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A third lawsuit alleging abuse by Catholic clergy in Montana was filed Wednesday morning in Great Falls — this time from 10 plaintiffs alleging sexual assault by priests from within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Great Falls-Billings.
The only named plaintiff in the case, Timothy Becker, alleged that the Rev. Ted Szudera, who until last month was in active ministry in Stanford, abused him in 1978 and 1979 while Szudera was a priest in Livingston. Becker said in an interview Wednesday... Read More

Hoping to cut down on frivolous lawsuits, a first-term lawmaker wants to give judges more power to force one side in a claim to pay the legal fees of the other.
Current law permits judges to assess legal fees and other costs in some cases. That includes instances where a lawsuit was filed or a defense was offered that is "without substantial justification."
But Rep. Ted Vogt, R-Tucson, said the requirements already are too restrictive.
His legislation would remov... Read More

Hoping to cut down on frivolous lawsuits, a first-term lawmaker wants to give judges more power to force one side in a claim to pay the legal fees of the other.
Current law permits judges to assess legal fees and other costs in some cases. That includes instances where a lawsuit was filed or a defense was offered that is "without substantial justification."
But Rep. Ted Vogt, R-Tucson, said the requirements already are too restrictive.
His legislation would remov... Read More

LONDON — Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper subsidiary reached a new batch of settlements Wednesday in the hacking scandal that has convulsed parts of the media, police and political establishment, according to lawyers.
In January, Murdoch's media empire agreed to pay substantial damages to several dozen high-profile victims of phone and e-mail hacking, and lawyers for those victims said they had seen documents showing that senior managers not only knew about the practice but also l... Read More

Right now, in the state of Michigan, a victim of sexual abuse is unable to sue the perpetrator past the age of 19.
A bill that’s expected to be introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives on Thursday afternoon will attempt to change that age limit.
Rep. Mark Meadows (D-East Lansing) said Tuesday he’s going to introduce a bill that may have special relevance to the Washtenaw County area after a number of sex crimes involving children in the last few months. The b... Read More

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