Former Restaurant Inspector Loses Lawsuit
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A former restaurant inspector for France's famed Michelin Red Guide &#151; fired for revealing how it awards its coveted stars to the nation's best chefs &#151; lost a lawsuit Tuesday alleging wrongful dismissal, a Michelin lawyer said.
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A state appeals court in Manhattan dismissed former basketball star Latrell Sprewell's libel suit against the New York Post over the newspaper's account of how he broke his finger nearly five years ago.
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A former Nazi concentration camp guard lost a Supreme Court appeal on Monday over the government's decision to revoke his U.S. citizenship.
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A waitress filed a $20 million lawsuit Wednesday against a high-end Japanese restaurant in one of the city's trendiest areas, claiming its head cook groped her, molested her with kitchen utensils and sexually harassed her.
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A judge yesterday dismissed a lawsuit against Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison and Chairman Jeffrey Henley that accused them of insider trading before the company announced an earnings shortfall in 2001.
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A judge Tuesday threw out a civil lawsuit filed against William Kennedy Smith by a former personal assistant who alleged he sexually assaulted her.
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A federal appeals court on Wednesday threw out a &#36;15 million punitive damages award to a lifelong smoker who sued R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. after losing his legs from a cigarette-related illness.
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A woman who claims she was abused in a Catholic children's home loses a bid to sue the religious order which ran it.
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The former police commissioner has filed a lawsuit claiming he was wrongfully fired last week after law enforcement officials met with federal authorities to discuss an ongoing probe into city corruption.
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A judge found that the evidence did not support the conviction of a former N.Y.S.E. supervisor who once oversaw trading in General Electric stock.
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A high-profile Hong Kong banker and ballroom dancing fanatic won a lawsuit on Wednesday against her Salsa instructors, who were ordered to return her HK$62 million (4.2 million pounds) dollars for lessons she never took.
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A home decor merchant has dropped a federal lawsuit attacking Google Inc.'s practice of connecting some online ads to trademarks, handing the Internet search leader its latest legal victory on the prickly issue.
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A federal district judge in Washington dismissed an antitrust lawsuit that contended medical residents are forced to participate in a system that ensures they work long hours for low wages.
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A city health inspector who gave a passing grade to a fast-food restaurant a day before television cameras captured images of rats scampering across its floor has been removed from field duty, health officials said Tuesday.
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A federal judge has dismissed a 6-year-old sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former player against North Carolina women's soccer coach Anson Dorrance.
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A federal judge in San Francisco has dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of retired football players by former Cleveland Browns defensive back Bernie Parrish.
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LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. - Charges have been dropped against a man arrested in a restaurant for not leaving a big enough tip...