Daniel Callazo, a worker at hummus manufacturer Tribe Mediterranean in Massachusetts, died Friday after his arm became caught in a grinder. Police were called in just after 1:00 a.m., pronouncing Daniel Callazo, 28, dead at the scene. Daniel Callazo’s body was taken to a nearby hospital. “The only information I really have is that he became stuck in a rather large machine which some people…
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…colás “Shaco” Flores was shot in the heart by an arrow near the national park as he was leaving food and gifts for a small group of Mashco-Piro Indians – something he had been doing for the last 20 years. An account of the attack by anthropologist Glenn Shepard underlines the fact that the tribe is fearful of forming ties with the world around them. Glenn Shephard told Anthropology News: “Sh…
An auction of masks originating from Native American Hopi tribe in Arizona has begun in Paris, after a legal challenge to stop the sale failed. Lawyers for the Hopi tribe had asked for the auction to be cancelled on the grounds that the 70 masks must have been stolen from the tribe. It considers them sacred and blessed with divine spirits. Auctioneers, however, say the masks had been bought and s…
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…rt documents were made public this weekend. Facebook will pay $10 million to charity to settle a lawsuit over the way it used "social" ads The Facebook users filed their lawsuit in December 2011 in a federal court in San Jose, California, claiming that the social network had violated the state law by making their “likes” known to others without allowing them to opt out or pa…
Fabian Zanzi, a sailor who accused John Travolta of sexual harassment, is now suing the star for assault. Fabian Zanzi is claiming the incident occurred when he worked as a room service operator for Royal Caribbean International in 2009 and made a delivery to the actor’s stateroom. The sailor alleges John Travolta asked for a neck massage, and that when he reached over to comply the 58-year…
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New reports claim that billionaire George Soros has offered his ex-girlfriend Adriana Ferreyr $250,000 to “persuade her” to drop a $50 million lawsuit. Brazilian actress Adriana Ferreyr, 28, launched legal proceedings against George Soros, 81, in August 2011 after he allegedly broke a promise to buy her a $1.9 million apartment in Manhattan, New York. The staggering lawsuit said Adriana Ferreyr w…
Charla Nash, the woman who lost her eyesight, lips, nose, and hands when she was mauled by a chimpanzee in 2009, has settled an undisclosed lawsuit against Sandra Herold, the animal’s now-dead owner. Connecticut attack victim Charla Nash’s brother filed the lawsuit on her behalf in 2009 in state Superior Court seeking $50 million in damages from chimp owner Sandra Herold, who died in…
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Angelica Marie Cecora, the Playboy model and alleged prostitute who sued boxer Oscar De La Hoya after claiming he had imprisoned her in his hotel suite has failed in her fight for $5 million compensation from the boxer. Angelica Marie Cecora, 25, said that Oscar De La Hoya had repeatedly demanded sex when she was trying to sleep after a drug-fuelled orgy at a Manhattan hotel. But a judge yesterda…
…00) in damages. The US lawsuit involving the iPhone 5 dates back to April when a complaint about other devices was filed in the Northern District of California. The case is due to go to trial in March 2014. It involves two so-called Frand patents – technologies Samsung has an obligation to licence on “fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory” terms because they are recognized as b…
Mariah Yeater has quietly dropped her paternity lawsuit against teenage pop star Justin Bieber. Mariah Yeater, 20, who gave birth to son Tristyn four months ago, has apparently had a change of heart after filing legal action against Justin Bieber two weeks ago. The single mother’s lawsuit seeking a paternity test and child support was withdrawn last week, according to TMZ.com. Lance Rogers…
Katherine Jackson’s lawyer says Michael Jackson’s promoters AEG Live failed properly to vet Dr. Conrad Murray, who was convicted of causing the megastar’s death from a drug overdose, as a wrongful death lawsuit opens. Katherine Jackson and his three children say AEG Live should be held liable for Michael Jackson’s death in 2009. The promoters say they did no wrong and could not have f…
…only a means of damaging the family reputation. However, AEG maintains that Michael Jackson’s claim that he fathered all the children himself is part of a bigger pattern. Michael Jackson died in June 2009 after his personal doctor Conrad Murray administered a dose of the anaesthetic propofol that proved deadly for the singer. In the lawsuit against AEG, the family claims the concert company faile…
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…World Orlando; and Kasatka, Corky, and Ulises, at SeaWorld San Diego. It is not Tilikum’s first time in the media spotlight – he drowned his trainer before horrified spectators in February 2010, prompting a ban on the Florida park’s employees entering the water to perform tricks with the orcas. The same whale has also been linked to two other deaths….
