of Flight 5191 victim sues Delta’s Comair Delta Air Lines’ Comair unit faces a suit from the family of a woman who died in the Aug. 27 crash of a commuter jet at a Kentucky airport. Joann Wright’s family ...
Read More »Railway trial set to begin this week
Jury selection is set to begin Wednesday in a case alleging negligence against Kansas City Southern Railway for an accident in Louisiana that killed one and severely injured four others. Vacques Prud’homme, the brother of Marian Kemp, claims Kansas City ...
Read More »Moving from the force to the courtroom
When three people filed two $2 million lawsuits this summer alleging they were subjected to unnecessary force at the 2004 Sowebo Arts Festival by members of the Baltimore Police Department, they chose Timothy M. Dixon and Neal M. Janey Jr. ...
Read More »2nd Circuit upholds ruling on New York judicial selection
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit unanimously upheld a ruling from the Eastern District of New York, declaring the process for selecting state trial judges unconstitutional. In Lopez Torres v. New York State Board of ...
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