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What Kind of Damages Can you Receive from a Personal Injury Claim?
What Kind of Damages Can you Receive from a Personal Injury Claim? Whenever you are filing a lawsuit for a personal injury claim, there is a good chance that you could be awarded damages for your pain and suffering. You will also need compensation for the medical bills, loss of work, and any other injuries…
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Technology Predators Are On The Rise More Than Ever
Technology Predators Are On The Rise More Than Ever It has always been an issue, but just how bad are technology predators and abuse among teens and young adults? What researchers found is worrying. Their studies show that 9 percent of youth, ages 14-2, 1 admitted to some kind of forced sexual contact, using tactics…
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Judges and Prosecutors Fight for Minor Traffic Violations to Remain on Criminal Law Books
Judges and Prosecutors Fight for Minor Traffic Violations to Remain on Criminal Law Books Judges and prosecutors are urging legislators to keep misdemeanor traffic offenses in the criminal law books after recent recommendations that such offenses be turned into civil violation as a way to trim court costs. Reducing traffic offenses from misdemeanors to civil…
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Proposed Legislation Would Allow a Police Officer to Search Your Cell Phone History
Proposed Legislation Would Allow a Police Officer to Search Your Cell Phone History Each day in the United States, more than 9 people are killed and more than 1,060 people are injured in crashes that are reported to involve a distracted driver. With this in mind, would it bother you if along with your license and registration, a police officer asked you…
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Is the Facebook “like” button covered under free speech?
Is the Facebook “like” button covered under free speech? Aaron Palmer, one of Facebook’s lawyers, expressed to the federal appeals court how the “Like” feature is used by 500 million people and must be covered by the free-speech protection under the Constitution. The company is seeking to reverse a lower-court ruling from a lawsuit brought by six people…
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Should jury duty be limited to citizens?
Should jury duty be limited to citizens? The question of why jury service is limited to citizens has raised a great deal of criticism in the past month. A few weeks ago, California Assembly passed legislation that would allow non-citizens to be eligible for jury service. If the State Senate ends up passing the bill, they would…
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Supreme Court Rules That Police Can Take DNA Samples From Arrestees
Supreme Court Rules That Police Can Take DNA Samples From Arrestees A division in the U.S. Supreme Court, it was ruled on Monday that law enforcement could now take DNA samples from someone who is arrested without being convicted of a crime. The ruling reversed a decision made last year in a Maryland court that overturned the…
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Man was awarded $8k for bad Disney experience
Man was awarded $8k for bad Disney experience A man in Los-Angeles was awarded $8,000 by Disneyland after the “It’s a Small World” ride broke. Jose Martinez was left in the ride for a half hour while the song played continuously. Martinez and his wife captured the incident on video. The team at Disneyland said they could…
Read MoreCleveland judge convicted of bribery
Cleveland judge convicted of bribery A former Cleveland judge was sentenced to more than five years in prison by the federal appeals court. The judge had fixed foreclosure cases with improper rulings requested by a local politician who had helped him get the judgeship. Judge Jeffrey Sutton stated the seriousness of the matter when addressing…
Read MoreMother denies neglect of her baby that had cocaine in his system
Mother denies neglect of her baby that had cocaine in his system The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a woman did not neglect or abuse her baby even though the boy was born with cocaine in his system. The woman who was only identified only as “A.L.” gave birth to the baby boy in…
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