ALBANY — Two doctors are playing golf on Long Island. One hits such a poor shot from the rough that it hits his partner, standing somewhere off to the side, in the head. Whose fault is that?
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Read More »November 15, 2010 Comments Off on Errant golf shot, no warning leads to lawsuit
ALBANY — Two doctors are playing golf on Long Island. One hits such a poor shot from the rough that it hits his partner, standing somewhere off to the side, in the head. Whose fault is that?
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Read More »November 12, 2010 Comments Off on MLB sued by brewer over sponsorship deal
NEW YORK CITY — Anheuser-Busch is suing Major League Baseball in a dispute over the brewer's decades-long sponsorship. The maker of Budweiser claimed in a suit filed Friday that MLB agreed in April ...
Read More »November 4, 2010 Comments Off on Lawsuit charges room at Waldorf had bedbugs
NEW YORK CITY — A Michigan couple has filed a lawsuit claiming their room at New York's Waldorf-Astoria hotel was infested with bedbugs. Christine and David Drabicki charged in the lawsuit filed Thursday that they unwittingly brought the bedbugs home ...
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Read More »October 22, 2010 Comments Off on Woman files bedbug suit vs Waldorf
NEW YORK CITY — A Long Island woman claims her one night at the Waldorf Astoria hotel has cost her $13,000 because her room was infested with bedbugs that came home with her.
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Read More »October 15, 2010 Comments Off on U.S. Supreme Court allows HRT suits to proceed
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by several drug makers seeking to halt lawsuits brought by dozens of women who claim their hormone replacement therapy treatments caused breast cancer.
Read More »October 14, 2010 Comments Off on Judge: Suit over health overhaul can go to trial
A federal judge ruled Thursday that parts of a lawsuit by 20 states seeking to void the Obama administration’s health care overhaul can go to trial, saying he wants hear additional arguments from both sides over whether the law is unconstitutional.
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Read More »October 5, 2010 Comments Off on Slip results in costly suit for sports club
A Monroe County couple has been awarded more than $500,000 following a civil trial last month. Michael Tuttle, 70, was seriously injured when he slipped on snow and ice Feb. 28, 2007 at the North Star Sportsman’s Club in Hilton.
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Read More »September 8, 2010 Comments Off on Lawsuit seeks to halt suspicionless searches
NEW YORK CITY — Civil rights lawyers sued the government Tuesday to stop authorities from snooping in the laptops, cell phones and cameras of international travelers without probable cause. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn ...
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Read More »August 12, 2010 Comments Off on Former associate sues Nixon
A former Nixon Peabody attorney once voted “most likely to succeed” is suing the firm for a breach of contract. Noah Doolittle, who now works for Eastman Kodak Co., claims the firm did not pay him a promised bonus.
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Read More »August 9, 2010 Comments Off on Craigslist lawsuit against SC AG thrown out
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Craigslist against South Carolina’s attorney general, who is trying to prosecute the Internet company for carrying ads for prostitution.
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Read More »August 3, 2010 Comments Off on New lawyer advertising rules put on hold
Facing a lawsuit, backlash from law firms and non-profits, and criticism from the Federal Trade Commission, the state of Florida has delayed the implementation of new rules governing online attorney advertising.
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Read More »July 20, 2010 Comments Off on Wellsville man’s Facebook claim in court