Editorial: punitive ban on smoking at DIA
24 May 2012, 11:37 am
Smoking cigarettes is a terrible habit that will take a toll on one's health. We know it. You know it. Assuredly, nearly everyone knows it. So it's probably with little compunction that most would favor the phasing out of smokers' lounges at Denver International Airport.

Brothers drop punitive claims against Wis. diocese
24 May 2012, 7:55 am
Two brothers who were molested by a priest have dropped their claims for punitive damages against the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay. Todd and Troy Merryfield said Wednesday that their civil fraud lawsuit against the diocese wasn't about money. Rather, The Post-Crescent reports, the Merryfields say it was to bring long-held secrets to light. WLUK-TV reports an Outagamie County judge dismissed all ...

Brothers win civil case against church, drop punitive damages claim
24 May 2012, 4:07 am
APPLETON Two brothers who were sexually assaulted at the hands of a priest in 1978 said their civil lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay was about bringing long-held secrets to light, not money.

County rancher must pay punitive damages
24 May 2012, 12:23 am
Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services Cochise County rancher Roger Barnett cannot escape paying punitive damages to border crossers he kidnapped despite a 2011 state law passed specifically to help him, a federal judge has ruled.

Brothers drop punitive claims against Wisconsin diocese
23 May 2012, 4:08 pm
Two brothers who were molested by a priest have dropped their claims for punitive damages against the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay.

2 who won case vs. Green Bay diocese drop punitive damages claim
23 May 2012, 2:21 pm
Two brothers who won a landmark case this week against the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, for its role in their sexual abuse by a priest in the 1970s, withdrew their claim for punitive damages on Wednesday.

Brothers drop punitive damages against Catholic Diocese of Green Bay
23 May 2012, 11:29 am
Two brothers who were sexually assaulted at the hands of a priest in 1978 said their civil lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay wasnt about money, but rather to bring long-held secrets to light.

Judge Dismisses punitive Claims in Diocese Trial
23 May 2012, 11:27 am
As a jury prepared to hear testimony before deciding on punitive damages, the judge announced priest-abuse victims Todd and Troy Merryfield did not want to pursue additional compensation.

Merryfields drop punitive damage claims
23 May 2012, 9:03 am
Two brothers who were molested by a priest have dropped their claims for punitive damages against the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay.

Green Bay Diocese Could Face punitive Damages
22 May 2012, 10:15 pm
The Green Bay Diocese heads back to court Wednesday to see if they have to pay even more money as a punishment for committing fraud.