Lawcore.com Legal Topics Archive: December 2006
The heirs of a writer that penned the words for a number of operas are suing the heirs of a compose who wrote the music for the operas, claiming that before his death the composer had provided contracts that gave the writer – and therefore his heirs – a cut of the royalties from his music in exchange for the rights to use the words penned by the writer.
Topic Added December 1st, 2006
Two Tenderloin hotel owners, who were accused of allowing illegal activity on the premises and profiting from the activity, have been sued by the city on behalf of the tenants from the hotel.
Topic Added December 4th, 2006
Computer and printer giant, Hewlett Packard, has been forced to shell out fourteen and a half million dollars to settle a lawsuit that was filed against the company by the California Attorney General’s Office.
Topic Added December 5th, 2006
A man who was arrested on suspicion of being a terrorist, and was then tortured, has reduced a four hundred million dollar lawsuit filed against the federal government to thirty seven million.
Topic Added December 6th, 2006
A man from West Palm Beach County is suing Johnson and Johnson, as well as a subsidiary of the company, over drug coated stents that were inserted into his arteries.
Topic Added December 7th, 2006
Star of the 1970s hit movie Grease, Olivia Newton John, has filed a lawsuit against Universal, claiming that she is owed royalties from the soundtrack to Grease.
Topic Added December 8th, 2006
The children of a songwriter have filed a lawsuit against their aunt – the sister of their father – following his death, and have asked that she be removed as the executor of his estate.
Topic Added December 11th, 2006
A lawsuit filed by a business against a radio commentator and political consultant has been dismissed by an Orange Circuit judge.
Topic Added December 12th, 2006
A lawsuit has been filed by a dismissed police sergeant who claims to have been fired as the result of gender discrimination.
Topic Added December 13th, 2006
A psychiatrist from Baltimore County is being sued by a woman that claims she was raped by him while under sedation.
Topic Added December 14th, 2006
A former university dean has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit, claiming that he was fired from his job because he is black.
Topic Added December 15th, 2006
A former employee of the Tom’s River Township has been awarded $600,000 in an out of court settlement according to reports.
Topic Added December 18th, 2006
The founder of the world famous Hard Rock restaurant and casino is being sued by his ex-wife.
Topic Added December 19th, 2006
A Blair County judge has thrown out a lawsuit that was filed against a methadone clinic, after the plaintiff alleged that a car crash in which he was involved was the fault of the clinic.
Topic Added December 20th, 2006
Television personality Sam Newman is thought to have settled a lawsuit that was filed against him in relation to a boating accident for around $700 according to sources.
Topic Added December 21st, 2006
A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a 26-year-old transgender woman, claiming that a job offer that had been made to her was subsequently withdrawn after it was discovered by the employer that she was a transgender.
Topic Added December 22nd, 2006
A lawsuit has been filed to halt the execution of an inmate by lethal injection after the inmate complained that the lethal injection would cause him unnecessary suffering.
Topic Added December 26th, 2006
A lawsuit has been filed against the Department of Homeland Security's Bureau of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services by two Filipino women and one Chinese woman, all of whom are married to citizens from the United States.
Topic Added December 27th, 2006
A man is being sued by a number of rock icons in relation to the promotions, reproduction, and sale of a range of rock memorabilia.
Topic Added December 28th, 2006
Millions of dollars in compensation have been awarded in the case of a man that was killed in a fatal air crash at the 1999 Arlington Air Show.
Topic Added December 29th, 2006
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