Oct 15 - By Associated Press
A South Carolina woman wrongly accused by Target of using a fake $100 bill has settled a lawsuit with the retailer after an employee sent her picture to 75 businesses, claiming she tried to use counterfeit money, her attorney said Thursday.
Oct 15 - By Associated Press
A South Carolina woman wrongly accused by Target of using a fake $100 bill has settled a lawsuit with the retailer.
Sep 29 - By Associated Press
The Minnesota attorney general's office is accusing an employment agency of not living up to its promise to find jobs for unemployed Minnesota residents.
Sep 28 - By Associated Press
A chef is suing a Saudi Arabian prince, alleging that he routinely worked up to 14 hours a day with no overtime pay or time off at the prince's Beverly Hills estate.
Sep 17 - By Associated Press
A judge in California has ruled that Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant's former housekeeper can continue her wrongful discharge case but can't sue for emotional distress.
Sep 8 - By Associated Press
Suspended NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his estranged stepmother over the 2007 death of his father.
Aug 21 - By Associated Press
A woman who alleged that Cuban officials caused the wrongful death of her father while on a covert mission in 1963 has won a $21 million default judgment against the island nation, but her prospects of collecting may be a long shot.
Jun 25 - By Ken Ritter, Associated Press Writer
A federal judge has refused to throw out a lawsuit by a former cocktail waitress who accuses Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons of accosting her outside a Las Vegas restaurant in October 2006 and of orchestrating a cover-up when she went public.
Jun 17 - By Deborah Baker, Associated Press Writer
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the operator of New Mexico's newest private prison on behalf of seven inmates who claim they were taunted by guards and videotaped while locked for hours in a shower room.
Jun 16 - By Associated Press
Two former employees of Bernard L. Madoff Securities LLC have filed lawsuits totaling $1.8 million against Madoff's two sons.
Jun 10 - By David Porter, Associated Press Writer
A New Jersey concert promoter has sued entertainer Michael Jackson for $40 million for allegedly breaching a contract to play a reunion concert with other family members.
May 30 - By Associated Press
Former Kmart Corp. chairman and CEO Joseph Antonini is being sued by five banks accusing him of defaulting on more than $2.3 million in loans and promissory notes.
May 29 - By Associated Press
A lawsuit against Eddy Curry that accuses the New York Knicks center of sexual harassment, among other claims, was dismissed by a judge who ruled the case will be settled in arbitration rather than by a jury.
May 23 - By Associated Press
Kobe Bryant and his wife are suing their former housekeeper, accusing her of violating her contract by talking to the media about the family's private affairs.
May 4 - By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press Writer
A federal judge ruled that a public high school history teacher violated the First Amendment when he called creationism "superstitious nonsense" during a classroom lecture.

Apr 27 - By Associated Press
A federal judge in Las Vegas has ordered former NBA star Dennis Rodman to pay a former casino employee $225,000 for grabbing and humiliating her at work in March 2006.
Apr 21 - By Associated Press
Two upstate New York men have filed a $10 million lawsuit against a Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to raping them.
Apr 6 - By Ed White, Associated Press Writer
A Michigan hospital can be sued for releasing a man who killed his estranged wife with an ax 10 days later, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
Mar 25 - By Associated Press
Kobe Bryant's former housekeeper is suing the NBA star and his wife, contending she was "harassed and humiliated," denied health insurance and forced to quit because of "intolerable" working conditions.
Mar 4 - By Associated Press
New York Knicks center Eddy Curry, who is being sued for sexual harassment by a man who worked as his driver, has filed a countersuit claiming the man and his lawyers spread details of confidential settlement discussions.
Mar 2 - By Marcy Gordon, AP Business Writers
Federal regulators on Monday accused Sunwest Management Inc., one of the nation's largest operators of assisted-living facilities, and its former chief executive of securities fraud in connection with real estate investments that turned sour.
Feb 20 - By Associated Press
Call it the case of the overserved Santa. Antoinette Basso filed a lawsuit Thursday against a man dressed in a Santa suit who she said stumbled and fell on top of her, knocking her face-first into the sidewalk outside a Chicago restaurant.

Jan 13 - By Mike Celizic, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
It is dangerous to draw conclusions from a civil suit filed by an ex-con against a basketball player – even a player for the Knicks. Given the nature of the complaints enumerated in the suit — after you read them, you want to take a shower — it’s dangerous even to talk about them.

Jan 12 - By Associated Press
A man who worked as a driver for Eddy Curry is suing the New York Knicks center, contending Curry owes him money, sexually harassed him and berated him with racist slurs. Curry denies the accusations.
Dec 16 - By Associated Press
Padres outfielder Brian Giles is being sued by his former girlfriend for more than $10 million, alleging he battered her while she was pregnant and caused her to have a miscarriage.