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Goodyear Sued Extensive Wear of ‘Run-Flat’ Tires
A class-action lawsuit filed Monday against Toyota Motor Corp. and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. alleges the two companies sold “defective tires” to certain buyers of Toyota’s popular Sienna minivans. The suit, filed by a pair of New York Law firms on behalf of Stanley Monk and other buyers of the Sienna, claims “run-flat” tires [...]
State Farm Sued over Salvaged Car Settlement
When State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. agreed to pay $40 million to tens of thousands of car owners to settle allegations that it allowed salvaged automobiles to be resold without appropriate titles, the insurer was lauded for being forthright. But a lawsuit claims State Farm crafted a sweetheart deal with attorneys general for 49 states, [...]
Richard Zaranek Principal Stole Sued by Schools
A former elementary school principal in Chippewa Valley Schools and his wife own at least five residences or properties, including a Florida condominium, of which four have been frozen so he can repay money he stole from the district. Former principal Richard Zaranek, who has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in federal court, and his [...]
Man Sued over Grandson’s Downloads
A 67-year-old man who says he doesn’t even like watching movies has been sued by the film industry for copyright infringement after a grandson of his downloaded four movies on their home computer. Lawrence said his grandson, who was then 12, downloaded The Incredibles, I, Robot, The Grudge, and The Forgotten in December, without knowing [...]
Apple Sued Over Scratched iPod Nano Screens
Apple Computer faces a lawsuit that alleges the company knew the iPod nano was defective, yet decided to press on with the product release last month. Disgruntled Consumers have filed a proposed class action lawsuit in San Jose, California, claiming that the nano scratches “excessively during normal usage”. The suit blames nano’s defectiveness on the [...]
Man Sued For Not Giving Woman Orgasms
A Brazilian woman is suing her partner for not giving her orgasms. According to Terra Noticias Populares reports, the unnamed 31-year-old woman filed a complaint at Chacar Urbana Police station in Jundiai. She complained that her 38-year-old partner reached an orgasm and then simply stopped the sexual intercourse. Police chief Jose Roberto Ferraz is investigating [...]
Paris Hilton Sued For Defamatory Statements
The Star Is Being Sued For $10 Million By One Of Paris Latsis’s Ex-girlfriends. Hollywood babe Paris Hilton is being sued over $10 million by one of her former fiancé, Paris Latsis’s ex-girlfriends. Model Zeta Graff, who dated Latsis for about two years before the Greek millionaire started seeing Paris Hilton, claims the blond star [...]
Amex Sues CEO Over $241,000 Topless Bill
American Express is suing the CEO of a communications company for payment of $241,000 worth of disputed credit card charges at a Manhattan topless club. American Express says in papers filed in state court that Savvis Inc. chief executive officer Robert A. McCormick was in the club Scores in October 2003 with at least three [...]
HEU Class Action BC Teachers off Hook
With a lawsuit against the Hospital Employers Union (HEU) making its way slowly through the legal system, the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation (CTF) says it won’t commit to a similar lawsuit against teachers’ unions for their job action. Sara MacIntyre, provincial director for CTF, said while the organization has received a handful of calls from people [...]
Lobby Group Hits BC Teachers With Class Action
While the BC Teachers’ Federation waits a couple more days to find out if a judge will impose financial penalties against the union, a number of angry parents are joining a class-action lawsuitn launched by the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation. Within 24 hours of the CTF posting a website, BC Director Sara McInrtyre said up to [...]
Class-Action lawsuit against BC Teachers Pushed
VANCOUVER — The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is co-ordinating a class-action lawsuit against the B.C. Teachers’ Federation over its illegal strike. The federation says B.C. public schools are “being held hostage by a government union.” It notes 600,000 students have been shut out of their classrooms, parents are scrambling to find care and the union continues [...]
Best Buy Sued over ex-worker’s Cyberstalking
Nicole Christopoulos took her malfunctioning computer to Best Buy in hopes of getting it repaired. And while the man behind the counter accessed her hard drive, it wasn’t solely to repair a problem. Instead, Greg Schaffter jotted down personal information stored on the Arlington Heights woman’s computer and within days, she began receiving harassing messages. [...]
Sony BMG Sued in Bribery Case
TSR Records, an independent music label, filed suit yesterday against Sony BMG Music Entertainment, accusing it of unfairly dominating radio play lists through the use of bribes to programmers and other illicit tactics. The lawsuit, filed in Federal District Court in Los Angeles, comes three months after Sony BMG agreed to pay $10 million to [...]
