Supreme Court Finds Soldier Injured in Suicide Bombing Can Sue

An American soldier was injured in a 2016 suicide bombing in Afghanistan. The justices cleared the way for the soldier to proceed with a lawsuit against a military contractor.

By Abbie VanSickle

Supreme Court allows soldier to sue contractor over suicide bombing

The ruling will make it easier for troops hurt in combat zones to win damages as contractors become a larger part of military operations around the world.

By Justin Jouvenal

US supreme court sides with Michigan in its fight to shut down ageing pipeline

The case is part of a messy legal dispute about a section of the Line 5 energy pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel The supreme court on Wednesday sided with Michigan in ruling that the state’s lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an ageing pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel will stay in state court. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for a unanimous court that the Enbridge energy company waited too long to try to move the case to federal court. Continue reading...

By Associated Press

U.S. Supreme Court rules for Michigan in its fight to shut down an aging energy pipeline

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for a unanimous court that the Enbridge energy company waited too long to try to move the case to federal court.

Supreme Court rules for Michigan in its fight to shut down an aging energy pipeline

Doctor can’t be prosecuted for choosing medically valid procedure without proof of consent tampering: Supreme Court quashes case

A key aspect of the case was the opinion of a Medical Board constituted pursuant to directions of the High Court. The Board examined the medical records and histopathology reports and concluded that the removed testicle was small, cystic, dysplastic, and exhibited focal fibrosis.

By VATSAL CHANDRA

SC urged: Compel Marcos to undergo medical, drug exams

MANILA, Philippines — Former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has urged the Supreme Court to compel President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to undergo a physical and mental examinations, including a drug test, citing what he described as signs of a “worsening” health condition. Alvarez, together with Virgilio Garcia, Juan Raña, and Raymundo Junia, filed a petition for mandamus

By postie

SC to Marcos: Answer medical test petition

The Supreme Court  has directed President Marcos to answer a petition seeking to compel him to undergo physical and mental examinations, including a hair follicle drug test.

By Daphne Galvez