Joanne Suder $800 Million Dollar Suit
Lawyer won’t drop phone (suit): Despite a federal ruling that tossed out a suit claiming frequent cell-phone use caused one man’s brain tumor, his attorney isn’t giving up. Joanne Suder, who filed the high-profile $800 million lawsuit against the cell-phone industry on behalf of Maryland doctor Christopher Newman and bashed wireless companies on Larry King […]
Partial settlement of suit involving FLDS: Lost boys win land, cash
Seven young men have partially settled lawsuits that led to the state’s takeover of a property trust once overseen by polygamous sect leader Warren S. Jeffs. The agreement resolves claims against the United Effort Plan Trust, which has been under court oversight since May 2005, in a deal that includes land, an assistance fund and attorney fees. The […]
Sacrificing the kids
A breakaway Mormon sect is accused of abandoning as many as 1,000 teenage boys to free up the group’s females for polygamous marriages. Up to 1,000 teenage boys have been separated from their parents and thrown out of their communities by a polygamous sect to make more young women available for older men, Utah officials […]
Sex claims hit US polygamy sect
A polygamous sect in a remote part of the US is under the spotlight after its reclusive leader was indicted on charges of arranging the marriage of an underage girl and a 28-year-old man who was already married. Warren Jeffs, of the Fundamental Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), has been charged […]
The lost boys, thrown out of US sect so that older men can marry more wives
Up to 1,000 teenage boys have been separated from their parents and thrown out of their communities by a polygamous sect to make more young women available for older men, Utah officials claim. Many of these “Lost Boys”, some as young as 13, have simply been dumped on the side of the road in Arizona […]