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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Stephanie Francis Ward

    After multiple lawsuits alleging brain injuries, Six Flags retires popular roller coaster (opens the original)

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    A 2022 image of the X2 roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain. (Photo by Robert V. Schwemmer/Shutterstock) The X2 roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain, once described on the amusement park’s website as a “rite of passage for the ultimate daredevil,” has been shut down amid lawsuits alleging that the ride caused serious brain injuries. Located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, the ride has been closed since the evening of July 12, after two women had to be taken to th

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Stephanie Francis Ward

    Judge raising fists at defendant amounts to 'inappropriate and undignified' behavior, state supreme court says (opens the original)

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    Tulsa County District Judge Sharon Holmes in Oklahoma demonstrated a pattern of undignified behavior, which she acknowledged, according to the Oklahoma Supreme Court. (Photo from the Oklahoma State Courts Network) An Oklahoma judge in the Tulsa County District Court has been publicly reprimanded by the Oklahoma Supreme Court for allegedly stepping away from the bench and toward an agitated defendant with her fists raised and engaging in ex parte communications with another defendant and a jury.

  3. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Stephanie Francis Ward

    Father-and-son personal injury lawyers both end up disbarred in Florida (opens the original)

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    A pair of father-and-son Florida personal injury lawyers have been disbarred less than two years apart, and the most recent incident allegedly involved the father using the son’s bar card to visit the son’s mother in jail. The Florida Supreme Court disbarred Larry Powers Jr. in January 2025, with leave to seek readmission after five years, over accusations of using clients’ money to fund his own personal expenses, the Miami Herald reports. The same month Powers Jr. was disbarred, he and his son,

  4. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Stephanie Francis Ward

    Lindsay Clancy’s lawyers seek juror’s phone records, file motion to dismiss (opens the original)

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    Kevin Reddington, center, who represents Lindsay Clancy, leaves court Sept. 4 after the judge declared a mistrial in the case. (Photo by Charles Krupa/The Associated Press) The defense team from Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial on Friday filed a motion seeking information about the holdout juror, who some blame for the mistrial of the former nurse accused of killing her three young children. A few days later, the defense filed a motion to dismiss on the basis that if the court and the state had con

  5. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Stephanie Francis Ward

    In split opinion, court permanently disbars judge convicted of indecent behavior with teens (opens the original)

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    Following a 2020 conviction for indecent behavior with teenagers and misdemeanor sexual battery, a former Louisiana judge from St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, shown here, has been permanently disbarred by the Louisiana Supreme Court. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/The Associated Press) Following a 2020 conviction for indecent behavior with teenagers and misdemeanor sexual battery, a former Louisiana judge has been permanently disbarred by the Louisiana Supreme Court. Judge Elzey Jeffrey Perill

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