HOW CHILD CUSTODY DECISIONS ARE MADE – FINDLAW
In any situation where child custody rights are at issue, a number of key questions are raised. If you are going through a divorce, you will want to know whether you will be able to make important decisions as to how your child will be raised. If you are a close relative or family friend…
Read MoreZOFRAN LAWSUIT DEMANDS COMPENSATION FOR DEATH OF CHILD
Zofran Lawsuit Demands Compensation for Death of Child August 14, 2015 By: Jacky Gale Zofran Justice is servedParents from Texas recently filed a lawsuit against the makers of Zofran, claiming that the drug caused heart defects. The case, which is proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, is a little unusual…
Read MoreDEFENDANT CHARGED WITH DECKING LAWYER IN COURT NOW FACES 2 FELONY TRIALS IN SAME MONTH
When Lance Franklin reportedly decked his defense lawyer in front of the jury and other witnesses during a Kansas rape trial last year, the judge refused to declare a mistrial because that would reward Franklin for his bad behavior. But a subsequent juror medical issue resulted in a mistrial for that reason, so Franklin will…
Read MoreLAST VESTIGES OF DEATH PENALTY IN CONNECTICUT ARE CRUEL AND UNUSUAL, STATE’S TOP COURT SAYS
Connecticut last executed a prisoner in 2005 and abolished the death penalty as a sentencing option in 2012. But roughly a dozen inmates remained on Connecticut’s death row because they had committed capital crimes before the death penalty was abolished. That changed Thursday, when the state’s top court held the death penalty to be unconstitutional…
Read MoreTHE BEAUTY OF FALL IN NORTH CAROLINA
Lawyer’s double-murder trial delayed over use of subpoena rather than warrant for cellphone search A Missouri lawyer accused of wielding a power of attorney as a lethal weapon in the murder of her father has sidestepped a second trial over his slaying. Jury selection had been scheduled to begin Monday in the double-murder trial of…
Read MoreMOMENTUM FUNDING APPROVED BY FLORIDA BAR TO GIVE CLE ETHICS CLASS
“Ethical Issues & Client Benefits of Legal Funding” Momentum Funding August 13, 2015 11:39 AM BOCA RATON, FL–(Marketwired – August 13, 2015) – Momentum Funding, LLC, the premier legal finance company specializing in non-recourse funding to personal injury plaintiffs, announced today that it has been approved by The Florida Bar to teach a Continuing Legal…
Read MoreMOMENTS FROM A LIFE SPENT LIVING ACROSS THE COUNTRY
On Aug. 1, 2015, 25-year-old Cheyanne Jessie of Lakeland, Florida called police to report missing her father, Mark Weekly, 50, and her daughter Meredith, 6. She was arrested and charged with their murders less than 24 hours later after their bodies were found decomposing in a neighbor’s storage shed. Here are the latest developments in…
Read MorePERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS FROM ZANER HARDEN LAW ARE INVITED INTO EXCLUSIVE ‘TOP 40 UNDER 40’ LIST
Accesswire August 10, 2015 7:00 AM Partners Kurt Zaner and Marc Harden were Both Included in National Trial Lawyers’ Prestigious Lawyer Club DENVER, CO / ACCESSWIRE / August 10, 2015 / Kurt Zaner and Marc Harden, personal injury lawyers from Zaner Harden Law, are pleased to announce that they were both invited into National Trial…
Read MoreCITED BY ANIMAL CONTROL IN DOG DISPUTE, COUPLE RESPONDS WITH ‘DOUCHEBAG’ YARD SIGN
After new neighbors asked a Texas family to keep their four dogs inside until later in the morning, James and Lisa Price say they tried to cooperate with the retired couple. But a $121 ticket from the municipal animal control department after the dogs “were going nuts” about something one Sunday morning has put the…
Read MoreTHE AURORA THEATER SHOOTINGS
On July 20, 2012, a man dressed in costume as “The Joker” set off two tear gas containers during a midnight premier showing of the Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises” at the Century 16 in Aurora, Colorado and then opened fire on the packed crowd. He killed 12 people and wounded 58 others. Here…
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