A California jury has determined that the California Department of Transportation is required to pay $6.3 million in damages in two wrongful death lawsuits and one personal injury lawsuit that were filed after 2004 car crash in the San Bernardino Mountains.
A jury in Jo Daviess County, Illinois has awarded $1.9 million to a painter who was injured in a 2003 accident. The personal injury settlement is believed to be the largest in the county’s history.
John C. Yoo, the one-time Bush Administration lawyer who penned legal opinions justifying controversial interrogation techniques such as waterboarding, will face a civil rights suit filed by a detainee after a judge rejected most of his claims of immunity.
Two Pennsylvania teens will serve jail time for the July beating of a Mexican man, which led to the man’s death. Plaintiff claims that the teens were motivated by racial prejudice, and that the jury’s relatively light sentence, too, was motivated by racial bias.
Divorce proceedings between R&B singer Usher and his estranged wife, Tameka Foster Raymond, are to continue. The split is expected to affect the couple’s two sons, ages 18 months and 6 months, for whom the pair will have to determine custody.
An American man is involved in a custody battle over his 9-year-old son, whom the child’s mother (a Brazilian) abducted and took to Brazil. The dispute highlights issues of child custody and international child abduction.
NFL star Donte` Stallworth, who is charged with DUI manslaughter, is expected to enter a plea deal, in which he will plead guilty to the lesser charge of DUI. The court’s acceptance of the plea deal would reduce his jail time and resolve the case.
A pedestrian who was injured when a garbage truck struck him and dragged him for a short distance has been awarded $3.7 million. According to the victim’s attorney, his injuries will likely confine him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
A Brooklyn Supreme Court jury has awarded $13 million to a NYC Transit authority employee for injuries he suffered after falling 30 feet from elevated subway tracks. As a result of the accident, the employee sustained brain damage and massive injuries to his face, arms, and pelvis.
A lawsuit criticizing the state of Michigan's criminal public defense system as discriminatory has been allowed to proceed. If it is successful, the case could have an important influence on state budgetary policy. An attorney from the ACLU is co-counsel on the case.
Computer software giant Microsoft, Inc. agreed to a proposed $100 million antitrust settlement with the state of Mississippi. The suit stems from the company's allegedly anticompetitive software-bundling policies and criticizes Microsoft's pricing structure for the Windows operating system.
Liz Watson, wife of former San Francisco Giant Barry Bonds, filed for legal separation in Los Angeles. Bonds’ legal and relational problems reportedly strained the marriage. Watson cited “irreconcilable differences” and sought spousal support and custody of the couple’s daughter.
The man charged with murder in the April deaths of a Major League pitcher and two other victims pled not guilty Monday. His attorney is taking measures to ensure a fair trial. The man is charged with three counts of second-degree murder relating to an alleged DUI accident.
The family of a Cleveland man who suffered fatal injuries when he was struck by a Regional Transit Authority bus last year while crossing a crosswalk has received $1.775 million in damages. The Regional Transit Authority agreed to pay the settlement in the wrongful death lawsuit last month.
The family of a man who was killed in a bus accident in Wisconsin has reached a settlement with Whole Foods. The victim, a marching band assistant, was killed when the bus carrying the marching band struck an over-turned Whole Foods truck in October of 2005.
Video game maker Midway Games has reached a settlement with major stockholder Mark Thomas, marking the end of a dispute related to the company's bankruptcy proceedings. Thomas accepted $5 million, a fraction of the amount he initially demanded.
Former Bush Administration Solicitor General Ted Olson is partnering with one-time Bush v. Gore opponent David Boles to bring an equal protection lawsuit in federal court challenging the constitutionality of gay marriage bans. Olson and Boles filed the suit recently in San Francisco.
A jury sentenced music producer Phil Spector to 19 years to life in prison for the 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson. In addition to jail time, the sentence also included punitive damages, which Spector paid to Clarkson’s mother.
A California jury has awarded $18. 3 million to an Oakland man who became a quadriplegic as a result of a 2005 Ford passenger van rollover accident. The jury found that Ford Motor Corp. was 100 percent liable for the victim’s injuries.
Mr. Sukhsagar Pannu, of Simi Valley, California, has been awarded $21.1 million for injuries he suffered in a Land Rover rollover accident that left him paralyzed. The Los Angeles County Superior Court found that Tata Motors, the owner of the Land Rover brand, was liable for Mr. Pannu’s injuries.
Paradise, California resident Harold Funk has filed a federal lawsuit against the police department and town of Paradise, alleging police brutality and wrongful detention. He seeks $1.5 million for injuries allegedly sustained during the incident.
Billionaire Mark Cuban sued the Securities and Exchange Commission this week, demanding that the agency release information related to allegations that Cuban engaged in illegal insider trading in 2004. The SEC allegedly improperly withheld the information under an exemption in the Freedom of Information Act.
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