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Lawsuit pits Va. convicts against state parole board
March 10, 2010
Henry Stump is quick to smile, even though he’s spent all but one of his adult years in prison and is now pushing 50.
His face betrays no anger when he talks about being denied parole 18 times since 1991.
More than anything, Stump is puzzled. He cannot understand why the Virginia Department of Corrections continues to groom him for freedom — offering an array of rehabilitative programs that he has taken at every opportunity — only to keep him locked up.
Read Article: Hampton Roads.Com
Posted By: Phoenix DUI Attorney
Goldman Sachs sued by big pension fund over pay
The International Brotherhood of Electric Workers fund filed the lawsuit in Delaware Chancery Court, seeking to recover money for the company on behalf of other shareholders.
It seeks to stop Goldman from allocating roughly 47 percent of 2009 net revenue as compensation, saying such allocations “vastly overcompensate management and constitute corporate waste.”
Read Article: Reuters
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Botox maker is not liable in girl’s death, O.C. jury says
March 9, 2010
An Orange County jury Tuesday declined to hold Botox maker Allergan Inc. liable in the death of a 7-year-old Texas girl being treated for cerebral palsy because it found the company’s warning labels adequate.
The closely watched case is believed to be the first to go to trial over allegations that the botulinum toxin-based drug contributed to a death. At issue was the safety of the blockbuster cosmetic drug in the higher dosages that are used in pediatric cerebral palsy cases and the adequacy of the Irvine manufacturer’s warning labels.
Read Article: Los Angeles Times
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Suit alleging torture in Iraq can proceed
A lawsuit alleging that former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld authorized harsh treatment methods that led to the abuse of Chicago man in a U.S. military compound in Iraq cleared a critical hurdle Friday as a federal judge in Chicago shot down a government motion to have it thrown out.
“This is the first time where a court has recognized that the facts were sufficient to potentially hold a secretary of defense personally liable for authorizing torture,” said Mike Kanovitz, a Chicago attorney who represents the plaintiffs.
Read Article: Chicago Tribune
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Lawsuit takes aim at stun-gun manufacturer; Watsonville man says he suffered permanent injuries after being shocked in 2006
SANTA CRUZ - Steve Butler knows Barack Obama is president, but that’s only because Butler has heard the information so many times.
Butler also knows he was shocked with a stun gun fired by a Watsonville police officer when Butler refused to get off a Metro bus on Oct. 7, 2006. But he has no recollection of the moment that changed his life forever.
The 51-year-old has no short-term memory, one aspect of a brain injury he suffered when he was hit with the stun gun darts, went into cardiac arrest and was deprived of oxygen for 18 minutes, according to his attorney, Dana Scruggs of Santa Cruz.
Read Article: Mercury News.Com
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