Celebrity Law

Northern Calif. man who killed alleged molester is sentenced to 9 years behind bars
Are women who kill abusive spouses sentenced like this? 6-15-2010 California:UKIAH, Calif. -- A Northern California man who killed an alleged molester was sentenced Tuesday to nine years in prison in a vigilante shooting...

Cops: Mother Used Sex Ads on Craigslist to Retaliate Against Daughter's Rival
5-8-2009 National:It's one thing for a mother to stick up for her daughter ? quite another thing for a mother to retaliate against her daughter's rival by sending sex clients to the rival's mother through a fraudulent Web ad...

UK man killed by girl who accused him of sex assault, cops say
In Britain, a 14-year-old girl is accused of murdering a man whom she'd accused of sexually assaulting her. The slaying occurred just days after authorities declined to charge the man, citing a lack of evidence...

Cretan Sentences Drunk Mother Who Abandoned Children, Wrecked Car, and Tried to Flee Accident to 90 Days
Sara Haderle, 36, is not what one would call a model mother and Superior Court Judge Clifford Cretan is not what one would call a task master judge. Haderle left her 2-year-old and 3-year-old children at home...

UPDATE: Python kills Florida girl, 2, during the night
This is the case where the python escaped from its cage during the night and killed the little girl. It wasn't clear if the prosecutors were going to file charges against the mother and mom's boyfriend, and now they have:...

Girl killed by van in hit-and-run
Girl killed by van in hit-and-run"A girl of six has died in a hit-and-run involving a van on Merseyside".This is unmistakenly a tragedy. But, call me old fashioned, what on earth was a 6 and 5 year old doing out at this time of the night when they both should have been tucked up safely in bed?

$3.78 Million Dilantin Settlement Following Death of 9-Year-Old Girl
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Exploding iPod Touch
Mother of Injured Boy Sues Apple

New York City
$1.5 million settlement after a family of four was killed by an off duty drunken police officer.

City Streets and Jake Aaron Strickland
$1.2 million wrongful death settlement awarded after a husband and father was killed by a convicted drunk driver.

Employee Theft
Mother and daughter ordered to pay $1 million settlement for writing false paychecks.

Labor and Delivery
Judge awards mother $6 million medical malpractice settlement after baby was born with brain injuries.