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...just property databases. Wisconsin has most of its arrest and court records online. (I discovered that a former law-school classmate of mine has had two traffic violations and was a defendant in a civil lawsuit.) The federal courts have put many of their records online through a system called Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER). Among the data available: Social Security numbers; financial assets, which often must be revealed in court proceedings; and the names and ages of minor children...
Lawyers don't require such absolutes. "For science to prove something, it has to be 100% certain. In a civil lawsuit, it has to be proved only 51%," says Guy Vann, a New York City attorney who has won mold trials. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has shelled out some $5 million to clean up mold problems in low-income homes...
...lately, reading the newspapers about some rides has been a little scarier than we may be comfortable with. In June, Disney continued what's shaping up to be a less-than-stellar year by settling a lawsuit brought by Deborah Bynum, who claims she had a brain hemorrhage after a 1998 spin on the "Indiana Jones Adventure" ride at Disneyland. Last September, Brandon Zucker, now 5, suffered severe brain damage when he fell out of the Anaheim park's Roger Rabbit Car Toon Spin...
...Have you thought about filing a lawsuit...
...Were you at all surprised by the lawsuit...