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Judge: Prince Andrew Sex Lawsuit Trial Likely in Late 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — A trial resulting from an American woman’s claims that Prince Andrew sexually abused her when she was 17 would probably occur late next year, a judge said Wednesday. It is difficult to immediately set a trial …

Reputation of AstraZeneca’s COVID Vaccine Marred by Missteps

LONDON (AP) — AstraZeneca’s release Monday of encouraging data about its coronavirus vaccine from its U.S. trial raised hopes that the drug company could put a troubled rollout behind it. But just hours after its announcement, American officials issued an …

Two Bayer Roundup Trials Postponed to Give Time for Talks

Bayer AG agreed to postpone two upcoming U.S. trials involving its Roundup weedkiller to allow time for mediation talks on a possible settlement with plaintiffs. The German agriculture giant agreed to delay two trials that were set to begin in …

Court Bars Statute of Limitations Defense Because of Misrepresentations

The owner of Golden Isles Cruise Lines promised to “take real good care” of Robert Bruce Lowie, but he didn’t. After Georgia’s one-year statute of limitations to file a tort claim passed, Golden Isles stopped paying Lowie’s medical bills, even …

Judges Crack Down on People who Snub Jury Duty

Elsie Mathews entered the cavernous 16th-floor courtroom of Oregon’s chief federal judge, sat down at a table in front of the bench and waited. She arrived in her white Metro West ambulance shirt and blue pants, expecting others to show. …

Mississippi Kmart Flooding Case Set for Trial

A federal judge has denied requests from the Mississippi city of Corinth and the Kroger Company to be dismissed as defendants in a lawsuit over 2010 flooding at the Kmart in Corinth. Kmart Corporation is seeking compensation for flood damage …

Trial Begins in Utah Boat Crash That Killed Scientist

A trial is under way for one of three men riding in a motorboat when it severed a swimmer’s legs and killed the woman, a University of Utah scientist. A jury panel was being seated Monday for Skyler Shepherd, 22, …

Southwest Missouri Couple to Stand Trial for Fraud

A southwest Missouri couple will stand trial on charges that they defrauded victims of the 2011 Joplin tornado Sixty-five-year-old Jeffrey Wolfson, of Osage Beach, and his wife, 57-year-old Gloria Schoeller, of Springfield, are accused of taking about $38,000 of insurance …

Trial Looms for Ex-Minnesota Viking’s Wife in Hit-And-Run

The wife of a former Minnesota Vikings tight end has admitted being behind the wheel of her husband’s sport-utility vehicle last August when it struck a man on a highway exit ramp, killing him. But much of what happened that …

Cases in West Virginia Music Festival Death Set for Trial

Three lawsuits stemming from a fatal accident at the All-Good Music Festival near Masontown last summer will be tried together in Clarksburg, W.V. U.S. District Judge Irene Keeley is combining lawsuits by survivors Elizabeth Rose Doran and Yen Ton with …