A Pennsylvania trial judge has found that talking on a cellphone while driving is not egregious enough to warrant punitive damages in a car accident case. The state Legislature passed a law that will ban texting while driving when it takes effect later this year, but it doesn’t outlaw talking on a cellphone.

The Georgia Supreme Court is grappling with whether a trial judge may exclude from the courtroom a plaintiff whose physical condition may attract undue attention from jurors. The case before the justices involves a girl with cerebral palsy, but justices seemed concerned about how their ruling would affect other sorts of plaintiffs.

The 10th Circuit has upheld a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of an Oklahoma ballot initiative that banned the practice of Sharia law, the religious law of Islam. A trial judge granted the injunction in a constitutional challenge brought two days after the state’s voters approved the initiative last November.

The 10th Circuit has upheld a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of an Oklahoma ballot initiative that banned the practice of Sharia law, the religious law of Islam. A trial judge granted the injunction in a constitutional challenge brought two days after the state’s voters approved the initiative last November.

The 10th Circuit has upheld a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of an Oklahoma ballot initiative that banned the practice of Sharia law, the religious law of Islam. A trial judge granted the injunction in a constitutional challenge brought two days after the state’s voters approved the initiative last November.