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Widow Awarded Substantial Settlement in Asbestos Cancer-Death

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Bogus Whiplash Claims Cost Every Driver

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Women Cheats Death in Car Accident Thanks to Bra Padding

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Judge Permits Class Action Suit in Apartment Bedbug Case

A lawsuit alleging that managers of two Des Moines apartment complexes for the elderly and disabled seemingly ignored a growing bedbug infestation for over two years will now be allowed to proceed as a class action hearing. Polk Country Judge Joel Novak certified the class in a 27-page ruling that is expected to spark new settlement talks ...

83 Victims, Family Members Seek $750 Million for Fort Hood Massacre

Eighty-three victims and family members in the Fort Hood shooting are seeking $750 million in compensation from the United States Army, claiming that willful negligence enabled the attacker—Nidal Hasan—to carry out the attack at the military installation. The administrative claim filed last week claims the government had precise warnings ...

Tort Reform: The Corporate Agenda

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Appeals Court Upholds Obama Health Care Reform

A conservative appeals court panel upheld the constitutionality of President Obama’s health care law , as the Supreme Court prepares to decide whether to resolve the conflicting rulings regarding the law’s requirement that all Americans by health care insurance. A panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ...

Feds Tell Supreme Court to Stay Away From AZ Immigration Law

  The United States Justice Department has asked the Supreme Court to ignore a lawsuit involving Arizona’s controversial immigration law, claiming that the lower courts have already blocked a number of primary provisions targeting undocumented immigrants.  The state law is a challenge to federal policy and ...

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