12-Year-Old Kid Continues to Suffer After Falling 110 Feet
10/5/2010 Miami – 12-year-old Teagan Marti continues to suffer in her hospital bed a month after she plunged 110 feet from a thrill ride at the Extreme World Amusement Park in Wisconsin. She could not talk, sit up, nor even wiggle her limbs. She only uses her eyes to communicate, blinking them when the right […]
Lawyers for the Concord Home Invasion Case Ready for Trial
10/5/2010 Concord, New Hampshire – On October 13, jury selection will start for the murder trial of the home invasion that happened a year ago. Superior Court Judge Gillian Abramson met with the lawyers for both the defense and the prosecution to set a schedule and to discuss last minute issues. The now 18 year […]
Oklahoma Assistant District Attorneys Are Now Allowed to Carry Guns
10/4/2010 Oklahoma – Assistant district attorneys are now allowed to carry guns due to the threats and danger that their job entails. Before, only judges and district attorneys were allowed to carry guns even in courtrooms. The law that granted them said right was further extended, and this House Bill 2552 will be effective November […]
Victim of Home Invasion Continues to Suffer From the Ordeals in Court
10/4/2010 Connecticut – The jury for the Hayes case will be expected to start the deliberations on Monday after years of trial for one of the men who invaded the house of Dr. Petit in Cheshire, Connecticut in July 2007. Joshua Komisarjevsky, 30 and Steven Hayes, 47 were accused for the murder of Dr. William […]
DUI Case Against Scott Walker Dismissed Due to Technicalities
10/2/2010 Mississippi – DUI charges against Scott Walker were dismissed by Jackson County Judge Cecil Byrd due to a technicality. It was all done even before the defense was able to present its case. His lawyers said that he is well-known in Ocean Springs and if he is tried in the same location, he would […]
Houston Press Named Personal Injury Lawyer Rob Ammons as 2010’s Best Civil Attorney
10/2/2010 Rob Ammons, personal injury lawyer of the Ammons Law Firm, was named as the Best Civil Attorney for 2010 by the Houston Press. Each year, the Houston Press publishes the “Best Of Houston” issue which highlights top professionals, restaurants, and many others falling in various categories such as arts and entertainment, food and drinks, […]
Restaurant Owners Filed Injunction for the Implementation of Restaurant Tax
10/2/2010 Omaha, Nebraska – Various restaurant owners, represented by their lawyers, filed an injunction in a Douglas County Courthouse in order to block the implementation of the restaurant tax amount to 2.5 percent. The restaurant owners called the tax as unconstitutional, unenforceable, and illegal. The lawsuit filed by various restaurant owners claimed that the new […]
The Turnidges Blame Each Other for the Woodburn Bombing
10/2/2010 The lawyers of Joshua Turnidge and Bruce Turnidge, son and father respectively, revealed that the two are blaming each other for the Woodburn bombing. Each lawyer took turns declaring that their client is innocent, and implicating the other for the bombing. Steven Krasik, the lawyer of Joshua Turnidge, made his opening statement by saying […]
Man Finally Walks Free From Dallas County Jail
9/30/2010 Dallas County – After 20 years, Stephen Matthew Brodie finally walked out of Dallas County Jail. State District Judge Lena Levario ruled in favor of Brodie, declaring him as having been wrongly convicted for the abduction and sexual assault of a 5-year old girl in 1990. Brodie became a suspect in the abduction and […]
Target Corporation Ordered by Judge to Stop Hazardous Waste Dumping
9/30/2010 Riverside, California – Alameda County Superior Court Judge Steven Brick has issued a preliminary injunction, which prohibits Target Corporation in dumping their waste materials. Target has more than 240 stores that are in operation in California, and all were ordered to stop dumping their hazardous wastes. These include paint, pesticides, oven cleaners, corrosive materials, […]