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| Florida Man Alleges Prior Sexual Abuse by Catholic Priest in Lawsuit | | 
| | A lawsuit has been filed in the state of Florida alleging that a priest who was accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy was transferred to another parish by the Archdiocese of Miami. The lawsuit was filed by a man who alleges he was sexually abused by the priest during the time that the priest served at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church in Pembroke Pines in 1989. The lawsuit accuses the archdiocese of "negligence for failing to protect the minor; intentional infliction of emotional distress for allowing the priest to have contact with children; failing to report alleged abuse to authorities and other complaints."
Linda Trischitta, South Florida Sun-Sentinel 05/20/2015    | | Read Article: South Florida Sun-Sentinel |
| BP Settles Deepwater Horizon Claims With Transocean, Halliburton | |
| | In a series of legal deals, BP PLC agreed to settle its remaining claims with oil-services firms Halliburton Co. and Transocean Ltd. over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The deals don’t completely end the long-running courtroom showdown over damages related to the offshore well disaster. But the deals effectively end a five-year legal entanglement for Halliburton and Transocean. Both companies said in news releases that they settled all remaining claims with BP and were fully indemnified by BP against future court findings.
RUSSELL GOLD, Wall Street Journal - $$ Subscription Required 05/21/2015 | | Read Article: Wall Street Journal - $$ Subscription Required($) |
| Gulf Oil Leak Records Cannot Be Kept Secret, US Judge Says | |
| | A federal magistrate judge Wednesday rejected a company’s bid to preserve the confidentiality of numerous emails and reports about its failed efforts to halt a decade-old Gulf of Mexico oil leak. The documents could be evidence in a lawsuit that a coalition of environmental groups, led by the New York City-based Waterkeeper Alliance, filed against Taylor Energy Co. The New Orleans-based company owned an oil platform that toppled during Hurricane Ivan in 2004. An Associated Press investigation recently revealed evidence that the leak at the site of the toppled platform is worse than Taylor or government regulators had publicly reported.
Kevin McGill, ?AP, The Washington Post 05/21/2015 | | Read Article: The Washington Post |
| Concussion Lawsuits Rankle School Groups | |
| | A lawsuit filed against the Illinois High School Association over its head-injury policies, makes it the first state association that could face class-action scrutiny and the latest football governing body to be sued over concussions, joining the likes of the N.F.L., the N.C.A.A. and Pop Warner. The suit seeks no monetary damages, only changes to the association’s concussion policies, modeled after the case brought against the N.C.A.A.
BEN STRAUSS, The New York Times 05/21/2015 | | Read Article: The New York Times |
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