Friday, May 21, 2010Last Update: 1:59 PM PT

     George Cullen, 58, demands $1.7 million from CBS News, claiming it fired him after 29 years as its chief meteorologist because of age discrimination, in Manhattan Federal Court.

     Investors say they lost $1 billion because of Morgan Keegan's "poor-quality asset-backed securities, leveraged many times over by complex capital structures," in a class action in Memphis Federal Court.

     Mitsubishi Heavy Industries claims General Electric violates patent on its blade-pitch-angle control device and wind power generator, in Orlando Federal Court.

      Donald Dible claims Random House and Nick Trout violated his trademark on "Love is the Best Medicine," for self-help books, in Los Angeles Federal Court.

      St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants claims Hewlett-Packard's personal computers violate six patents, mostly on power controls, in Delaware Federal Court.

     Severna Park Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Severna's associate pastor Barry Smith sexually battered a woman he supervised, and the church knew or should have known Smith had a history of sexual misconduct, the woman claims in Anne Arundel County Court, Annapolis, Md.

     Worldspace Satellite Co. filed for bankruptcy in Delaware, listing more than $500 million in debts. Barcalounger Corp. also filed for bankruptcy in Delaware, listing more than $10 million in debts.

     A substitute teacher sued the parents of a kid at Perry Middle School who she says poured black ink into her coffee, making her sick, in Lake County Court, Painesville, Ohio.

     Centro Tepeyac, an anti-abortion center "that discusses pregnancy options," claims Montgomery County violated its civil rights by requiring it "to post signs in [its] waiting rooms stating that they are not licensed medical professionals," in Baltimore Federal Court.