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Court upholds verdict against cigarette makers
A nine-year-old products liability case produced a major victory over tobacco companies Wednesday when the 3rd District Court of Appeal upheld a $24.8 million award to a man who died of cancer shortly after trial.The appellate panel offered no legal reasoning in its unsigned one-paragraph decision in John Lukacs' case against cigarette makers Philip Morris USA, Brown Williamson and Liggett Group.WorldCom Creditors to Form Representative Committee
WorldCom's unsecured creditors will convene today at a New York hotel to forge an official committee that will represent their interests in the bankrupt company's Chapter 11 filing. It could be a long day. WorldCom has thousands of unsecured creditors with widely disparate agendas and competing claims for the company's assets. Ensuring representation for all their viewpoints on one panel will be a monumental task.Judge fashions 'parallel' custody agreement
A Manhattan judge has tailored a "parallel" custody arrangement where a young boy's "gruff" father will oversee his schooling and health needs while the boy's "warm" mother will make decisions about religion, summer and extracurricular activities.Though both the father, A.D., and mother, M.Claims Against Former Dewey Management Face Insurance Hurdles
While the judge overseeing the Dewey & LeBoeuf bankruptcy ruled Thursday that the defunct firm's unsecured creditors can try to recoup some of the millions they are owed by suing a trio of former Dewey leaders, how much such litigation might yield remains an open question. In a separate Dewey development, an official committee of retired partners threatened with elimination lives on.Trending Stories
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