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...this is changing. In a town where hearts once stood firm against nature's capriciousness, a lawsuit now demands human accountability. On April 10, 2002, a fishing boat called the Radiant foundered in the North Atlantic. Its life craft capsized, and only one of six life jackets inflated properly, an official investigation revealed. One man died, while five others huddled for hours in frigid waters before a rescue helicopter saved them. Scotland's highest civil court is now preparing to hear a $2 million claim against the boat's owners and skipper. The plaintiffs, William Beedie and Shaun Downie, survived...
...fisherman since he was 16, sits awkwardly in his living room amid a mess of pink toys, dolls and DVDs belonging to his three young daughters. He was reared in a code of strength and guts, yet now he speaks of being "spooked by the sea." His lawsuit claims he was so traumatized by the sinking that he could not return to fishing and was left unemployed. "They used to say the boats were made of stick and the men were made of steel," he says. "That's not how it is anymore. Men aren't as tough as they...
Meanwhile, students at a high school in McLean, Va., are trying to bring down Turnitin by suing its parent company, iParadigms, for alleged copyright infringement. To file such a lawsuit, a writer has to pay $45 to register a copyright, be it for a Pulitzer prizewinning novel or a ninth-grader's meanderings on Animal Farm, and the penalty per copyright violation can be as much as $150,000. So if the McLean High School students prevail with their copyrighted essays--a trial will probably begin this fall--ambulance- chasing lawyers will start tailing school buses, and Turnitin may have...
...that worth fighting about in court? Rebecca Santos, whose son Jacob was dress-coded for wearing jeans, sees no choice: "We've been pushed to this extreme. It's time they heard us." Their lawsuit cites California statutes that give students the right to wear "buttons, badges and other insignia" and parents the choice of "opting out" of school-uniform policies, but it is based largely on constitutional protection for speech. Lots of parents have challenged school dress codes on that ground--and have often lost...
...Hermitage, Pa., used his grandmother's computer after school to create a parody profile of his principal on MySpace.com When the school found out, it suspended Layshock, citing evidence that Layshock's prank made the school temporarily shut down its website. Although Layshock eventually returned to his school, the lawsuit continues...