A Massachusetts appellate court has stepped in on behalf of “Mary Moe,” a 32-year-old schizophrenic and bipolar woman ordered to undergo an abortion and sterilization procedure. The woman’s parents asked Family and Probate Court Judge Christina Harms to declare her incompetent so they could force her to abort the fetus……. Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com

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Mass. Court Reverses Judge’s Abortion, Sterilization Order

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A college rivalry is one thing, but this is potentially criminal: New Orleans police are looking into the videotaped sexual assault of an unconscious man wearing LSU football gear. The alleged attackers: University of Alabama football fans. The incident happened at a fast-food joint in New Orleans’ French Quarter, the New Orleans…..

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Alabama Fan Sexually Assaults Passed-Out LSU Fan on Bourbon St?

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A Massachusetts teenager is under arrest in connection with the stomping death of a town’s beloved duck. Ozzie, a Muscovy duck and the unofficial mascot of Stanley Park in Westfield, Mass., was killed in the Nov

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Teenager Stomps Duck to Death in Mass. Park

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Massachusetts foreclosure buyers best beware after a just-released decision by the state’s highest court. Francis Bevilacqua purchased a foreclosure home from U.S. Bank in 2006, only to find out that he doesn’t hold clear title to the property

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Foreclosure Buyer Gets Nothing, Mass. High Court Rules

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Picture this: a cross-dressing, booze-filled, cocaine-fueled sex party. If you combine all of these elements you get the Oscar de la Hoya sex lawsuit filed by New York model Angelica Marie Cecora

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Oscar de la Hoya’s Kinky Sex Romp Might Cost Him $5 Million

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In what the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence is calling the largest settlement in a gun death lawsuit filed against a gun manufacturer, Kahr Arms has agreed to pay nearly $600,000 to the family of a man who was… Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com.

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Gun Death Lawsuit: MA Gun Maker to Pay $600K

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Raquel Nelson, a single mother from Marietta, Georgia, likely went through one of the toughest and most agonizing events a parent ever has to go through: her son was killed right in front of her.

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No Jail for Mom in Son’s Hit-and-Run Death

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The 3rd Circuit has given the green light for DNA collection upon arrest for criminal suspects. The 3rd Circuit’s DNA decision came down to a closely divided court, with an 8-6 majority. The case that went up for appeal to…

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DNA Collection of Criminal Suspects: 3rd Cir. OKs Arrest DNA Check

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Rock band Coheed and Cambria’s bassist, Michael Todd, was arrested for robbing a pharmacy in Massachusetts. The robbery occurred just a few hours before Coheed and Cambria was set to open for Soundgarden. Todd allegedly went into the Walgreens store..

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Coheed and Cambria’s Michael Todd Arrested for Pharmacy Robbery

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Many a homeowner has opened that dreaded tax bill envelope. But not everybody just blindly pays what the government is charging

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1 in 4 Americans Have Challenged Their Property Taxes

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