Environment

     Hundreds of people sued Shell Oil Co., Castle & Cooke and others in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming they contaminated an oil tank farm in Carson and a nearby housing tract with carcinogenic chemicals for years.
     
     Childers Oil Co. and Mountain Rail Properties contaminated the water supply of Whitesburg, Ky., twice with oil sludge, forcing a dialysis clinic to close both times, the clinic says in a demand for $119,000 in Pikeville, Ky. Federal Court.

Entertainment


     Irina Krupnik claims NBC Universal defamed her and invaded her privacy using a decade-old photo of her taken in the Soviet Union "in an unintended sexual and degrading context in ... [the] movie 'Couples Retreat,'" in New York County Court.

Government

     New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says Strategic Co-Investment Partners refuses to show all the books and records he demands on the New York State Common Retirement Fund, though the defendant was removed from the partnership in it in December 2009, in Delaware Chancery Court.

Medical

     Two patients say Dr. Robert C. Knapp assaulted and sexually gratified himself at their expense in his office, in separate complaints in Beaver County Court, Pa.

Timeshares

     Virtual Group dba Realty Trade, Boris Harutyunyan, Timur Shamsutdinov aka Tim Harrison, and Brian Wroblewski falsely promised that if they could not sell customers' timeshares within 6 months they would give them a full refund, the Florida attorney general says in Orange County Court, Orlando.

Pro Sports


     1 Way Concert Ministries demands $61,000 from the Philadelphia 76ers and the Philadelphia Phantoms, a hockey club, claiming it was stiffed in a revenue-sharing agreement for a "Faith and Family Night" concert, in Philadelphia state court.

Shareholder Class Action

     Company insiders dumped their own stock while Medivation inflated its share price by misrepresenting prospects for a new Alzheimer's drug, shareholders claim in San Francisco Federal Court.

Copyright

     Drive-In Music Co. claims it owns the song "Let a Woman Be a Woman," which Kia Motors used on a TV commercial, CBS broadcast, and other defendants swiped as "How You Like Me Now?" in Los Angeles Federal Court.