Topic: Geoffrey Fieger

Woman sues airline for leaving her asleep in seat

Reuters US Online Report Oddly Enough - 627 days ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A woman left locked alone in a plane asleep for about four hours after landing at Philadelphia International Airport is suing United Airlines.Ginger McGuire, 36, is suing for false imprisonment, infliction of emotional distress and negligence, her attorney ...

Army bomb expert claims `Hurt Locker' based on him

AP News - 713 days ago
Army bomb expert sues `Hurt Locker' makers, claiming main character was based on him An Army bomb disposal expert who served in the Iraq war is suing the makers of "Sarver, of Clarksville, Tenn., claims screenwriter Mark Boal was embedded in his ...

FEC fines Fieger firm over campaign donations

AP News - 817 days ago
FEC fines fundraiser's Mich. law firm over donations to John Edwards' 2004 campaignA Michigan law firm has agreed to pay a $131,000 fine to resolve an investigation into donations to former Sen. John Edwards' 2004 presidential campaign.The Federal Election ...

Attorney claims cover-up in killing by Pa. trooper

AP News - 1048 days ago
Violent past of state trooper who shot Pittsburgh man was cover-upThe mother of a Pittsburgh man fatally shot by a state trooper with a history of confrontations called him an out-of-control killer as she held a news conference Tuesday detailing a federal ...

Lawyers' misconduct triggers new liability trials

American Medical Association News - 1388 days ago
A Michigan appeals court in March found the plaintiff counsel's improper behavior in a medical liability case was pervasive enough to influence the jury and prevent a just hearing. " The $30 million award in the Ohio case is believed to be ...

Clinton returns money, sets precedent

AP News - 1617 days ago
Clinton Response to Disgraced Fundraiser's Donations Sets New Standard for Political CampaignsIn returning $850,000 to donors associated with a disgraced fundraiser, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton sets a significant new standard for how campaigns should respond in the face of potential ...

Michigan Supreme Court sanctions dropped against lawyer who compared judges to Hitler

AP Features - 1624 days ago
A federal judge has sided with an outspoken lawyer who was sanctioned for rants likening appeals court judges to Nazis.In a decision released late Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow declared unconstitutional rules requiring lawyers to treat everyone involved ...

Mich. Supreme Court sanctions dropped against ex-Kevorkian lawyer who insulted judges

AP Features - 1624 days ago
A federal judge has sided with an outspoken lawyer _ best known for representing assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian _ on rules that sanctioned him for rants likening appeals court judges to Nazis.In a decision released late Tuesday, U.S. District ...

Judge sides with ex-Kevorkian lawyer

AP News - 1624 days ago
Mich. Supreme Court Sanctions Dropped Against Ex-Kevorkian Lawyer Who Insulted JudgesA federal judge has sided with an outspoken lawyer _ best known for representing assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian _ on rules that sanctioned him for rants likening appeals court judges to ...

Ex-Kevorkian atty charged over donations

AP News - 1635 days ago
Ex-Kevorkian Lawyer Fieger Indicted for Alleged Illegal Campaign ContributionsAttorney Geoffrey Fieger, best known for representing assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, was indicted on charges of conspiring to make more than $125,000 in illegal contributions to the 2004 presidential campaign of Democrat ...