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• Lawsuit Bans Furniture Dealer From Doing Business in Florida

  Chrissie Cole | March 08, 2008 3:45 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A lawsuit filed by Florida's Attorney General, against a Jacksonville furniture company, will prohibit the business from operating in Florida.The lawsuit, filed against Leather Depot, alleges the company is in violation of a prior business litigation settlement and is involved in deceptive business practices.In April 2006 Leather Depot settled with the Attorney General over complaints from...

• Magna Bank Finishes Presenting Evidence in Legal Malpractice Lawsuit

  Chrissie Cole | March 07, 2008 2:35 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Magna Bank has finished highliting evidence in a legal malpractice lawsuit against Thompson Coburn after four weeks of testimony.The trial, which was on a three-day hiatus so presiding Judge Daniel J. Stack could attend a judicial conference in Chicago, resumed March 6. And in an odd twist Magna's lead lawyer, Rex Carr, was called to testify as a witness for the defense.Carr was asked several...

• Yahoo Faces Shareholder Lawsuit

  Chrissie Cole | March 05, 2008 1:58 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A shareholder lawsuit has been filed against, Internet giant, Yahoo, for refusing a $44.6 billion buyout offer by Microsoft. The Detroit Police and Fire retirement system andWayne County Employee's Retirement System, of Michigan, which owns approximately 13,600 shares of Yahoo, filed a lawsuit in Michigan court asking that Yahoo be forced to consider the buyout. The complaint was filed after...

• Six Charged With Filing False Storm Claims

  Chrissie Cole | March 04, 2008 1:15 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Following a federal grand jury indictment earlier this week, six Orlando-area residents have been arrested by federal officials and charged with filing false storm claims with the federal government in 2005.Each of the six individuals arrested, are being charged in separate indictments, and accused of filing and collecting $2,000 in disaster assistance claims with the Federal Emergency...

• John Ritter's Widow to Speaks at Wrongful Death Trial

  Chrissie Cole | March 03, 2008 1:13 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  John Ritter's widow sat before jurors, on Monday, at her late husband's wrongful death trial and gave testimony about the events that led up to the actor's death in 2003.The family is suing a radiologist who performed a body scan on him two years prior and the cardiologist who treated him on the day he died, claiming both doctors misdiagnosed his condition.Ritter died from a torn aorta, but was...

• Lawrence Place Nursing Home Ordered to Close

  Chrissie Cole | March 02, 2008 2:14 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  The owners of Lawrence Place Assisted Living have been ordered to close and seek relocation of its residents by midnight, Monday, after allegations of nursing home abuse.A Franklin County Judge ordered the facility to close following an emergency investigation by officials from the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) based on complaints that residents were at serious risk of elder abuse...

• Man Awarded $24 Million in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

  Chrissie Cole | March 01, 2008 3:17 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A Streator man was awarded nearly $24 million in a medical malpractice case for brain damage he suffered while in the hospital to have a kidney stone removed, according to court records regarding the case.In 2001, the man, who is now 34, was in St. Mary's Hospital to have a kidney stone removed. While in the hospital's care he suffered cardiac arrest which cut off the flow of oxygen to his...