Personal Injury Law

"Appeals court upholds $15M award to former LA cops"
"Appeals court upholds $15M award to former LA cops": The Associated Press provides a report that begins, "A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury's $15 million award to three officers who accused the Los Angeles Police Department of wrongly arresting them and making them scapegoats in a massive corruption scandal that resulted in the overturning of dozens of criminal convictions and millions of dollars in settlements...

Bedside Confession Releases Wrongly Convicted Death-Row Inmate; Court Says He Can Keep Injury Award
Court of Appeals upholds $14 million jury award

Algerian Appeals Court Upholds Conviction For Smoking During Ramadan
In Algeria, an appeals court yesterday upheld the convictions of three men for smoking cigarettes on the street during the Ramadan daylight fasting period this past September. However their sentences for offending religion were reduced from 3 month to 2 months in jail, and they are likely to be released this week...

Appeals Can Overturn Criminal Convictions
The American justice system isn’t perfect. Sometimes errors are made during the court process that can result in unfair criminal convictions. The California criminal appeals process can correct court errors and overturn wrongful criminal convictions...

SCOKY: "Supreme Court upholds convictions of three death row inmates"
Supreme Court upholds convictions of three death row inmates The Kentucky Supreme Court yesterday upheld the convictions of three death row inmates, including the state's only woman facing execution...

New York Plans Permanent Task Force on Wrongful Convictions
The Chief Judge of New York?s Court of Appeals, Hon. Jonathan Lippman, said on Law Day, May 1, 2009, that he would create a Justice Task Force to examine the causes of wrongful convictions and develop systemic remedies to minimize them and to make the state?s criminal justice system more effective...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Unlawful Retaliation for Sexual Harassment Claim
Title VII retaliatory discharge retaliation requires proof of participation in protected activities

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Medical Malpractice Suits Brings $37M Award
Medical Malpractice Suits Brings $37M Award

Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawsuit Brings $4.5 Million Award
Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawsuit Brings $4.5 Million Award

Failure-to-accommodate claim yields $1.82M award
$1.82 Million Awarded in Employment Lawsuit

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Couple Awarded Nearly One Million Dollars in Lawsuit
Condo Lawsuit Gets $1 Million Award