Family reaches settlement with bar, driver in fatal crash (Settlement funding)

Family reaches settlement with bar, driver in fatal crash
Victoria Advocate - FORT WORTH (AP) - The family of a man killed by a repeat drunken driver reached a $1.2 million out-of-court settlement with him and the bar where he had been drinking. Julie Jones filed a lawsuit against City Streets and Jake Aaron Strickland, who

150th Issue 1
FreeportJournal Standard - How do you learn what life was like 150 years ago? You visit it. Without them, would there be a Freeport? Long before Freeport became part of the Land of Lincoln, it was the land of prairies, streams and American Indians. The region was characterized

Settlement reached in 'Star Wars Kid' suit
Political Gateway - The case against the parents of three Canadian classmates who posted the infamous "Star Wars Kid" video on the Internet has been settled. The "cyber-bullying" lawsuit filed by the parents of Ghyslain Raza, now 17, was to be heard Monday in Quebec

Wastebusters: Prosecutor Speaks Out About Fountain Settlement
WHIO TV - DAYTON, Ohio -- Seven's Wastebusters crew has been following the controversy surrounding the fountains downtown for several years. Now, Montgomery County Prosecutor Mat Heck has said the outcome of a major legal battle over a park project serves as a

Senator urges regulators to reject Enron's settlement offer
Missoulian - SEATTLE - U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in a letter Monday to reject a $2.3 million settlement reached between the agency's staff and the bankrupt Enron Corp. over allegations the company cheated Northwest

Age discrimination alleged against Lucent
Belleville News-Democrat - ST. LOUIS - The federal commission that enforces anti-discrimination laws has filed a lawsuit against Lucent Technologies Inc. over allegedly firing a longtime suburban St. Louis worker. The suit filed in federal court here by the U.S. Equal

Posted by Gaggle on April 7, 2006 - 00:28.
News Busters - Massachusetts prison officials were not happy at one officer's screening of "Brokeback Mountain" for inmates. They also are not happy with movies depicting violence against correctional staff. Given that prisons have much higher rates of homosexual

Fox poison pill goes to vote
Variety - News Corp. has agreed to put its anti-takeover poison pill defense to shareholder vote, backing down from an earlier stance and settling a lawsuit that was set to go to trial later this month in Delaware Chancery Court. News Corp.'s board adopted the

Judge OKs $2.65 billion Time Warner AOL settlement
ZDNet - A federal judge has approved a settlement that calls for Time Warner, the world's largest media company, to pay $2.65 billion to settle charges it overstated revenue to gain approval for its merger with AOL. Time Warner agreed last August to the

Charter and Nortel Announce Optical Solution
WebWire - APRIL 10, 2006, ALPHARETTA, GA - The Southeast Operating Division of Charter Business - the commercial business unit of Charter Communications, Inc. [Nasdaq: CHTR] - and Nortel* [NYSE/TSX: NT] announce the deployment and implementation of an optical