Tuesday, February 09, 2010Last Update: 9:55 PM PT

      A man claims his boss at Rent-A-Center fired him after telling him in front of co-workers that the plaintiff "took the opportunity to say 'f*** you' to the store, your coworkers and the company by being on a jury," in Jackson County Court, Independence, Mo.

     Summit Entertainment claims Topics Entertainment violated Summit's "Twilight" trademarks, used in its vampire series, to advertise a Summit documentary, "Forks: Bitten by Twilight," in Los Angeles Federal Court.

     Acuity Insurance sued Naples Little Napoli Italian Restaurant, and Eazy Eatz in Knox County Court, Tenn., saying its policy does not cover disputes involving the alleged "misappropriation and sale of (a) caramel cake recipe."

     L'Oreal falsely advertises that its products can "Refill Wrinkles in Just One Hour!" and so on, a class action claims in Los Angeles Superior Court.

     California claims Dermaquest engages in vertical price-fixing of its "cosmeceuticals and related products," by setting minimum prices for its distributors resellers, in Alameda County Court, Oakland.

      Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) claims Patients Without Borders violates trademark to advertise its for-profit medical services, despite the Nobel peace laureate's repeated complaints and a cease-and-desist letter, in Manhattan Federal Court.

     Bank of America claims Los Angeles-based First Look Studios owes it $46.5 million, which it loaned the movie distributor "to purchase certain motion picture rights," in Manhattan Federal Court.

     A woman claims she's suffered "arm and leg tremors, head bobbing and teeth chattering" since inhaling "toxic fumes" with a "harsh, acrid odor" on a U.S. Airways flight from Phoenix to Seattle on Feb. 12, 2008, in Spokane Federal Court.

     United Health Care Services owes technology consultants $13 million, according to a class action in Hennepin County Court, Minneapolis.

     A woman claims the barrel of a "12 gauge Ben Condor Blue" Stoeger Industries shotgun she bought from Gander Mountain exploded, injuring her, in Jackson, Tenn., Federal Court.

     PDS Gaming Corp. claims the Hillsborough County Sheriff seized $1 million worth of gambling machines and plans to destroy them. PDS says "there are more reasonable alternatives to redress this situation without destroying approximately $1 million of PDS' gaming collateral," in Hillsborough County Court, Tampa.

     A teacher and a principal claim the Arlington, Mass., school superintendent, the school board and a town councilor retaliated after the plaintiffs informed the school board, truthfully, that the superintendent had falsified his resume by claiming to have been assistant superintendent of Harvard Public Schools, in Boston Federal Court.