Legal News

Car Accident Kills Aurora Man
A 39-year-old man from Aurora was killed in a car accident last week. The accident happened on Interstate 25. The victim was apparently trying to pass a semi-truck and he ended up hitting the truck...

Conflict office in Wichita
Here is a short What the Judge Ate For Breakfast article reporting on the opening of a new conflict office in Wichita.

Girl shot, killed after honking at other driver
Good story from Wichita, where a 17-year-old girl was allegedly followed to her family's house, shot and killed by someone in a car she and her cousin had honked at minutes earlier...

The War On Porn!
The Wichita Eagle has an update on legislative efforts to make life more difficult for strip clubs and adult bookstores in Kansas. The latest bill would allow only "semi-nudity" and would ban alcohol from the strip-club premises, only it doesn't...

Pedestrian Hit by Semi-Truck in Nevada
A pedestrian was killed in Nevada after being hit by a semi-truck. The trucking accident happened on Friday evening on Highway 395. The victim was a 41-year-old woman.

New blog about courts in Wichita
At least new to me. Here is a link to What the Judge Ate for Breakfast, a blog by Ron Sylvester, the court beat reporter for the Wichita Eagle. He has several interesting entries on stories happening in Wichita courts...

Signal International
allegedly lured foreign workers to US shipyards with false promises of permanent resident status.

Student Harassment
Wichita School District pays $45,000 settlement for high school students' harassment lawsuit.

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.

Allstate Insurance Co.
$100,000 insurance settlement after a teenager was killed in a drunk driving accident.