Word: suit
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...down, however. Veterans groups continued to blame the dioxin-tainted herbicide for everything from birth defects to degenerative nerve diseases. After a federal judge ruled that the lack of scientific evidence meant the government was not liable for any part of a $180 million award from a class-action suit, advocates pressed their case with Congress and the media...
...first suit to reach trial, now under way in Columbus, Georgia, growers claim that Du Pont had determined through its own tests that the fungicide, Benlate, was improperly mixed with the herbicide sulfonylurea, yet failed to notify users or the Environmental Protection Agency as required by law. Farmers also accuse the company of furthering the cover-up by refusing to turn over crucial documents to the farmers' attorneys...
...members of the military reserves and one Coast Guard medical corpsman sued the U.S. government on the ground that the services' treatment of homosexuals is unconstitutional. The suit comes in response to the compromise between the Clinton Administration and the Pentagon that allows gays and lesbians to remain in the military as long as they keep their sexual orientation private. The House Armed Services Committee voted 43 to 12 in favor of retaining the ban in some form, and Congress is considering whether to write the new regulations into...
...California sun sparkles through the palm trees. The movie star, her platinum hair shielded from the wind by a scarf, drives up in a turquoise convertible. Her boyfriend, dressed incongruously in suit and tie, leaps into the car with a boyish bounce. "Let's go, Monroe," he chirps. She replies: "Yes, sir, Mr. Attorney General...
Judge tosses out most of toothy legend's For the Boys rip-off suit...