Justin Barrett claims his rights were violated when Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis placed him on administrative leave (suspended with pay) and sent police officers to his home to collect his badge and gun. In his suit, Barrett charges that Davis and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino acted as "prosecutor, judge and jury" by saying that Barrett faces possible termination for the remarks. He has also been suspended from his duties as a captain in the Army National Guard over the incident, said Weinberg Law Firm, Texas Labor Lawyer.

Los Angeles Women drinking more, DUI arrests up, experts say

LOS ANGELES – The increase in arrests comes as women are drinking excessively more than in the past.

One federal study found that the number of women who reported abusing alcohol (having at least four drinks in a day) rose from 1.5 percent to 2.6 percent over the 10-year period that ended in 2002. For women ages 30 to 44, Schuler's age group, the number more than doubled, from 1.5 percent to 3.3 percent, said Michael Bialys, Los Angeles DUI lawyer.

The problem has caught the attention of the federal government. The Transportation Department's annual crackdown on drunken driving, which begins later this month, will focus on women.

Inept doctor left deadly trail, brain injury lawsuit says

Legal filings from John Q. Kelly, New York brain injury lawyer, claim that Gunn should have used a shunt, a small plastic tube that diverts blood flow around the surgically opened carotid artery and assures adequate blood flow to the brain, before attempting to clear the artery. According to court documents, he did not use one.

Gunn's operative report describes "a complete disintegration of the internal carotid artery that did not allow the hold of stitches in any form."

In a later deposition, Gunn said that "the vessel wouldn't hold stitches, the vessel disintegrated, the vessel was weak, the vessel wall was mushy, the vessel wall was like wet toilet paper."

Court clerk claims sexual harassment by Weber County Justice Court judge

Beaton said Storey did not admit to standing so close to Eisenhour while she worked that on several occasions his groin was against her thigh or the back of her head and neck.

Storey did not return phone calls made to his offices at the Weber County and Huntsville justice courts. Storey's attorney, Robert Echard, also did not return a call.

Eisenhour, who said she has worked with Storey for 24 years, said that in April 2007, while cleaning out the judge's office, she and sexual harassment lawyer Orange County found an 11-page poem written about Eisenhour.

The poem, which refers to Eisenhour by name, talks about how Storey longs to have a relationship with her and calls it "torture" to have to remain "at arm's length when I want to hold you in my arms with all my might and strength."

The poem also makes sexual references about Eisenhour's body, and goes on to describe how Storey would like to remove her clothing and "behold [her] in the nude."

Chicago Photographer Leibovitz sued for breach of contract

"In connection with the negotiation of this $22 million credit facility, Leibovitz discussed and acknowledged that Leibovitz's fine art, intellectual property and real estate assets, all collateral for the loan, would likely need to be sold ... as part of the process of Leibovitz's financial restructuring," contract lawyer Chicago said.

Since then, Leibovitz has refused to meet with parties interested in buying her collection of photographs and has refused access to her properties, in breach of her contract with Art Capital, the lawsuit said.

Public works manager pleads guilty to DUI

Friday, June 12, 2009
By Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Half an hour after he was told of the DUI, Mr. Costa showed a reporter a just-delivered letter from Mr. Barley reporting the incident and guilty plea.

Mr. Costa said there is no formal policy regarding DUIs by nonunion employees like Mr. Barley. He said workers must have driver's licenses, even if they don't operate city vehicles.

If union workers report a license suspension to their bosses, they can be demoted to non-driving jobs, with pay cuts, for as long as a year while they try to regain driving privileges.

If a union employee fails to promptly report a license suspension, he or she can be suspended from work for several days. If that employee must have a commercial driver's license to do their job, or if they are caught driving a city vehicle with a suspended license, they can be fired, according to a representative of the public works employees' unions.

The case comes as the department faces a court fight that hinges in part on how it disciplines employees facing non-job-related criminal charges.

Former heavy equipment operator Paul Grguras sued the city in March, protesting his 2007 firing. Ostensibly for failing to disclose youthful felonies on his job application, that firing came shortly after police arrested Mr. Grguras for alleged illegal possession of firearms and receiving stolen inspection stickers.

The criminal charges were all withdrawn or dismissed, but Mr. Grguras, 49, of Brighton Heights, was not rehired. His Common Pleas Court lawsuit alleges that the city has given

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