Published articles, messages, chats about current legal newshttp://www.lawyers.comhttp://editorial.lawyers.com/common/image/favicon.icohttp://www.lawyers.com1616http://research.lawyers.com/news-headline/Bench-warmers--The-Supreme-Court-will-hear-less-politically...-l:863480034.html?method=rss Today begins the third full term of a U.S. Supreme Court transformed by President Bush's appointments of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. The cases accepted for review so far include one that will force the justices, whose average age is 68, to confront the coarseness of 21st century popular culture. The question is whether the Federal Communications Commission exceeded its authority by deciding to punish dirty words that escape from the lips of celebrities on television. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0400 http://research.lawyers.com/news-headline/Federal-judge-says-commercial-general-liability-policy-didnt-cover-award-for-home-repairs-l:863291885.html?method=rss A building contractor's insurance policy does not cover the amounts an arbitrator awarded to a Sparks couple for faulty home construction, a federal judge has ruled. Mutual Benefit Group, which issued the commercial general liability policy to Wise M. Bolt Co. Inc., successfully argued that the CGL did not cover the $115,000 arbitration award to Herbert and Elaine Tracey. "The repair and replacement damages awarded as a result of Bolt's poor performance are simply a cost of doing business, not a component of the insurance objective of shifting risk," U.S. District Judge William M. Nickerson wrote in granting summary judgment for Mutual Benefit last week, ending a seven-year legal dispute. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0400 http://research.lawyers.com/news-headline/Verdicts-and-Settlements-October-6,-2008-Family-settles-for-75K-federal-vaccination-lawsuit-l:863291971.html?method=rss A Springfield attorney reached a $75,000 settlement in a federal claims lawsuit in which his client went temporarily blind because of a reaction from vaccinations. On Dec. 12, 2004, 5-year-old Lora Wright was playing on the playground at her school when she cut her right knee on a raised metal screw on the slide. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0400