Legal advisers shut down a South Carolina fund proposed by Spartanburg County leaders and Gov. Nikki Haley’s office that would have paid medical bills for dozens of people hurt by a children’s train ride crash, according to a newspaper report. …
A Newport County Superior Court jury yesterday found the state of Rhode Island is not liable in the personal injury case of a man who became a quadriplegic after he fell from Newport’s famed Cliff Walk while on his honeymoon. …
Calling a police officer a “fat slob” is not an offense that can usually get someone charged, a federal appeals court ruled recently, allowing a lawsuit over the arrest to go forward. Kenneth Kennedy’s sued the Kentucky city of Villa …
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency will consider settling nearly $1 million in claims from 12 passengers injured in a July 2009 light-rail crash. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Muni’s board is expected to take up the claims this …
