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Woman’s Claim of Firing Over Breastfeeding Remains Dismissed

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Supreme Court was split 2-2 Friday over a woman’s nearly nine-year battle to challenge her firing from the state Department of Health and Human Services over breastfeeding, meaning a lower court’s decision to …

Recreational Immunity in Wisconsin Swimming Death Lawsuit

A lawsuit over the swimming death of a 16-year-old boy has been dismissed in Chippewa County. The lawsuit was brought by the parents of Justin Buss. He drowned after he and friends were swinging on a rope over Paint Creek …

Class-Action Versus American Honda Thrown Out

American Honda Motor Co won a legal victory as a divided U.S. appeals court on Thursday said a nationwide lawsuit over a brake system used in some Acura RL vehicles should not have been certified as a class-action. The 2-1 …

Judge Ends Pennsylvania Bus Driver’s Workplace Threat Suit

A federal judge has dismissed a Pennsylvania lawsuit filed by a fired Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority bus driver who claims he was wrongly fired after he was wrongly arrested for threatening the shoot up his workplace 10 days after a …

Judge Dismisses Michigan Bar Fight Lawsuit Against Iverson

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking $2.5 million from former NBA star and Detroit Piston Allen Iverson over a 2009 bar fight. U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Edmunds found no evidence that Iverson punched an Ohio man or …

Most of $19.9B JP Morgan/Madoff Case Tossed

A federal judge threw out most of a $19.9 billion lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co and a $2 billion case against UBS AG by the trustee seeking money for victims of epic swindler Bernard Madoff’s fraud. The decision by …

Kansas County Settles in Sex Discrimination Suit

Johnson County is no longer part of a lawsuit that claims Phill Kline sexually discriminated against a senior prosecutor while he was the suburban Kansas City county’s district attorney. Johnson County Judge Gerald T. Elliott agreed to dismiss the county …

Judge Tosses Toyota Case Due to Damage Threshold

A federal judge in California has dismissed a case against Toyota Motor Corp. that was supposed to be the first to reach trial out of hundreds of sudden acceleration complaints filed in federal court. U.S. District Court Judge James V. …

New York Judge Tosses 7 WTC Suits

In tossing out a negligence lawsuit, a judge on Friday cited the “strange, improbable” events that destroyed a 47-story World Trade Center building a decade ago on Sept. 11, several hours after the 110-story twin towers fell. The claims by …

Florida Judge Tosses Negligence Lawsuit Against SeaWorld

A Florida judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by New Hampshire parents who claimed their 10-year-old son suffered emotional distress when he witnessed a killer whale drown a SeaWorld trainer. Last week, Judge Julie O’Kane ruled that Suzanne and Todd …