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Judge Orders Winner to Pay Loser's $10.5M Legal Fees in Battle Over Inheritance
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A New Jersey judge has ordered the winner of a battle over a nine-figure inheritance to pay Samantha Perelman—the woman who contested the will and lost—$10.5 million in legal fees. So reports The New York Daily News.
Read more...Missouri Executes Elderly, Brain-Injured Murderer
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Missouri has executed Cecil Clayton, a 74-year-old murder convict who was missing part of his brain from a sawmill accident that he suffered more than a decade before he committed the crime. So reports the Associated Press.
Read more...Texas Bill: Students to Get $2,000 for ‘Mental Anguish’ After Finding Opposite Sex in Bathroom
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A Texas lawmaker has proposed legislation that would require the state’s schools to pay $2,000 in damages to students who prove they experienced “mental anguish” upon finding a person of the opposite sex in a school bathroom, locker room or shower. So reports the New York Daily News.
Read more...Florida ‘Nurse’ Faces Federal Charges for Not Having a License
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A woman who administered vaccines and medication over the course of her year-long employment as a Registered Nurse in a Sarasota health clinic is facing criminal charges for not having a license. So reports WFLA.
Read more...Early Garbage Pick Up Lands Georgia Sanitation Worker in Jail
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A man who picks up garbage in an Atlanta suburb for a company contracted to do sanitation work will serve 30 days in jail for starting the job earlier than a city ordinance allows. So reports ABC News.
Read more...Accused ‘Slender Man’ Stabbers to Be Tried in Adult Court
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A judge in Wisconsin has ruled that the two girls accused of stabbing their classmate 19 times to satisfy Slender Man, a fictional character they believed was real, will be tried as adults. The girls were 12 years old at the time of the attack. So reports the Associated Press.
Read more...Appellate Briefs: How Long Is Too Long?
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A proposal to shorten the limit federal rules impose on appellate litigation briefs by 1,500 words has predictably prompted approval from many judges and criticism from the lawyers responsible for writing them. So reports The Wall Street Journal.
Read more...Grave Digger Looking for Will Pleads Guilty
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A woman facing trial for digging up her father’s New Hampshire grave instead pleaded guilty to charges of criminal mischief, interference with a cemetery, conspiracy, and abuse of a corpse. So reports The New York Daily News.
Read more...California Strikes Down Sex Offenders’ Residency Restrictions
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California’s state supreme court has struck down a prohibition against registered sex offenders in the Golden State from living within 2,000 feet of a school or park. So reports the San Francisco Gate.
Read more...Court: Applebee’s Not Liable for Praying Man’s Hot Fajitas Burns
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A New Jersey appellate court dismissed a case brought against the restaurant chain Applebee’s by a man who sustained burns as a result of praying over a plate of sizzling fajitas. So reports USA Today.
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