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Judge Rules Against School District in Bullying Lawsuit | | A Kitsap Superior Court judge has ruled that the Bainbridge Island School District in Washington must pay $300,000 in damages to the parents of a disabled child who was subjected to bullying and sexual harassment. The lawsuit was filed back in 2010 and alleged that the school district was negligent when it did not protect their child from the abuse. The boy was harassed repeatedly until his parents filed a restraining order against four boys who were later found guilty of criminal conduct related to bullying. According to the court papers, "the boy, who has Asperger's Syndrome, required years of therapy and anti-anxiety medication." Wire Report, Komo News 10/19/2013 | Read Article: Komo News |
Texas High Court To Review Farmers Vacant House Fire Win | | The TX Supreme Court agreed to review a ruling finding that a Farmers Insurance Exchange policy condition bars a payout for the destruction of a vacant home even where the vacancy had no connection to the fire that caused the damage. The state high court accepted a petition brought on behalf of Lewayne Green arguing that a Texas appeals court erred in reversing a finding that Greene's homeowner's insurance policy with Farmers covered damage from a fire that originated on a neighboring property. Gavin Broady, Law360.com 10/21/2013 | Read Article: Law360.com |
Oil Companies Are Sued for Waste of Natural Gas | | In the sharpest challenge yet to the surge in flaring of natural gas in the Bakken shale oil field, North Dakota mineral owners this week filed 10 class-action lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in lost royalties from some of the nation's largest oil companies. Roughly 1,500 fires burn above western North Dakota because of the deliberate burning of natural gas by companies rushing to drill for oil without having sufficient pipelines to transport their production. With cheap gas bubbling to the top with expensive oil, the companies do not have an economic incentive to build the necessary gas pipelines, so they flare the excess gas instead. CLIFFORD KRAUSS, The New York Times 10/21/2013 | Read Article: The New York Times |
Military Burn Pit Claims in Limbo | | Thousands of returning veterans and civilians are now attributing myriad symptoms ” respiratory problems, neurological disorders, cancers and ALS ” to exposure to the burn pits (the massive, open-air ditches where the military dumped its waste and lit it ablaze), which were located at dozens of bases throughout Iraq and Afghanistan. Many are trying to get the military to cover their medical costs. Others are suing KBR, which operated some of the burn pits, accusing them of dumping into them all manner of unapproved items ” tires, oil, chemicals and medical waste. Sean Dobbin, Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle, USA Today 10/21/2013 | Read Article: USA Today |
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