Costa Cruises, the company operating Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off Italy is facing a class-action lawsuit in the US. Italy’s consumer association Codacons and two US law firms said would file the suit against Costa Cruises on behalf of the passengers. They want at least $160,000 for each passenger on the ship. Meanwhile Italian officials say the search for 21 people still…
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…Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. “Walmart was wrong. They were overcharging customers. Even though it was a minimal amount, they were wrong,” Mary Bach told WPXI. Mary Bach testified that on August 20 she picked up the sausages, which had a listed price of 98 cents, but was charged $1 when she reached the check-out. Mary Bach was angered when Walmart made her pay $1 for a box of Banquet Brown…
After news broke that Myla Sinanaj is reportedly pregnant with Kris Humphries’ baby, it seemed things were about to get messy between the former lovers. However it has now been alleged that Myla Sinanaj has changed her tune and decided not to go forward with a lawsuit she was planning on filing against the NBA star. Myla Sinanaj reportedly had her high-powered lawyer draft up a lawsuit clai…
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substantially benefited from its association with Facebook, has decided to resort to litigation,” it added. The case has echoes of Yahoo’s decision to sue Google ahead of its flotation in 2004. That dispute centred over patents that Yahoo had acquired the previous year as part of its takeover of pay-per-position specialist Overture. Google ultimately settled the case by issuing 2.7 mi…
Miss Pennsylvania Sheena Monnin has said she stands by her accusations that the Miss USA 2012 competition was rigged and will take on Donald Trump if he sues her, as he has claimed. Earlier this week, Sheena Monnin resigned from her position claiming one of her fellow contestants – later revealed as Miss Florida – had seen a list of the top five girls before the show had even begun. S…
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…type of operating system. Oracle – a business hardware and software provider – inherited the intellectual properties when it took over Java’s original developer, Sun Microsystems, in 2009. The language is used by many business applications as well as other software, such as the video game Minecraft, on PCs. Oracle claims Google's Android system infringes intellectual propert…
…and crack down on anti-Semitism. However, the National Front won only two seats in the 577-member National Assembly in last month’s general election. Madonna is due to perform in France again on 21 August, in Nice. …
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…gainst the billionaire investor, accusing him of failing to follow through on promises to buy her a New York City apartment. George Soros is sued by Brazilian ex-girlfriend. Adriana Ferreyr, who is a 28-year-old Brazilian former soap opera star, filed the suit against the 81-year-old Soros, who is the founder and chairman of the Open Society Institute, in a Manhattan court, according to Associate…
Fourteen McDonald’s employees from Baltimore are suing co-worker Mirlande Wilson for allegedly stealing more than $100 million in lottery winnings from a ticket that they say they had purchased together. The lawsuit claims that Mirlande Wilson bought a winning lottery ticket with the group’s pooled money and then avoided giving them their payouts – even though she never actually claimed the…
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…peer-to-peer communications protocol allows users to upload and download files to each others’ computers. John Wiley & Sons had previously filed 15 lawsuits to obtain the identities of about 200 people believed to have infringed the copyright of its titles. It said in papers filed last October that users had “engaged in the illegal copying and distribution of Wiley’s For Dumm…
…ncrease injury risk”. Valerie Bezdek also made note of the product’s hefty price tags. A pair of FiveFingers range from about $80 to $125 each. The National Sporting Goods Association claimed in 2010 that the average price for jogging/running shoes was $62.33. The price has risen consistently every year since 2008 but rarely by more than five per cent. The lawsuit states: “Defendants have us…
in Porcupine, South Dakota, a spokeswoman for the Oglala Sioux Tribe said. Donna Salomon, the tribal spokeswoman, called Russell Means’ death a “great loss” for the tribe. In August 2011, Russell Means announced he had inoperable throat cancer and told the Associated Press he was eschewing mainstream medicines in favor of traditional Native American treatments. The Last of the M…
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