Son sues over Katrina wheelchair death
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The son of a 91-year-old woman who died in her wheelchair while waiting to be rescued from the city's Convention Center in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina sued the city and state Thursday.
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A Spanish driver who collided with a  cyclist is suing the dead youth's family $29,300 for the damage  the impact of his body did to his luxury car, a Spanish  newspaper reported on Friday.
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Comedian Jim Belushi is being sued by the father of his former driver, who accuses him of selling a used 2001 Land Rover that turned out to be a lemon.
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LOS ANGELES - The mother of a 28-year-old man who died after an audio alarm on his vital signs monitor was turned down sued Martin Luther King Jr.
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An 11-month-old boy was fatally beaten at a home day center, and authorities have charged a 9-year-old boy also attending the day care with the death and the center's owner with putting the child in harm's way.
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The family of a couple paralyzed after they allegedly received an unapproved toxin instead of botox has sued the company that makes the toxin, the clinic where they
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A British private security company is being sued in the United States over the death of a U.S. soldier hit by one of its convoys in Iraq, according to court documents.
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The Orleans Parish sheriff was accused in a lawsuit Friday of violating the civil rights of inmates in his custody during Hurricane Katrina's aftermath.
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The son of Brooke Astor, a   104-year-old millionaire New York society doyenne, sought on   Thursday to recover his guardianship status, removed by a court   amid allegations he kept his mother in squalid conditions.
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By Ed Meyer, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Sep. 16--RAVENNA -- A wrongful-death lawsuit was filed Friday over the July drowning of the 6-year-old granddaughter of late Browns owner Al Lerner at her mother's estate in Mantua Township.
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Collections for the mother of a man who was seriously injured in a car crash in Swaziland, Africa, are being made.
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A mentally ill paraplegic man filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a hospital that dumped him in a gutter on Los Angeles' "Skid Row" -- a case that highlighted the plight of the city's vast homeless population.
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The family of a state prison inmate from Richmond who died after dental surgery filed a federal civil rights suit against the Department of Corrections last week, claiming the state routinely deprives prisoners of adequate medical care.
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The biological mother of a girl who authorities say suffered severe brain injuries at the hands of her adoptive parents sued the state on Monday, demanding that she be allowed to visit her daughter in the hospital.
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ST. LOUIS -- The father of Josh Hancock filed suit Thursday, claiming a restaurant provided drinks to the St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher even though he was intoxicated prior to the crash that killed him.
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The parents of a disabled boy lose their High Court bid to challenge the closure of an A&E unit.
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ATLANTA, June 27 -- In the days before pro wrestler Chris Benoit killed his wife and child and hanged himself, the couple argued over whether he should stay home more to take care of their mentally retarded 7-year-old son, an attorney for World Wrestling Entertainment said Wednesday.