Judge: Korey Stringer lawsuit to proceed
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A federal judge ruled Thursday that Korey Stringer's widow can proceed with her negligence lawsuit against the NFL and equipment maker Riddell Inc. over his heatstroke death.
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A repentant Albert Haynesworth won't be charged with assault for bashing his cleat into the bare head of Dallas Cowboys center Andre Gurode . An unprecedented five-game suspension may not be the end of his punishment, however.
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A judge has denied a motion for a delay in the child abuse case against Michael Jackson, clearing the way for the trialâs January 31 start.
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Adam "Pacman" Jones must wait to see how felony charges filed against him in Las Vegas are handled before a Tennessee court rules on whether the suspended NFL player's plea bargain should be revoked. A new hearing was set for Jan. 3 to revisit the case.
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Adam "Pacman" Jones must wait to see how felony charges filed against him in Las Vegas are handled before a Tennessee court rules on whether the suspended NFL player's plea bargain should be revoked. A new hearing was set for Jan. 3 to revisit the case.
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A request to amend a class action lawsuit filed by former NFL players Bernie Parrish, Herb Adderley and Walter Roberts against Players Inc. was made yesterday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. This means the suit, thrown out of court earlier this month, could be refiled if Judge William Alsup...
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SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - The judge presiding over  the child molestation case against Michael Jackson warned  prosecutors and lawyers for the pop star on Thursday that he  would not delay the trial beyond its current Jan. 31 start  date.
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against O.J. Simpson over an advance the ex-football star was paid for his scuttled book about the murders of his ex-wife and her friend.
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The trial for boxer Paul Spadafora on charges he shot his girlfriend after a traffic mishap was delayed until next month. Allegheny County Judge Jeffrey A. Manning granted the delay after Spadafora&#39;s lawyer
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The judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation case on Wednesday delayed ruling on whether accusations of past abuse by the pop star could be admitted at trial.
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A lawsuit accusing Credit Suisse   of aiding fraud at bankrupt healthcare finance  company National Century Financial Enterprises moved another  step closer to trial after a U.S. judge said it was too soon to  dismiss the suit, as requested by the Swiss investment bank.
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A lawyer who represented Kia Vaughn, a junior on the Rutgers womenâs team, complained to the university that Coach C. Vivian Stringer pressured Vaughn to drop a lawsuit against Don Imus over his sexist and racist remarks about the team. Vaughn dropped her slander and defamation suit in September against Imus, who called Rutgersâs players ânappy-headed hosâ after the team lost in the N.C.A.A. finals.Vaughn had filed the lawsuit against Imus and CBS in August, saying his comments during his radio show damaged her reputation. In a Sept. 4 e-mail message and an Aug. 17 letter sent to university officials before the suit was dropped, Vaughnâs lawyer, Richard B. Ancowitz, said that Stringer and others put pressure on his client and other players not to seek legal action against Imus. Vaughn said Wednesday that no one pressured her and that she wanted to âfocus on school and basketball and everything else.â.
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U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper of the Central District of California Friday denied a motion by the Austrian government to dismiss a lawsuit charging it with wrongful possession of valuable artwork ...
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A US district judge yesterday dismissed Victor Conte&#39;s motion for dismissal of the steroid charges against him, increasing the likelihood that the case concerning Conte&#39;s Bay Area Laboratory
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The judge in the Michael Jackson case on Friday delayed ruling on a complex question involving search warrants but reiterated he will start the singer&#39;s child-molestation trial Jan. 31.
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A judge set a trial date Wednesday for a lawsuit against the University of Colorado that touched off a scandal in the football program over allegations that sex, drugs and alcohol were used to lure recruits.
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A judge wants more information before she decides whether to let Foxy Brown get out of jail and go to California for repair of an electronic ear implant.