Google is Sued by Book Publishers
Internet search engine Google is being sued by a group of book publishers over plans to put millions of titles online. The Association of American Publishers, which includes firms such as Penguin, has filed a suit in New York claiming Google will infringe their copyrights. As part of its Print Library Project, Google plans to [...]
Body Armor Class-Action Suit Settled
Ocala police officers may feel a little safer and happier now that a Japanese company has settled a class-action lawsuit that claimed ineffective body armor was sold to the department. The $58,000 owed to the Ocala Police Department is part of Toyobo Co.’s $29 million settlement with police departments and officers nationwide. The 160-sworn officer [...]
MSI Capacitor Class Action Lawsuit
MOTHERBOARD GIANT MSI denies allegations that it sold products with dud capacitors but nevertheless a class action claim page is up and running. The claims page, which covers retail boards made between 1999 and May 2002, does not cover boards in PCs made by Dell, LG, Gateway, Samsung or IBM. The proposed settlement is for [...]
PETA | Biomedical Firm Settle Lawsuit
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), an animal-welfare group that accused an N.J.-based biomedical company of abusing monkeys, has agreed not to infiltrate the company’s operations for five years. PETA will continue to be allowed to show a video of what the organization claims is mistreatment of monkeys at Covance Co. Mary Beth [...]
Lawsuit Abuse Week – Shotgun Edition McQueen
As part of “Lawsuit Abuse Week”, which Pat Cleary touched on here, the House is expected to take up the “Protection of Lawful Commerce In Arms Act” (HR 800, S397) tomorrow. This bill would block lawsuits against gun dealers and manufacturers seeking to hold them responsible for the third-party actions of criminals. A perfect example [...]
Thomson Sued in mpeg Case
Patent management companies Sisvel SpA, based in Italy, and its US subsidiary, Audio MPEG, are suing Thomson SA, demanding that it be permanently barred from selling mp3 players, TV set top boxes and DVD and CD players using MPEG audio compression. Copyright infringement lawsuits have been filed against Thomson and some of its subsidiaries in [...]
Little League Sued after Girl Hit by Softball
The family of a 10-year-old who was hit in the head by a softball is suing Little League and her coaches. According to the lawsuit, Stephanie Flynn suffered a fractured skull when she was hit by a ball while walking to her position in left field during a game in September of 2003. The lawsuit, [...]
Kelly Davenport – Ford Sued Over Door Latches
Troubleshooter Robert Arnold reported Wednesday that the automaker is facing a slew of lawsuits, including one from a Houston family that lost a 17-year-old daughter. Two years ago, Kelly Davenport was about to graduate from high school. Her cheerful willingness to always help others led to thoughts of becoming a teacher. Safety experts agree that [...]
Games Industry to Sue California
THE ENTERTAINMENT Software Association (ESA) said that it will file a lawsuit against the statute recently signed by Governor Schwarzenegger regarding game sales to minors. The ESA’s President, Douglas Lowenstein said that it “intends to file a lawsuit to strike this law down and we are confident that we will prevail.” The Governor signed the [...]
Should You Sue If A ‘Diet’ Doesn’t Work?
This CNN story reports that popular television talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw is the defendant in a class action lawsuit over his now-defunct diet program. Chuck Norris, 60, actor, California, USALost 70 pounds in three months on the hot dog diet.“Screw this exercise equipment,” says Chuck, “I’ve been converted.”McGraw, affectionately knowns as Dr. Phil, [...]
Burger King Weird Lawsuit
The Appellate Court of Illinois ruled in July that the family of Detroy Marshall Sr. could proceed with its wrongful-death lawsuit against Burger King after Marshall died when a car jumped the curb and crashed into a BK whose building was protected by a brick wall that the restaurant had built only a few feet [...]
Class-action Lawsuit Target Striking BC Teachers
The B.C. Teachers’ Federation could soon face more courtroom trouble because of its decision to stage an illegal strike. Yesterday, Victoria lawyer Dennis Berntsen announced he was trying to certify a class-action lawsuit on behalf a single mother claiming $25 million in damages. And in an interview with 24 hours, prominent Victoria lawyer Bruce Hallsor, [...]
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J&J Sued by Consumers Over Children’s Cold Medicines
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MoPo | Geek News Video Clips Forum
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Dumb Laws Of Alabama
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2-year-old Kaylee Called for Jury Duty
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Hostage-taking Ends Peacefully; Hostilo Unharmed
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