Suit Alleges Abuse in NY County Jail | | A female inmate in the Greene County jail in upstate New York has filed suit against jail officers, claiming she was sexually abused. The woman claims a male officer "watched her undress, forcibly touched her and threatened to punish her if she refused his advances." The officer and a fellow co-worker were arrested last December on charges of sexual abuse. The suit is seeking unspecified damages. Brendan J. Lyons, Albany Times Union 06/13/2013 | Read Article: Albany Times Union | ExxonMobil Faces Federal Lawsuit Over Ark Oil Spill | | The Justice Department and the state of Arkansas filed suit against the oil giant ExxonMobil over a March 29 pipeline rupture that spilled 210,000 gallons of oil into a residential neighborhood and waterways in the small town of Mayflower. The spill prompted evacuations, killed wildlife, polluted wetlands and a lake, and stirred health complaints from people living near the rupture site, north of Little Rock. In the suit filed in federal district court, the Justice Department seeks civil penalties for violations of the Clean Water Act. The Arkansas attorney general is also pursuing civil penalties for violations of the Arkansas Hazardous Waste Management Act and the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act. The state also seeks to have ExxonMobil pay for all cleanup and removal costs under the federal Oil Pollution Act. Neela Banerjee, LA Times 06/14/2013 | Read Article: LA Times | Honda Recalls 18,000 Sport Vehicles | | Honda has issued a recall of almost 18,000 Acura RSX sedans and S2000 sport vehicles due to issues with the break system. Honda said that an error in the brake system component can cause decreasing brake assistance, increasing the risk of crash. There have been no reported crashes or injuries. Jerry Hirsch, LA Times 06/13/2013 | Read Article: LA Times | Police Shooting in Utah Prompts Lawsuit | | A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against West Valley City, Utah, and a group of police over the killing of a local 21-year-old woman. In the suit, the woman's parents claim their daughter's killing was "unjustified and senseless" and "unrelated to any legitimate law enforcement purpose." The girl was shot and killed by an undercover police officer after she backed her car into another cop. The suit also accuses the department of withholding information about the details of the shooting. Kimball Bennion and Michael McFall, The Salt Lake Tribune 06/12/2013 | Read Article: The Salt Lake Tribune | | |