Recent Updates
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Court sides with S. Ind. city in man's injury suit
Personal Injury 04/23/2014The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court's ruling that the Ohio River city of Madison is not liable for injuries a man suffered when he tripped on a sewer grate. Brad Haskin suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in July 2008 when he trippe...
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GM to ask bankruptcy court for lawsuit protection
Bankruptcy Law 04/09/2014General Motors revealed in court filings late Tuesday that it will soon ask a federal bankruptcy judge to shield the company from legal claims for conduct that occurred before its 2009 bankruptcy. The automaker's strategy is in a motion filed in a Co...
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Kris Humphries' lawyer wants out of divorce case
Family Law 02/23/2014A lawyer for Kim Kardashian's estranged husband wants to end his involvement in the former couple's divorce proceedings. Marshall Waller says irreconcilable differences have arisen between him and Kris Humphries, and he should be allowed to leave the...
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Oklahoma Supreme Court Shoots Down Income Tax Cut
Tax Law 01/24/2014The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that a bill passed last session to cut the state's personal income tax and provide $120 million for repairs to the Capitol is unconstitutional. In a unanimous decision released Tuesday, the court ruled the bill vi...
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Court Won't Hear Appeal Of New York Internet Taxation
Tax Law 01/24/2014The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider throwing out New York state's taxes on Internet purchases on websites like Amazon.com, a move that could change the way Internet commerce works. The high court refused without comment to hear appeals fr...
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Maryland appeals income tax case to Supreme Court
Tax Law 01/24/2014The Daily Record reports the justices on Monday asked for the Obama administration's views on the constitutionality of barring state residents from deducting income taxes paid to other states from their local city or county taxes owed in Maryland. La...
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Ind. Supreme Court to hear foul ball injury case
Personal Injury 01/23/2014The Indiana Supreme Court is taking up the case of a woman who wants to sue a minor-league baseball team over injuries she suffered when a foul ball struck her during a game. The court was scheduled to hear oral arguments Thursday in Juanita DeJesus'...
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Once notable NJ lawyer given life sentence
Attorneys in the News 09/29/2013A defense attorney who once had a roster of celebrity clients and boasted of having tried hundreds of cases in federal court was sentenced there on Monday to life in prison without parole after his conviction on nearly two dozen counts including murd...
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Suit filed against Six Flags in Texas Giant death
Personal Injury 09/23/2013On the same day that Six Flags Over Texas announced the reopening of the Texas Giant, the family of a Dallas woman killed in July in a fall from the roller coaster sued the amusement park, saying park operators were negligent in not having an adequat...
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Ill. high court invalidates 'Amazon tax' for sales
Tax Law 09/09/2013The Illinois Supreme Court threw out a state law Friday that taxes certain Internet sales, saying the so-called "Amazon tax" violated federal rules against "discriminatory taxes" on digital transactions. The 6-1 ruling represented the first time a co...
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Oklahoma Supreme Court Shoots Down Income Tax Cut
Tax Law 09/09/2013The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that a bill passed last session to cut the state's personal income tax and provide $120 million for repairs to the Capitol is unconstitutional. In a unanimous decision released Tuesday, the court ruled the bill vi...
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Iowa top court: Firing of attractive aide is legal
Employment Law 09/09/2013The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday stood by its ruling that a dentist acted legally when he fired an assistant because he found her too attractive and worried he would try to start an affair. Coming to the same conclusion as it did in December, the all...