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An eccentric South Carolina man who lived for years in crude conditions did not lack testamentary capacity – even though he had been diagnosed as mentally ill and had an appointed guardian, the appeals court ruled in an unpublished decision. ...

A university that paid $253,000 last year to settle a suit by a former employee with HIV is suing its former acting dean for student life, claiming she was responsible for the discriminatory behavior. Howard University in Washington, D.C., filed ...

Evidence that was excluded as “inadmissible before the jury because of its unduly prejudicial nature” ended up being reported on in both print media and various news broadcasts -costing a woman her harassment case in Michigan. The proponent of the ...

Three former managers of Aquila pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to misprision of a felony. Luke J. Larsen, 38, Joseph Patrick Kennedy, 40, and David Todd Bandy, 42, all formerly of Kansas City, each waived his right to indictment ...

A family filed suit in St. Louis Circuit Court on Wednesday against St. Louis Catholic Academy for the school’s negligent handling of their daughter’s sexual assault by a classmate. The 14-year-old girl, referred to as “J.J.” in the suit, was ...

St. Louis did not retaliate against civil rights activist and former St. Louis Development Corp. employee Percy Green II when it terminated him from his position in September 2001, a federal jury found Friday. Green, former director of the Contractor ...

Computer-maker Dell decided just last week that some of its laptop batteries were faulty, but a Maryland woman reached that conclusion months ago. Michele Alston filed suit against the company in Baltimore City Circuit Court in March, claiming she was ...

St. Louis County Circuit Judge Mark D. Seigel will hear arguments from Metro attorneys Friday morning in an eminent domain petition that seeks to capture a tract of land on The Home Depot property in Brentwood. The 13,709-square-foot tract on ...

Google, the most-used search engine, faces suits from two law firms that opted out of a $90 million settlement with companies claiming they paid for phony customer clicks to their online ads. The cases, filed last week in federal court ...

Southfield, Mich., attorney Geoffrey N. Fieger never denied saying it. Of the three Michigan Court of Appeals judges whose ruling did away with his client’s $15 million verdict, he never denied going on his then-daily radio program and “declaring war” ...

Cashiers at Wal-Mart stores in Texas asked a federal judge to order the company to stop threatening to fire employees who joined a lawsuit claiming unpaid wages. The workers allege that Wal-Mart has required or permitted hourly employees to work ...