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• City Being Sued for Sex Discrimination

  Christina Cole | February 27, 2007 10:25 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Discrimination

  The City of Crawfordville, the police department in specific, is being sued by a Crawfordsville Police detective in a federal lawsuit. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court in Indianapolis last week.The complaint notes "employment discrimination based upon sex, a hostile work environment and retaliation by the defendant."A 17-year veteran of the department, detective of six years, said...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against ConAgra

  Christina Cole | February 23, 2007 3:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  A family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against ConAgra Foods Inc., alleging a relative has died from eating salmonella-tainted peanut butter.No deaths have been confirmed to date in the salmonella outbreak, but the family is claiming the peanut butter did in fact kill her, while also making her husband and daughter sick. Opened peanut butter jars obtained from people that have been sick...

• Woman Survives Crash with Train

  Christina Cole | February 17, 2007 10:53 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A woman escaped a potentially fatal crash in a car accident with a moving train.The woman was traveling south on County Road 300E, when her 2000 Chevy Blazer collided with a train for reasons still unknown."She was traveling southbound on 300E when for an undetermined reason she struck the train," said Helms.The train, owned by Toledo, Peoria, and Western Railway, was traveling westbound at the...

• Dog Owner Facing Charges

  Christina Cole | February 11, 2007 2:11 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  Indiana State Law states, when a dog bites, the owner is responsible. Even if the dog is not on the owner's property at the time of the bite and even if the dog owner is unaware, he is still responsible.Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control says "the responsibility ultimately falls on the owner, regardless of what the dog did why he did while off his property at the time of a bite."That is what...

• Bears Fan Missing after Car Crash

  Christina Cole | February 06, 2007 10:59 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Charles "Chuck" Rickey was last seen at the Moon Dog Tavern at 96th Street and Gray Road watching the Super Bowl game and has since been missing.He had called friends and family on his cell phone while there. At 8:40pm Sunday, he was on his way over to a friend's house when he was involved in a one-car accident. Rickey's vehicle was left abandoned at the scene; however, he was not at the scene....