Archive for March 20, 2006

Company retracts settlement in South Carolina asbestos case

A South Carolina woman is claiming that Union Carbide has breached a settlement agreement concerning her husband's asbestos case.

Surrogate mother keeps children, returns $20,000 fee

Awarded custody of the triplets she delivered for another couple in 2003, a Pennsylvania woman must give back her surrogate's fee, as well as the child support payments from the biological father.

Man paid $80,000 in child support for boy who isn't biologically his

Over the course of 15 years, Doug Richardson of Lansing, Mich., shelled out tens of thousands of dollars in child support for a boy who, DNA test prove, was fathered by another man.

Investigations begin into safety of Magnetix toys

The investigation into whether a popular toy, Magnetix, could be dangerous to small children has been undertaken by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The investigation centers on small, aspirin-sized magnets that can become dislodged from the tiny toys.