http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/woman_sues_gm_over_cr...
Woman sues GM over criminal conviction resulting from car crash
General Motors is facing a number of lawsuits as a result of its now-admitted problem with vehicle ignition switches. But one may be unique.
A Texas woman who was convicted of negligent homicide as a result of a 2004 crash now says in a federal lawsuit filed in Tyler on Monday that she was not at fault. Her suit... [...]
http://www.fortlauderdaledivorcelawyerblog.com/2014/06/fathe...
Father's Right to Share in Residential Decision-making Triggers International Convention, Forces Dispute Case Back to Brazilian Courts
A South American mother's attempt to relocate from Brazil to Florida became more complicated after the Third District Court of Appeal determined that an international convention regarding child custody applied to her case and required her to... [...]
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/extreme_sports_are_mo...
Extreme sports are more popular than ever, prompting questions about legal liability
Last year in West Virginia, 28-year-old Avishek Sengupta was running the Tough Mudder, a grueling 10-plus-mile race littered with merciless obstacles that take participants over blazing pits of fire, through dark trenches and into pools of water laced with electrical wires that deliver 10,000... [...]
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/9th_circuit_allows_cl...
9th Circuit allows class action over prison conditions in Arizona
A federal appeals court has upheld class-action status in a suit filed on behalf of more than 34,000 inmates in Arizona’s state-run prisons.
The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in the Eighth Amendm
ent suit on Thursday, report the Arizona Republic and Capitol Media... [...]
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/ex-judge_disbarred_ov...
Ex-judge disbarred over relationship with prosecutor during murder trial in her court
A former Florida judge is losing her license to practice law due to a secret "personal and emotional relationship" she had with a prosecutor trying a capital murder case in her court in 2007.
"Disbarment is the appropriate sanction" for former Broward Circuit Judge Ana Gardiner, because of... [...]
