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MULTI-BILLIONAIRE AWARDED $1.5 MILLION
February 3, 2004An Irish multi-billionaire is a little richer today after a federal jury in Spokane awarded him $1.5 million he lost four years ago. Dermott Desmond, one of the world's richest men, who lives in Dubli...
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Law firm's location a classic gender bender
June 16, 2003Prior to 1979, the only women allowed into the Empire Club on the eighth floor of the Lincoln Building were the two oil paintings of curvaceous nudes. The civic leaders and business executives who fre...
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SUIT NETS 4 MILLION FROM FIRM
May 21, 2003A jury has awarded $4 million to a woman who said she was the victim of gender discrimination when she worked for a billion-dollar company operating in Spokane. The verdict is one of the state's large...
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Loophole put abuse victim in aunt's home
June 9, 2002Shirley L. Anderson had to disclose nothing about her background when she requested custody of her nephews, Alexander and Nathaniel Wallace, in February. She did not have to disclose her five misdemea...
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CdA mother fights for son
February 8, 2002The doorbell rang. A loud knocking followed. Karen von Krenner answered the door while Wednesday's dinner was cooking. A U.S. marshal backed by two Kootenai County sheriff's deputies entered her two-s...
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Mother wins international custody fight
November 8, 2001Ending an international child-custody fight, a federal judge said Wednesday he will let a Spokane-area woman retain legal custody of her three children. The pending ruling by U.S. District Court Judge...
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Ziegler to drop domestic abuse complaint Lawsuit based on unconstitutional law
June 29, 2001A Spokane woman intends to drop her claim of domestic abuse against a Ziggy's hardware and lumber company executive, her attorney says. John Allison, attorney for Michele Ziegler, said he plans to fil...
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Screaming Mouse sues ex-worker
April 14, 2001A Spokane software company has filed a lawsuit against a former executive who allegedly stole company information, then set out to sabotage the firm that hired him. Screaming Mouse, a startup tech bus...
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COURT DROPS ZIEGLER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUIT AFTER FEDERAL DISMISSAL, STATE CLAIMS REMAIN AGAINST SPOKANE LUMBER EXEC
February 7, 2001A federal judge has dismissed a domestic violence lawsuit brought in 1997 against a Spokane lumber company executive by his former wife. The suit against Reid Ziegler began falling apart when the U.S....
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DECISION BLOCKS ACCESS TO E-MAIL MESSAGES CALLED EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE TO MEDIA
December 15, 2000The state Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that e-mail generated by a former secretary for the Spokane County Prosecutor's Office are exempt from disclosure to the media because they are personal infor...
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