kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Federal jurors have reached a verdict in the first trial over claims that government-issued trailers exposed Gulf Coast hurricane victims to potentially hazardous fumes.
Firstcoastnews.com Local News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... his left leg amputated.Collier testified against Hartsfield early in the trial and was there for Thursday's verdict."We got a guilty verdict. Everybody's satisfied," Collier told reporters outside the courtroom. "But it's still just so sad. I can't smile because it's sickening to me."The prosecution credits the testimony of Stephfan Wilson for the guilty verdict. Wilson...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
... Party targeting the Chief Minister. Pradesh Congress Committee president Rita Bahuguna Joshi said Thursday’s verdict showed that voters were no longer amused by casteist politics.The spokesperson of the State unit of the Samajwadi Party, Rajendra Chaudhary, said the days of caste and communal politics were over. He said Dalits were losing faith in her. The 11 Assembly constituencies...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Congress 3, Rest 0. With this stunning result in the latest political superbowl, the Congress on Thursday fortified its "top dog" status, while pushing BJP into its gravest political crisis in over two decades.
rediff News (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
... contestants only six had won, while 11 became victorious in 1995 from 247 candidates. In Haryana, Thursday's verdict brought cheer for only nine women candidates, seven from Congress and one each from BJP and INLD, though 67 were in the fray. The number was 13 in 2005 election when 60 women were in fray. However, the Arunachal Pradesh assembly, which had zero representation of women...
The Age (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
A court in western China's Xinjiang region on Thursday sentenced six more people to death over deadly ethnic unrest in July, the state Xinhua news agency reported, bringing the total to 12.
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
... exposure in FEMA trailers.Lawyers on both sides of the trial wouldn't speculate on how Thursday's verdict could affect other cases.Alexander and Cooper lived in a FEMA trailer for 19 months after Hurricane Katrina damaged their home in August 2005.Alexander's lawyers claimed elevated levels of formaldehyde aggravated Cooper's asthma and increased his risk of getting cancer. Formaldehyde,...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
NEW ORLEANS - A federal jury on Thursday rejected a New Orleans family's claims that the government-issued trailer they lived in after Hurricane Katrina exposed them to dangerous fumes, with one juror saying the plaintiffs' attorneys never had the "smoking gun" that proved their case.Five men and three women decided that a trailer made by Gulf Stream Coach Inc. and occupied by Alana Alexander...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Jurors: FEMA trailer didn't expose family to fumesBy MICHAEL KUNZELMANA federal jury on Thursday rejected a New Orleans family's claims that the government-issued trailer they lived in after Hurricane Katrina exposed them to dangerous fumes, with one juror saying the plaintiffs' attorneys never had the "smoking gun" that proved their case.Five men and three women decided that a trailer made...
