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  • Supreme Court accepts appeal over vaccine safety

    Supreme Court accepts appeal over vaccine safety

    Court Alerts 03/09/2010

    The justices Monday agreed to decide whether drug makers can be sued outside a special judicial forum set up by Congress in 1986 to address specific claims about safety. The so-called vaccine court has handled such disputes and was designed to ensure...

  • Wisconsin man pleads guilty in triple homicide

    Wisconsin man pleads guilty in triple homicide

    Court Alerts 03/04/2010

    A central Wisconsin man has pleaded guilty to killing his estranged girlfriend and two of their children.Shane Kettner cried as he entered the pleas Wednesday in Portage County Circuit Court to three counts of first-degree intentional homicide and en...

  • Court rejects appeal in Reading day care death

    Court rejects appeal in Reading day care death

    Court Alerts 03/04/2010

    The state appeals court has upheld the involuntary manslaughter conviction of a woman in the June 2003 death of a baby in a Reading day care facility.Ann Power had challenged her conviction in the death of 3-month-old MacKenzie Corrigan of Stoneham, ...

  • Court says freelancer settlement can be approved

    Court says freelancer settlement can be approved

    Court Alerts 03/02/2010

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday revived an $18 million settlement of a dispute involving payment to freelance writers for online use of their work.The high court overturned a lower court decision throwing out a settlement between freelancers, publishers...

  • High Court Turns Back Hustler Appeal

    High Court Turns Back Hustler Appeal

    Court Alerts 03/01/2010

    The Supreme Court is allowing a lawsuit to proceed against Hustler Magazine over decades-old nude photographs of a woman that were published after she was killed by her husband, wrestler Chris Benoit.The court turned down Hustler's appeal Monday. Ben...

  • S.F. man can sue feds for revealing HIV status

    S.F. man can sue feds for revealing HIV status

    Court Alerts 02/24/2010

    A small-plane pilot from San Francisco, who hid his HIV-positive status for years out of fear of losing his license, can sue the government for disclosing his condition during a fraud investigation, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. A federal jud...

  • Corporations Win Federal Court Access Battle

    Corporations Win Federal Court Access Battle

    Court Alerts 02/24/2010

    As litigators, cynics and viewers of A Civil Action know, how and where a lawsuit is brought can determine its outcome at least as often as the merits of the case. Perhaps the most potent civil procedure decision is the case's forum: state or federal...

  • Judge Praises Chris Brown's Probation Progress

    Judge Praises Chris Brown's Probation Progress

    Court Alerts 02/18/2010

    A judge is praising Chris Brown's progress on his probation for the beating of ex-girlfriend Rihanna.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg says Brown hasn't missed a session of domestic-violence counseling and has done 32 days of hard lab...

  • Rigases fight second trial in US appeals court

    Rigases fight second trial in US appeals court

    Court Alerts 02/17/2010

    A federal appeals court is reviewing whether the imprisoned founder of Adelphia Communications Corp. and his son can face a second federal fraud trial.A full 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in Philadelphia will hear defense arguments that a s...

  • Out-of-town-jury to hear Mo. teen's murder trial

    Out-of-town-jury to hear Mo. teen's murder trial

    Court Alerts 02/16/2010

    An out-of-town jury will hear the murder trial of a central Missouri teenager accused of slaying a 9-year-old neighbor girl because she wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone.A judge decided Tuesday to select a jury from outside of Cole Cou...

  • Blagojevich Wants Tapes Played in Court

    Blagojevich Wants Tapes Played in Court

    Court Alerts 02/11/2010

    When his corruption trial begins in June, Rod R. Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois, wants jurors to be allowed to hear all of the audio recordings — some 500 hours’ worth — that federal authorities secretly made of his telephone conversati...

  • Court halts rules on Edwards sex tape retrieval

    Court halts rules on Edwards sex tape retrieval

    Court Alerts 02/10/2010

    A North Carolina court has temporarily stopped the security rules that a judge issued for the retrieval of the John Edwards sex tape.The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued a stay on Tuesday without giving a reason. The court, however, did not hal...

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