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2 lawsuits filed against Maine Catholic church
Boston :: MA :: USA | 13 hours ago
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Maine (AP) Two brothers are suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, saying church officials knew a priest was sexually abusing them and other children but failed to stop it. In complaints in Cumberland County Superior Court, Jeffrey and
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Will look into matter this week, says minister
Mumbai :: India | 2 days ago
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Meanwhile, political activists and folk literature experts feel that the government neglecting such a culturally important body was unacceptable. Tope said, "Yes, it might be negligence on our part why nothing was done in the past to revive this
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Factory owner barred from leaving Bangladesh
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | 3 days ago
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Bangladesh (AP) The High Court in Bangladesh's capital asked authorities Sunday to prevent the owner of a garment factory where 112 people died in a fire last year from leaving the country, a lawyer said. The High Court made the request in response
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Vermont court: man can sue hospital for blood draw
Montpelier :: VT :: USA | 4 days ago
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Vt. (AP) The Vermont Supreme Court ruled Friday that a man with multiple drunken driving convictions can sue the state's largest hospital for drawing his blood at the request of police. But the court said it's up to the Legislature to consider
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Publisher Liability Rejected By Philadelphia C.P. Court
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 5 days ago
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Court Some time ago we were highly critical of a potentially dangerous expansion of liability for failure to warn to publishers of medical literature...The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Complex Litigation Center (home to Philly's notorious mass
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Hemiplegic biker gets Dh1.5m in damages
Abu Dhabi :: United Arab Emirates | 6 days ago
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The amount brings the total compensation the man and his family received from court verdicts to Dh1.5 million. The Abu Dhabi Misdemeanours Court had convicted the person in charge of the work site of the company of negligence that caused the victim
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Mark Marcum Down as a Not-So-Good Case on Preemption and TwIqbal
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 7 days ago
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Today we will discuss a case that did not turn out so well for the good guys. Normally in this blog we focus on defense wins. After all, we do not relish the idea of doing the plaintiffs' work for them. But today we will conduct a mortality and
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Officer found guilty in sinking of B.C. ferry in 2006 to appeal his conviction
Vancouver :: Canada | 7 days ago
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The officer found guilty in the sinking of the Queen of the North ferry will appeal his conviction in the deaths of two passengers aboard the vessel. In a verdict handed down Monday, a jury convicted Karl Lilgert of criminal negligence causing death
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Day care injury damage suit reinstated
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 11 days ago
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This A state appeals court has reinstated a damage claim by a woman who fell and was injured while attending a Fairfield city program for fragile senior citizens, ruling that such programs can't require participants to give up the right to sue for
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Jury Reaches Verdict in Mold Lawsuit
Santa Barbara :: CA :: USA | 12 days ago
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Jury Reaches Verdict in Mold Lawsuit Thursday, May 9, 2013 Article Tools A Santa Barbara jury ruled against a family suing the Santa Barbara Housing Authority for chronic illnesses they alleged were caused by toxic mold in their apartment. The
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