Parent upset over ban on nuts loses lawsuit
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP (AP) — A Macomb County parent who sued because of her displeasure with a school ban on nuts has lost her case at the Michigan appeals court.
Kathleen Liebau accused the Romeo school district of violating her daughter’s rights after officials adopted a ban on nut products at Hevel Elementary School in 2010. The policy was in response to another student’s life-threatening allergy.
Liebau claimed the peanut ban deprived her daughter of her nutritional needs. The policy apparently was so controversial that some parents sent their kids to school with peanut products and appeared in the cafeteria to prevent enforcement.
Liebau’s suit was dismissed by a Macomb County judge and the state appeals court affirmed that decision.
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Prison next for man in financial scam
FLINT (AP) — A former General Motors electrician has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for a financial scam that involved millions of dollars and more than 3,000 investors in 33 countries.
Greg McKnight, 53, of Swartz Creek took in $72 million. The government says his investors are out by more than $45 million. McKnight got his sentence this week in Flint federal court.
McKnight had no formal investment training in currencies or commodities. Authorities say he promised “outlandishly high interest rates” and suggested that investments were safe.
McKnight used $2.2 million for his own use.
Defense attorney Ed Wishnow says McKnight has expressed remorse to his investors, especially in public to members of Swartz Creek Church of Christ.
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McDonald’s owners say lawsuit has no merit
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — The owners of 16 McDonald’s restaurants say a lawsuit filed by a woman who’s challenging their decision to pay employees with debit cards has no merit.
The (Wilkes-Barre) Citizens’ Voice reports that attorneys for Albert and Carol Mueller, whose company owns 16 regional McDonald’s restaurants, say the cards “are the functional equivalent of cash or checks.” They say employees consented to the payment method.
The company recently filed its response to a class-action lawsuit initiated by attorneys for Natalie Gunshannon. The 27-year-old Dallas Township woman briefly worked at the Shavertown
McDonald’s earlier this year. She says she was charged $1.50 to withdraw cash.
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Charges filed in alleged tattoo war
COQUILLE, Ore. (AP) — The owner of a tattoo shop in North Bend, Ore., is accused of trying shoot the owner of another tattoo parlor to eliminate his competition in the coastal town.
Bay Area Ink owner David Edgar Wonnacott was arraigned recently on charges of attempted murder, assault and being a felon in possession of a gun.
Court papers say he assaulted Flying Chicken Tattoo owner Brian Graham as Graham drove up to his shop. Graham told police that Wonnacott pointed a gun at him and said, “You’re in the wrong town.”
Court papers say the gun apparently jammed but Wonnacott hit Graham’s head with the butt of the weapon, drawing blood.
The World reports Wonnacott fled and was arrested the next day in Eugene. He’s held on $250,000 bail.
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