Heartland Newspapers - Lawsuit Abuse

Unsafe at Any Speed

Maureen Martin
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September 30, 2011
Police in Tennessee have warned the mother of a ten-year-old daughter the mother will face child neglect charges if she allows her daughter to continue to ride he

Nuts to You

Maureen Martin
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September 27, 2011
A Pennsylvania judge who has handed out thousands of hollowed-out acorns to people in or around his courtroom, each stuffed with an unwrapped condom, will not be

Porn Loser

Maureen Martin
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September 21, 2011
An inmate in the Macomb County jail (near Detroit) is suing the state for imposing cruel and unusual punishment because jail rules don’t allow him to have pornogr

Chain-Link Gang

Maureen Martin
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September 19, 2011
City officials in Alexandria, Virginia ordered a homeowner who illegally removed a chain-link fence in her front yard to put it back because it’s historic.

Reward and Punishment--Simultaneously

Maureen Martin
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September 16, 2011
Under Obamacare, one federal agency will be rewarding health care providers if they merge to form networks to coordinate patient care.

They Snooze, Clients Lose

Maureen Martin
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September 05, 2011
In a classic case of lawyers protecting their own, a federal circuit court of appeals ruled recently a lawyer who takes a catnap in court isn’t “ineffective” unle

Rookie Mistake

Maureen Martin
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September 02, 2011
“After conquering Silicon Valley” during a 15-year high-tech career, a former software engineer went to law school and took a job with a big New York City firm.

Cooler Runnings

Maureen Martin
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August 31, 2011
An Australian court had to grapple with a weighty legal issue recently: Is a homemade motorized beer cooler a “motor vehicle?”

Organization Ban

Maureen Martin
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August 29, 2011
The Gould, Arkansas city council has banned a citizens group from “doing business” there and has further decreed “no new organizations shall be allowed to exist i

Olympic Spirit

Maureen Martin
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August 26, 2011
The Redneck Olympics was held early this month in Hebron, Maine for the 15th year in a row. But there may not be one next year.
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