In what may be the largest ever employment law case, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals plans to rehear an appeal filed by Wal-Mart challenging a ruling by a U.S. District Court judge in California certifying a class action of roughly 1.5 million female Wal-Mart employees. The underlying lawsuit asserts claims against Wal-Mart for violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The lawsuit, brought initially by six female employees, alleges that women employed in Wal-Mart stores are paid less than men in comparable positions despite having higher performance ratings and greater seniority. The lawsuit also alleges that women employees received fewer, and waited longer for, promotions to in-store management positions. ...more

February 27, 2009

Bond was denied on Thursday for a woman accused of hiring hit men to kill her husband. ...more

February 26, 2009

Andrew Nappi of Hudson, whose son was killed by a motorist in 2007 and whose wife's car was run into recently by a pickup truck, wants Florida to have tougher traffic laws. ...more

February 25, 2009

A Lorida man was free Monday on $3,000 bond after being arrested and charged with the fraudulent use of an 88-year-old woman's debit card that drained her account of more than $6,000, authorities said. ...more

February 24, 2009