A Caledonia man left paralyzed more than five years ago after falling from the second-story window during a house party in Brockport is still fighting to recover damages. Bryan Parslow, who was an 18-year-old freshman at The College at Brockport ...
Read More »High court casts doubt on frequent flyer’s lawsuit
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court indicated Tuesday it won’t offer much help to frequent flyers who want to sue when airlines revoke their miles or their memberships. The justices heard the case of a Minnesota rabbi who was stripped ...
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Read More »DuPont told to pay Kodak Graphic $12.5M
DuPont owes a Kodak subsidiary more than $12.5 million a jury has decided in a long-standing dispute over an alleged breach of contract. DuPont claimed Kodak breached an exclusive contract by not delivering machines to develop new thermal laser technology ...
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Read More »Mistrial in fan’s suit against Rick Springfield
SYRACUSE — A judge has declared a mistrial in the lawsuit brought against 1980s pop star Rick Springfield by a fan who claims he fell on her during a 2004 show in upstate New York, injuring her. State Supreme Court ...
Read More »‘80s pop star Springfield testifies in lawsuit
SYRACUSE — A trial has begun in the lawsuit of an upstate New York woman who’s suing 1980s pop star Rick Springfield for injuries she said she suffered when he fell on her during a state fair performance nearly a ...
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Read More »COA allows negligence claim on drug tester
ALBANY — New York’s highest court agreed Thursday to let a man sue a drug-testing company for what he claims was a false positive test for marijuana that cost him a promised job, prospective marriage and months of anguish when ...
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Read More »Rosy wording of casino referendum challenged
ALBANY — A judge has set an Oct. 11 date to hear a lawsuit that challenges the rosy language the Cuomo administration and Legislature have used in a November referendum to authorize seven Las Vegas-style casinos in New York. The ...
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Read More »Some Trump U. students ‘felt cheated’
NEW YORK — Bob Guillo spent almost $35,000 hoping to learn some of Donald Trump’s real estate secrets. Instead, he says, he left the sessions of Trump University cash-poor, with little more than a photo of himself next to a ...
Read More »Trump calls AG a ‘political hack’
ALBANY — Donald Trump on Monday defended his Trump University as a booming success for student entrepreneurs and blasted New York’s attorney general, who called it a scam. “We have a terrific school. It’s done a fantastic job,” Trump ...
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Read More »Prosecutor, Judge Judy’s son, sues sheriff
CARMEL — A New York prosecutor who is the son of TV’s Judge Judy is suing the local sheriff for $5 million. Putnam County District Attorney Adam Levy says Sheriff Donald Smith defamed him with false and malicious statements about ...
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Read More »Marvel keeps Spider-Man, X-Men comics
NEW YORK — Spider-Man, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk can continue to reside in Marvel’s offices after a federal appeals court Thursday rejected an ownership claim by the children of the artist who helped create them. The U.S. Court ...
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Read More »Lawsuit seeks back pay for MLB volunteers
NEW YORK — A lawsuit filed Wednesday on behalf of a volunteer at last month’s 2013 All-Star FanFest claims Major League Baseball violated federal and state minimum wage laws by failing to pay more than 2,000 volunteers. The lawsuit in ...
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