A settlement of up to $657.5 million has been reached in the cases of thousands of rescue and cleanup workers who sued the city over damage to their health, according to city officials.
Fri 12 Mar 2010
Filed under: September 11 (2001), World Trade Center (NYC), New York State, Suits and Litigation — @ 4:34 am
Fri 12 Mar 2010
Filed under: September 11 (2001), World Trade Center (NYC), New York State, Suits and Litigation — @ 2:22 am
A settlement has been reached in the cases of thousands of rescue and cleanup workers who sued the city over damage to their health, according to city officials.
Thu 11 Mar 2010
A father is on trial for obstruction of justice because he followed his son’s instructions to retrieve cash, which turned out to have been stolen.
Sat 6 Mar 2010
Filed under: Bakeries and Baked Products, Computers and the Internet, Suits and Litigation — @ 4:58 am
Web sites are the issue as Artuso Pastry Shop of the Bronx sues a cousin’s business, Anna Artuso Pastry Shop of Yonkers.
Fri 5 Mar 2010
Filed under: Wells, Theodore V., Spitzer, Eliot L, Paterson, David A, Suits and Litigation — @ 3:46 am
As his problems deepen, Gov. David A. Paterson of New York turns to Theodore Wells, who worked for Eliot Spitzer during his troubles in 2008.
Fri 5 Mar 2010
Filed under: Turner, Harold C, Threats and Threatening Messages, Radio, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Suits and Litigation — @ 3:20 am
At his retrial in Brooklyn on charges of threatening three federal judges, Harold C. Turner described past comments as “part of my shtick.”.
Fri 5 Mar 2010
A lawyer for one family said he worried that the settlement amount would be rejected, and court papers suggested the figure was somewhat higher than those in other cases.
Fri 5 Mar 2010
A lawyer for one family said he worried that the settlement amount would be rejected, and court papers suggested the figure was somewhat higher than those in other cases.
Thu 4 Mar 2010
Filed under: Deaths (Fatalities), Immigration and Emigration, Immigration Detention, Obama, Barack, Suits and Litigation — @ 5:15 am
The Obama administration has promised to improve treatment of detainees, but critics say that two lawsuits may have disturbing implications.
Wed 3 Mar 2010
Filed under: Turner, Harold C, Witnesses, Threats and Threatening Messages, Computers and the Internet, Suits and Litigation — @ 3:25 am
The judges, from the federal appeals court in Chicago, said they had been threatened by Harold C. Turner on his Internet blog.