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1997 Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit
1994 Sharon Stone files $12m suit against her jeweler 1993 Charles Aidman, actor (Kotch, Zoot Suit), dies of cancer at 68 1992 Ed Peck, actor (Zoot Suit, Bullitt), dies of heart attack at 75 1992 Martina Navratilova and Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit 1991 Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL New England Patriots for sexual harassment 1991 Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney 1990 Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit 1989 California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs 1988 Jennifer Levin's parents file $25M suit against Dorrian Red Hand Bar 1987 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials 1985 India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster 1984 Berlin appeals court clears Paul McCartney in a paternity suit 1984 $180m out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit 1983 Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV (later overturned) 1982 Justice Department withdraws antitrust suit against IBM 1979 YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song 1976 Charlie Finley's $10 million damage suit against Bowie Kuhn begins 1976 Chicago White Sox suit up in shorts 1975 Players' Association, files a suit on behalf of Dodgers Andy Messersmith 1974 Beatles are legally disbanded (4 years after suit was brought) 1974 The U.S. files antitrust suit to break-up AT&T 1973 Johnny Unitas files $725,000 suit against Baltimore Colts 1972 Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire 1971 Dismissal of Curt Flood's suit against baseball is upheld by 1970 Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball 1962 Ohio ends suit against Reds when they agree to stay in Cincinnati for 10 yrs 1962 Justice Department files 1st suit to end segregation in public schools 1962 Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester, New York 1962 Suit to bar Englewood New Jersey from "racial segregated" schools, filed 1962 Suit accuses New York City Board of Education uses "racial quotas" 1953 Bill Veeck tells Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply 1946 1st bikini bathing suit displayed, Paris 1936 NAACP files suit to equalize salaries of black and white teachers 1912 Alexander Mackendrick, Boston, director, Man in the White Suit, Mandy 1834 Hardhat diving suit patented by Leonard Norcross, Dixfield, Maine 1777 Leonard Norcross patents a submarine diving suit 1774 Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit |
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