Crematory Owners Sued for Grisly Cleanup
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A Georgia county is suing to recover $2  million in cleanup costs and other expenses from the owners of  a crematory where 334 corpses were found dumped in the woods,  buried in pits and stacked in storage sheds.
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Abuse and neglect was so rampant at a South Side nursing home, two former employees dubbed it &quot;the house of death, terror and filth,&quot; a whistleblower lawsuit unsealed Monday alleged.
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Residents of a northern California town have sued ChevronTexaco Corp  over a refinery shutdown that they claim spewed dangerous gases into the air and caused health problems.
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The company sues rival Protected Vehicles for a whole slew of offenses.
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By Rodney Foo, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 22--The family of a Santa Clara County firefighter who was electrocuted last year while battling a blaze at a Los Gatos home has filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against the property owners and PG&E.   Capt.
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The owners of a Rhode Island nightclub where 100 people died in a fire set off by a band's pyrotechnics are suing their insurer to force it to cover the costs of their criminal defense.
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The lone survivor of the Sago Mine disaster and the families of two victims on Wednesday sued the mine owner and five other companies, alleging negligence that put the miners at grave risk as they went about their work underground.
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Three environmental groups said they intend to sue two poultry processing plants, claiming unlawful discharges of waste into the North Fork of the Shenandoah River.  The companies send waste to a treatment plant in Timberville that the state has taken to court over pollution of the river.
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CARNEGIE, Pa. - John Ferri rushed feverishly around his mud-soaked monument business over the weekend, cleaning off the granite gravestones with window cleaner and carrying out boxes of trash...
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Even after the criminal case against crematory operator Ray Brent Marsh comes to an end, the victims' relatives are likely to be left wondering why 334 bodies were dumped and cement dust was passed off as their ashes.
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The parents of a 15-year-old boy who died while attending a boot camp for troubled teens have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the facility.
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A former crematory operator accused of dumping 334 bodies and passing off cement dust as ashes has agreed to a plea deal requiring him to serve no more than 12 years in prison, the Associated Press learned Tuesday.
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The husband and wife owners of a nursing home near New Orleans were indicted Wednesday on charges of negligent homicide and cruelty in the deaths of 35 patients who perished in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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Tri State Crematory operator Brent Marsh said Friday afternoon in a LaFayette courtroom that he &quot;apologizes&quot; to family members of those whose bodies he did not cremate and to his own family.
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A former crematory operator accused of dumping 334 bodies on his property and passing off cement dust as ashes has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges, prosecutors said in a letter to families of the deceased.
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The family of a couple killed in a car crash fight plans to exhume them after claims they are in a reserved grave.
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A company that made contaminated pet food that killed dozens of dogs nationwide will pay $3.1 million in a settlement with pet owners, an attorney said Friday.