Lawsuit
# lawsuit - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
Irish priest being sued for alleged rape in USA Exclusive
The civil suit outlines allegations dating from 1970 that the priest raped teenage girl days after her father died.
# lawsuit - Saturday 4 May, 2013
Harper Lee sues agent’s son-in-law over copyright of To Kill a Mockingbird
The 87-year-old author alleges her agent’s son-in-law took advantage of her declining health to get her to assign the book’s copyright to him.
# lawsuit - Sunday 7 April, 2013
Lance Armstrong asks court to dismiss SCA lawsuit
SCA Promotions say he committed fraud by using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France.
# lawsuit - Monday 4 March, 2013
Judge slashes €1 billion Samsung-Apple penalty in half
Apple had accused its rival of massive and willful copying of its designs and technology for smartphones and tablets.
# lawsuit - Thursday 7 February, 2013
US firm sues Lance Armstrong for $12m over Tour bonuses
The insurance company are seeking the return of money which the disgraced cyclist was paid between 2002-2004.
# lawsuit - Friday 25 January, 2013
People who bought Lance Armstrong’s books are suing him in the US courts
Poor guy just can’t catch a break at the moment.
# lawsuit - Thursday 17 January, 2013
Surgeons left 16 items in German man after operation
The man died last year and his family is seeking €80,000 in damages for his suffering.
# lawsuit - Thursday 27 December, 2012
Toyota to pay $1.1 billion to settle huge recalls lawsuit
Toyota did not accept any blame for the mass recalls but agreed to compensate owners who said their cars lost value after dozens of deadly accidents.
# lawsuit - Wednesday 24 October, 2012
Insane Headline of the Day
It involves Justin Bieber and a penis enlargement.
Parents warned after US lawsuit filed against Monster energy drink makers
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has said parents should keep highly caffeinated drinks away from their children.
# lawsuit - Monday 15 October, 2012
Hulk Hogan to file lawsuits over sex tape
The Hulk says the tape was secretly filmed six years ago.
# lawsuit - Monday 10 September, 2012
France’s richest man to sue paper which told him to ‘get lost’
Bernard Arnault has created controversy with news that he is to become a Belgian citizen but he says he will continue to comply with French taxes which are set to rise for millionaires.
# lawsuit - Friday 24 August, 2012
Swiss lab to analyse Arafat remains for radioactive poisoning
A nine-month investigation by Al Jazeera found elevated levels of polonium on some of Arafat’s belongings. Was he poisoned?
# lawsuit - Saturday 18 August, 2012
Marble Ouch: Woman sues Dallas Cowboys over ‘severe burns to her backside’
Jennelle Carrillo has brought the NFL team to court after scorching her derriere on a bench outside Cowboys Stadium.
# lawsuit - Friday 10 August, 2012
Mother sues after breastfeeding footage used in porn film
Maryann Sahoury is suing a production company after breastfeeding instructional video was used by a third party to make porn.
# lawsuit - Friday 22 June, 2012
Tony Parker suing New York nightclub for $20m over eye injury
The San Antonio Spurs guard was caught up in the middle of a brawl between R&B singers Chris Brown and Drake.
# lawsuit - Friday 11 May, 2012
Teenagers sue US government over global warming
Young plaintiffs argue that climate change decisions will affect their generation.
# lawsuit - Thursday 10 May, 2012
Arkansas mother sues high school after son is dropped from basketball team
We all know that parents think their children are the best in the world but one mum has taken that belief to a new level.
# lawsuit - Thursday 12 April, 2012
US government suing Apple and publishers over e-book prices
The Department of Justice alleges that Apple and some of the world’s biggest publishers conspired to fix the price of e-books.
# lawsuit - Tuesday 3 April, 2012
Facebook files patent countersuit against Yahoo
The social network launched a counter lawsuit today against Yahoo accusing the company of violating patents covering photo tagging and advertising.
# lawsuit - Tuesday 20 March, 2012
Irish recipients of defective hip implants to sue manufacturer
Peter McDonnell & Associates is hoping to secure compensation for patients who have had to undergo revision surgery and life-long tests.
