The City of Seattle will pay $1.5 million to the heirs and estate of John T. Williams, a Seattle woodcarver shot dead by a Seattle Police in August 2010. It was an emotionally-charged police shooting that say a law enforcement office quit and avoid prosecution

A funeral is meant to be a time for loved ones to reflect and collectively mourn a death.

Proponents of Texas House Bill 274 say the bill, if it becomes law, will limit frivolous and junk lawsuits with a new Texas “loser pays” statute. But proponents may want to be careful what they wish for. House Bill 274, as passed recently by the Texas House of Representatives, provides a kicker to the pure “loser pays” rule , reports the Associated Press.

It may only be two years old, but it appears as though New York’s Yankee Stadium is already causing trouble for some fans. Portia Walton, a 54-year-old Yankees fan, is suing the ballpark, alleging that an exposed outlet gave her the shock of her life during an April 4 game against the Minnesota Twins.

Bryan Stow was brutally attacked in a parking lot at Dodgers Stadium in March. From most accounts, the senseless beating was brought on simply because Stow, 42, is a Giants fan . The crime occurred in a stadium parking lot after an opening game between the Dodgers and the Giants

A Mississippi jury has awarded the largest U.S. asbestos verdict in history – $322 million. Thomas Brown Jr., 48, was awarded the sum to cover future medical expenses , pain and suffering, as well as punitive damages against the defendants, Chevron Phillips Chemical (CP Chem) and Union Carbide Corporation.

Imagine walking through your local zoo only to witness a leopard attack a visiting child. Horrifying, right? Well visitors at a Wichita zoo were treated to just that last week after a first grader hopped a fence separating visitors from the leopard’s enclosure

The California Supreme Court dealt Phillip Morris USA another blow last week in a ruling that may revitalize hundreds of lawsuits against the company. Smokers in California who are diagnosed with a second smoking-related disease are no longer barred from bringing a tobacco lawsuit if they previously failed to file suit over a different smoking ailment. In 1989, Nikki Pooshs was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

This is perhaps one of the oddest product defect suits you’ll ever see. The Regents of the University of Colorado are suing a toilet paper manufacturer and its distributor for providing “defective” toilet paper that allegedly clogged pipes in 27 academic buildings, leading to severe overflows and general restroom chaos. Wondering how toilet paper can be defective

In January 2009, Alexander Landau experienced a brutal beating at the hands of three Denver police officers who later fabricated police reports so that the Department would not investigate his claims.