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Lawsuit Accusing Robert Durst of Killing His Wife Thrown Out

The wrongful-death lawsuit against Robert Durst accusing him of murdering his wife Kathie in the 1980s has been dismissed. Carol Bamonte waited too long to file the suit against her sister’s alleged killer, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Paul Goetz ruled Tuesday. Prosecutors in the Golden State believe Durst killed Berman to prevent her from going to authorities with information on Kathie’s …


Stormy Daniels Reaches Settlement in Suit Alleging Ex-Lawyer ‘Colluded’ With Cohen

A settlement has been reached in Stormy Daniels’ lawsuit alleging that her former lawyer acted as a “puppet” for Trump fixer Michael Cohen in an attempt to get her to go on Fox News and deny having an affair with President Trump. Citing federal court documents, CNN reports that Daniels and her former lawyer Keith Davidson have reached and executed a settlement. Daniels and Cohen have agreed to …


Will Seattle Have to Change Its Homeless Sweeps? Ruling Is Coming Soon

An initial ruling is expected soon in a lawsuit challenging how Seattle and Washington state are dealing with unauthorized homeless encampments in the city. Two homeless people sued last month, accusing the city and the state transportation department of violating the rights of people living outdoors by seizing and destroying their property while evicting them from and clearing away their …


Trump Restaurant Lawsuit Could Be Tried in 2017

President-elect Donald Trump has no plans to settle his lawsuit against a celebrity chef who pulled out of opening a restaurant in one of Trump’s hotels, a lawyer for the Trump Organization told a judge on Tuesday. Trump is suing restaurateur Geoffrey Zakarian, who canceled a deal for a restaurant in Trump’s hotel in downtown Washington after Trump made disparaging comments about Mexicans and …


Bankruptcy Judge Approves Settlement in Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker Lawsuit

After almost 50 months of litigation, a short trial, a secret benefactor, a second lawsuit, two separate bankruptcies, a journalist having a nine figure hold placed on his checking account, and who knows what else, it’s over. On Tuesday, federal Judge Stuart Bernstein officially approved the $31 million settlement of Hulk Hogan’s invasion of privacy lawsuit against Gawker Media , company …


NBA Player Matt Barnes to Face Lawsuit in Alleged Assault Case

A couple who claims NBA player Matt Barnes assaulted them in a trendy Manhattan nightclub is going to sue him, their lawyer said Wednesday. Jasmine Besiso and Myrone Powell say Barnes, 36, who plays for the Sacramento Kings, went berzerk on them at the Avenue nightclub on 10th Ave., said their lawyer, Michael Lamonsoff said. The duo also plans to sue Barnes’ teammate DeMarcus Cousins, Lamonsoff …


Diluted Chemo Victims ‘Won’t Get a Dime’ if Case Goes to Court, Strosberg Says

Lawyer Harvey Strosberg is encouraging his clients — diluted chemotherapy victims — to object if they’re outraged over the proposed $2.375-million class-action settlement his firm helped negotiate. “They’re my clients, I love them, even though they’re angry at me,” the prominent Windsor class-action lawyer said this week, as a Dec. 7 deadline loomed for the 1,202 members of the diluted chemo …



Man Crushed by Subway Platform Extender Wins $10 Million in Lawsuit

Hydraulic extenders jut out to meet the 4 train to fill in gaps created by a curve in the Union Square station. ( dalioPhoto /Flickr) Jurors awarded $10 million to the man who survived being crushed between a subway platform extender and a train in the Union Square station in 2010. Michael Dion sued after suffering a commuter’s worst nightmare in December 2010, when he fell into a gap between …


Student Files Class-Action Lawsuit Over B.C. Foreign Homebuyer Tax

A university student has launched a class action lawsuit after B.C. slapped a 15 per cent property transfer tax on foreign homebuyers last month. Chinese student Jing Li, who studied at the University of Saskatchewan before moving to Metro Vancouver, filed the suit after she put a 10 per cent deposit on a $560,000 townhome in Langley, B.C., CBC News reported Monday.