Court Roundup

New York NYC lawsuit over photos seeks to recreate wedding NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York City man has filed a lawsuit seeking $48,000 to recreate his 2003 wedding, even though the marriage ended in divorce. The New York Times reports that Todd Remis sued H & H Photographers claiming that the photographers missed the last dance and the bouquet toss. Remis wants to be repaid the $4,100 cost of the photography. He also wants $48,000 to recreate the entire wedding and fly the principals to New York so the celebration can be re-shot by another photographer. The studio says that might be difficult since the bride has returned to her native Latvia. An owner of the studio called the case "an abuse of the legal system." Ohio State high court won't hear appeal in cyanide death CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Ohio Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of a Cleveland area doctor convicted of killing his wife with cyanide. Without comment, the state's highest court on Wednesday turned down a review of Yazeed Essa's (EE'-suhz) case. Defense lawyer Stephen Miles had contended that the trial judge made errors that turned jurors against Essa. The physician was convicted last year of killing his wife by lacing her calcium supplement with cyanide in 2005 so he could be with his mistress. WKYC-TV reports the Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH'-guh) County prosecutor said he doubted the state Supreme Court would take the appeal. Essa is now serving a life prison term at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown. A message for comment was left Thursday for attorney Stephen Miles. Florida Shaq sues ex-IT employee over sold personal emails MIAMI (AP) -- Shaquille O'Neal is suing a former information technology employee the former NBA great claims invaded his privacy by selling personal emails that damaged his reputation. The lawsuit was filed against Shawn Darling in Miami-Dade Circuit Court. It seeks an injunction barring Darling from providing O'Neal's emails to anyone, unspecified damages and the return of all O'Neal's private electronic messages. O'Neal paid Darling up to $150 an hour for IT work. The lawsuit claims that included creation of a personal Internet domain for O'Neal that Darling also secretly controlled. The lawsuit claims Darling sold emails to Internet sites and other individuals, who then made them publicly available. An attorney for Darling did not immediately respond Thursday to an email seeking comment. Darling has previously sued O'Neal over alleged computer hacking. Toronto Canada court ends US bid for terror suspect TORONTO (AP) -- A Canadian indicted in the U.S. on charges he supplied al-Qaida with weapons in Pakistan will not be extradited to the United States after Canada's Supreme Court said it wouldn't hear the case. Abdullah Khadr had been held in Canada on a U.S. warrant after his December 2005 arrest before he was released in 2010. He was released after two provincial courts in Ontario suspended his extradition, ruling his rights were violated during his detention in Pakistan. Dennis Edney, his lawyer, says the top court's decision not to hear the Canadian government's appeal means the case is over. The Supreme Court did not give reasons why it didn't hear the case. Abdullah Khadr's younger brother, Omar Khadr, is the last Western detainee held at Guantanamo Bay. Published: Fri, Nov 4, 2011