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Tattooing is Free Speech, AZ Supreme Ct. Rules |
| Last week the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that tattooing was a "constitutionally protected form of free speech" reviving a lawsuit over a tattoo parlor business permit. In late 2008, the city of Mesa, Ariz., denied a business request, saying a tattoo parlor was "not appropriate...or in the best interest of the neighborhood." The business owners filed suit over free speech violations, but their suit was initially dismissed by a lower court. Tim Gaynor, Reuters 09/07/2012 | Read Article: Reuters |
Brutal Police Beating Video at Center of Lawsuit |
| A 19-year-old New York man has filed a lawsuit against two police officers who used pepper spray and brutally beat him, most of which was caught on video. The officers claimed the man attacked them, but video taken by the plaintiff's neighbors shows a "brutal and sadistic" beating of the helpless man by the officers; a grand jury dismissed all charges against the plaintiff after seeing the video. The suit says the officers followed the man into his family's apartment and handcuffed and arrested him for "no reason." Benjamin Weiser and Randy Leonard, The New York Times 09/11/2012 | Read Article: The New York Times |
Jury Could Decide Sticky Issues of 9/11 Airlines Lawsuit |
| Most of the lawsuits arising from the hijacked plane attacks on the World Trade Center have been settled, but one demanding that United Airlines and American Airlines be held liable for loss of property and business could go to trial. Two recent rulings by a federal judge in NY denying the airlines' bid to dismiss the lawsuit over a narrow insurance dispute have opened the door to the entire case ending up in the hands of a jury. At issue is whether the two airlines and other defendants should pay additional damages to Larry Silverstein, the leaseholder of the World Trade Center property, beyond what he has already received from his own insurer. Grant McCool, Reuters 09/11/2012 | Read Article: Reuters |
Suit Filed over Wrongful Arrest in New Jersey |
| A New Jersey high school football player has filed a lawsuit against the Wayne Police Department, claiming he was wrongfully arrested and accused of being involved in a gang assault with other football players. In the suit, the plaintiff says he went to the police station to answer questions, but instead was arrested on the spot despite not being present during the time of the assault. All charges have been dropped against the plaintiff; his lawsuit is seeking $15 million in damages. Staff Report, United Press International 09/06/2012 | Read Article: United Press International |
J&J Settles Risperdal Lawsuit on Opening Day of Trial |
| Johnson & Johnson settled a lawsuit on the first day of a trial over claims its antipsychotic drug Risperdal caused a male plaintiff to grow breast tissue, one of his lawyers told a state judge in Philadelphia. The lawsuit by Aron Banks, 21, was the first to go to trial on claims that Risperdal caused boys to grow breasts. Another trial on the same claim is set to begin Sept. 20 in Philadelphia. The terms of the settlement are confidential. The lawsuit is one of about 420 against J&J and its Janssen unit that allege personal injuries caused by Risperdal, the company said in a regulatory filing last month. About 130 of the suits involve claims that the drug caused young males to grow breasts. Jef Feeley and Margaret Cronin Fisk , Bloomberg 09/11/2012 | Read Article: Bloomberg |
Florida A&M Requests Dismissal of Lawsuit |
| Florida A&M University, which has been rocked by a hazing scandal for nearly a year, insists in legal papers filed Monday that it is not to blame for the tragic death last year of drum major Robert Champion. The university maintained that it was Champion, not the school, who bears the ultimate responsibility for his death. Champion died last November after he was beaten by fellow members of the famed Marching 100 band aboard a charter bus parked outside an Orlando hotel. The university asserts that the 26-year-old Champion was a top leader in the band and he should have refused to take part in the hazing ritual. Associated Press, The Washington Post 09/11/2012 | Read Article: The Washington Post |
Housing Developer Accused of Discrimination |
| A group of civil-rights organizations have filed a lawsuit against UDR Inc. over an alleged pattern of housing discrimination in the Dallas area against people with disabilities. According to the suit, URD and its affiliates of have continued to build multifamily dwellings "without required accessibility features" for disabled residents. The suit accuses the company of violating multiple Fair Housing Act requirements for space within residents for people with mobility impairments. John Mossman , Denver Post 09/11/2012 | Read Article: Denver Post |
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Ford Recalls More 2013 Escape SUVs |
| Ford Motor Co. has issued a recall of 7,600 2013 Escape SUVs, which will be the third time the company has recalled this model vehicle this year. The company said problems in the engine cylinder may result in the loss of engine coolant, which causes the engine to overheat and can potentially combust. The company said this recall is "less severe" than the previous two this year. Deepa Seetharaman, Reuters 09/05/2012 | Read Article: Reuters |
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9/11 Fund to Cover 50 Cancers |
| Fifty cancers will be officially added to the list of sicknesses covered by a $4.3 billion fund set up to treat and compensate people exposed to the dust, smoke and fumes of the collapsing World Trade Center, the federal administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program said Monday. The administrator, Dr. John Howard, recommended in June that the cancers be approved but had to wait for a period of public comment first. The new rule will be published Wednesday in The Federal Register and will take effect 30 days after that. ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS, The New York Times 09/11/2012 | Read Article: The New York Times |
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Ovarian Cancer Screenings Are Not Effective, Panel Says |
| Tests commonly recommended to screen healthy women for ovarian cancer do more harm than good and should not be performed, a panel of medical experts said on Monday. The screenings — blood tests for a substance linked to cancer and ultrasound scans to examine the ovaries — do not lower the death rate from the disease, and they yield many false-positive results that lead to unnecessary operations with high complication rates, the panel said. DENISE GRADY, The New York Times 09/11/2012 | Read Article: The New York Times |
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Suit Filed Over Boy Scouts Who Were Struck by Lightning |
| The families of two Utah Boy Scouts struck by lightning in July 2011 - one of them was killed - have filed a lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America. The lawsuit accuses troop leaders of endangering their children by taking them camping in an area "where there had been a lot of thunderstorm activity and where they would potentially be exposed to lightning." The lawsuit is seeking unspecified damages. Pat Reavy, The Deseret News 09/10/2012 | Read Article: The Deseret News |
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