# lawsuit - Friday 10 February, 2012
New York mother launches $900 trillion lawsuit against city
Fausat Ogunbayo, 46, wants €682 trillion from the city, claiming her two sons were wrongfully removed from her care.
# lawsuit - Tuesday 7 February, 2012
Killer whales sue Seaworld for ‘slavery’
The case is being taken by PETA who argue that animals should have the same constitutional protections as humans.
# lawsuit - Thursday 2 February, 2012
Man adopts his own girlfriend in US legal battle
A judge said the “surreal” move takes an ongoing court case “into a legal twilight zone”.
# lawsuit - Thursday 29 December, 2011
$225,000 settlement for Phoebe Prince’s parents
The parents of the Irish schoolgirl, who died by suicide after being bullied in school, settled the lawsuit with her school district in Massachusetts in November – but the amount has only just been revealed.
# lawsuit - Saturday 24 December, 2011
21 ex-players to sue NFL over concussions
Former pros including Patrick Surtain and Oronde Gadsden have accused the organisation of deliberately omitting or concealing evidence linking concussions and long-term neurological problems.
# lawsuit - Saturday 3 December, 2011
US woman sues clinic over ‘implanted memories’ claim
The 31-year-old claims that therapists made her believe she had participated in Satanic rituals and suffered sexual abuse through hypnosis.
# lawsuit - Monday 7 November, 2011
Bieber will take paternity test to prove the kid is not his son – report
It’s the latest development in an ongoing saga or “a lot of crap on the internet” as Bieber put it….
# lawsuit - Wednesday 2 November, 2011
Justin Bieber denies claims he fathered child with fan
Representatives of the 17-year-old star called a paternity suit “malicious, defamatory, and demonstrably false”.
# lawsuit - Wednesday 19 October, 2011
Actress suing IMDb for revealing that she is 40
An actress, who (unsurprisingly) wishes to remain anonymous, has filed a lawsuit against IMDb’s parent company, Amazon, for revealing that she is “over the hill” – her words, not ours.
# lawsuit - Friday 2 September, 2011
US to sue over a dozen banks over mortgages: report
The lawsuit, reported in the New York Times, relates to alleged misrepresentation of the quality of mortgages during the boom.
# lawsuit - Wednesday 13 July, 2011
US senator demands investigation into possible 9/11 phone-hacking
Highly-regarded senator Jay Rockefeller says the fallout from the News of the World raises ‘serious questions’.
# lawsuit - Tuesday 12 July, 2011
MPs to quiz cops on failure to investigate phone-hacking
The assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police will be grilled on why he chose not to reopen inquiries in 2009.
# lawsuit - Monday 11 July, 2011
Shareholders sue News Corp over hacking scandal
A group of News Corporation shareholders are suing the media conglomerate over what they claim are large-scale governance failures surrounding the British phone-hacking case.
# lawsuit - Tuesday 26 April, 2011
Suit brought against Apple over iPad and iPhone user ‘tracking’
Two Apple customers have launched a suit against the company, asking for an injunction to disable the tracking in devices – and damages for violating their rights.
# lawsuit - Tuesday 12 April, 2011
The Daily Fix: Tuesday
In today’s Fix: more bad news from the IMF; Cork toddler cleared of rare cancer by US treatment; and New York police make further grim discoveries in Long Island.
Blogger mounts $105m legal action against Huffington Post and AOL
Jonathan Tasini is seeking $105m in damages on behalf of over 9,000 bloggers.
# lawsuit - Friday 8 April, 2011
British family demand not to be served by hotel staff ‘of colour’
Legal action taken by a waiter is halted by a judge. Waiter says he was told not to serve the family.
# lawsuit - Friday 1 April, 2011
Casino cocktail waitresses sue over skimpy outfits
Modelling agency was drafted in to decide who should stay and who should go after new flapper outfits were introduced, lawsuit claims.
# lawsuit - Wednesday 23 March, 2011
Poll: Should the state and banks be made to pay for reckless lending?
Ads placed in tomorrow’s papers will look for homeowners to take part in a landmark ‘reckless lending’ case. Do you think it’s fair to expect the state and the banks to pay?






















































