Miss. Supreme Court to Hear Lead Paint Case -- Sherwin Williams Claims Mother Filed Lawsuit Too Late
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By Associated Press  JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a mother and son who lost a lawsuit that claimed Sherwin Williams Co. was responsible for the lead paint that made the boy sick.
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By Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun.
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Families of victims and offenders weigh in on pending Supreme Court case.
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NOVEMBER 19--Another day, another lawsuit for the King of Pop. A Los Angeles antiques dealer yesterday sued Michael Jackson for allegedly failing to pay a $180,000 bill for merchandise he purchased earlier this year.
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A dispute over when to hold an election to determine Republican Sen. Trent Lott's successor headed to court Wednesday.
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The mother of a 24-year-old Ohio man has filed a lawsuit in a U.S. court against a unit of Germany's Bayer, alleging that its contrast agent Magnevist caused her son's death in 2004, her lawyers said.
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The Supreme Court is weighing a lawsuit brought by a school coach who says his firing violates Title IX.
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Music producer Phil Spector faces legal action from the mother of the actress he is accused of killing.
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By MARIE ROHDE  In a victory for the lead paint industry, a Milwaukee County Circuit Court jury decided Friday that the nation's largest manufacturer of lead pigment used in paint did not have to pay the City of Milwaukee $52.6 million as a reimbursement for the city's lead-cleanup effort.
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ChevronTexaco, ordered to pay more than $41 million to more than 75 Sunburst residents who filed a pollution-liability suit, will file a motion for a new trial in the next month, a company spokesman said.
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Michigan's presidential primary took a legal hit Wednesday when a lawsuit was filed asking a judge to keep the Jan. 15 contest from going forward until questions about access to voting records are resolved.
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TAMPA, Fla. - After being dealt a blow by the Florida Supreme Court, the family of a brain-damaged woman at the center of a bitter right-to-die case still has several legal options as they try to save her life, their attorney said Friday.
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Michael Moore won a round Tuesday in a court battle with the brother of Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols, but the plaintiff's lawyer said she is considering whether to take the case to the Supreme Court.
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A judge ruled Friday that a lawsuit demanding that Florida's touch-screen voting machines produce a paper record will not be heard until Oct. 18 &#151; too late, perhaps, to affect the November presidential election.
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The state Supreme Court says a &#36;68 million lawsuit alleging that the Roman Catholic diocese of Nashville covered up child sex abuse by a former priest can go forward.
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By Leigh Coleman, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 16--Stephanie Beck Williams of Biloxi may be headed for stardom as one of the final contenders for the Country Music Television Music City Madness national talent search.
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Paint giant Sherwin-Williams is one step closer to completing its $253 million acquisition of Beltsville-based Duron. The Federal Trade Commission has terminated its review of the proposed merger and will not contest it.