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"Any time you find yourself in an argument about frivolous lawsuits and tort reform, someone's probably going to bring up "that woman who sued McDonald's over the hot coffee and won four ba-jillion dollars in damages.""

"A Connecticut family has filed a lawsuit claiming a public school district, a trio of high school teachers and others engaged in a "predatory religious indoctrination" that left their daughters speaking a "bizarre new language.""

"The Pozner case is one of three defamation lawsuits, including another in Texas and one in Connecticut, filed by relatives of nine Sandy Hook victims. Lawyers for Mr. Jones on Thursday sought the dismissal on free speech grounds of a defamation case filed with the Austin court by Neil Heslin, whose son, Jesse Lewis, was killed at Sandy Hook."

A New York City hotel worker has settled a civil lawsuit she filed against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, whom she accused of sexual assault, a New York judge said on Monday.

"The city of Cleveland will pay $6 million to settle the federal lawsuit filed by the family of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old boy killed by police gunfire in November 2014, according to a settlement announced Monday in U.S. District Court."

Police officer William Pataky harassed and assaulted an ex-convict that claimed to be doing nothing wrong and has been in several other lawsuits regarding misconduct.

Google already faces antitrust charges from Europe's competition authorities. Now, the American search giant may be the target of a series of new civil lawsuits that claim Google abused its market dominance to favor its own services over those of its rivals.

(CNN) -- The National Rifle Association's New York state affiliate filed a federal lawsuit Thursday in Buffalo contesting the constitutionality of the SAFE Act, the sweeping gun-control bill Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law in January, the group announced in a press release.

"Shake your head in disbelief all you want, but this is far from the most ludicrous lawsuit we have seen in recent years."

HAIFA, Israel -- An Israeli court rejected on Tuesday accusations that Israel was at fault over the death of American activist Rachel Corrie, who was crushed by an army bulldozer during a 2003 pro-Palestinian demonstration in Gaza.

Haggen Holdings LLC, a supermarket operator from the West Coast, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after suing Albertsons Co. over a deal worth $300 million. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article via The Wall Street Journal. (Daily Bankruptcy Review is a daily newsletter with comprehensive coverage and analysis of emerging and in-progress insolvencies and turnarounds.

"The father of a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre has won a defamation lawsuit against the authors of a book that claimed the shooting never happened - the latest victory for victims' relatives who have been taking a more aggressive stance against conspiracy theorists."

"The wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Antwon Rose II against former police officer Michael Rosfeld and the borough of East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been dismissed, according to court documents filed Tuesday."

A law suit was filed from a John doe who said when he was 16 came up into New York from Florida to pursue a modeling career

"A Plattsmouth, Nebraska man has sued Walmart, saying the failure of an overfilled plastic shopping bag led to the death of his wife."