Word: lawsuits
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...Hangzhou woman who appeared in online photos and videos crushing a cat underfoot was located based on details gleaned from the images. She was vilified online and eventually lost her job. These digital tar-and-featherings have been criticized as invasions of privacy and have even sparked lawsuits. Earlier this month, Wang Fei, a Beijing man whose wife committed suicide after discovering his infidelity, won a lawsuit against a friend of his wife's. The friend had posted Wang's personal information from the wife's journal discussing his affair, setting off intense criticism that caused Wang to lose...
...want people to be thinking about whether they're going to get sued?" Van Horn's attorney, Robert B. Hutchinson, did not return several calls for comment. Steinberg has requested that the supreme court hear the case again. It will decide whether to do so by March. (Read about lawsuit abuse...
Although Coleman’s lawsuit challenging the recount results may be legitimately founded, it exposes the emptiness of his earlier calls for Franken to concede the election. On Nov. 5, Coleman triumphantly declared “Yesterday the voters spoke, We prevailed.” He then cast doubt on whether a recount would be worth the time and tax dollars, going so far as to say he would “step back” if he were in Franken’s position. Coleman’s current lawsuit contesting the election results now reveals the hollowness...
...unnamed plaintiff filed a lawsuit that July against the doctor who had treated him almost 40 years ago, alleging that the defendant sexually abused at least six patients over a period of more than 17 years. That doctor was Melvin D. Levine, a former Harvard Medical School professor who served as chief of ambulatory pediatrics for 14 years at Harvard-affiliated Children’s Hospital, which is accused in the suit of negligence...
...dealing among the powerful. No matter who the ruling party was, all officials were his potential targets. And Wickrematunge believed he had become theirs. His paper's stories and editorials about the administration of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa have been particularly controversial. The newspaper is fighting a defamation lawsuit by Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President's brother, over a series of Leader articles alleging corruption. The Sri Lankan government has denied responsibility for the attack on Wickrematunge and has called for an investigation...