S.C. Court Rejects 'Wrongful Life' Claim
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The state Supreme Court threw out a "wrongful life" lawsuit claiming a doctor failed to tell a pregnant woman about her son's severe birth defect.
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A Texas jury on Friday rejected  accusations chemical maker Union Carbide had failed to disclose  the dangers of asbestos and awarded no damages to Kelly-Moore  Paint Co. in a $1.3 billion lawsuit.
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A federal appeals court on Wednesday  refused to reconsider its ruling that allowed the U.S.  government to move forward with its death penalty case against  accused Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui.
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A federal judge has ruled that some  product liability claims against Boston Scientific Corp.   over heart defibrillators can proceed, rejecting the  medical device company&#39;s motions to dismiss them.
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A federal judge rejected the cityâs attempt to cap its liability in the Staten Island ferry crash at $14 million.
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A jury rejected the claims of an Alabama man who blamed the painkiller Vioxx for a heart attack in 2001.
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The Supreme Court declined to consider Monday whether South Carolina's anti-abortion license plates are unconstitutional, a free-speech question that could have resulted in the elimination of similar programs in a dozen states.
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An appeals court upheld the murder convictions of two white men for killing a black woman during 1969 race riots, saying the defendants failed to show they were harmed by the 32-year delay in the case.
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A doctor has no duty to tell a woman considering an abortion that her embryo is an "existing human being," a unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, averting a trial over when human life begins.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected school assignment plans that take account of students' race in two major public school districts. The decisions could imperil similar plans nationwide. The Court also blocked the execution of a Texas killer whose lawyers argued that he should not be put to death because he is mentally ill.
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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Florida death row inmate should not get a new trial even though his lawyer conceded the man's guilt without his consent.
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Refusing to wade into the debate over gay marriage in Massachusetts, the US Supreme Court yesterday rejected a bid to overturn a landmark court ruling legalizing gay marriage in the Bay State.
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A Tennessee man's claim that the maker of the painkiller Vioxx should be blamed for his 2003 heart attack was rejected yester day by a federal jury, the fourth victory for Merck &amp; Co. in five federal trials.
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The Supreme Court today declined to consider whether dying patients have a right to be treated with experimental drugs not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
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An appeals court Wednesday denied a request from the parents of a severely brain-damaged woman for a new trial in the long-running right-to-die case, according to the court clerk's office.
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A convicted killer who argued that Florida's use of lethal injection amounted to cruel and unusual punishment was put to death Wednesday night after the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly denied him another stay.
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The Supreme Court rejected the claim by a high school football powerhouse in Tennessee that its coachâs recruiting violations were a form of free speech.