Arizona Republic:  “A gay-rights group has filed suit seeking damages for state employees whose families will lose their health-care coverage following the elimination of domestic-partner benefits.  House Bill 2013, signed into law this year by Gov. Jan Brewer, eliminates health benefits for domestic partners effective next year.   The move will strip benefits from about 800 people, saving the state an estimated $3.3 million when it takes effect next October.”

Arizona Republic:  “The family of a man shot and paralyzed last year by Scottsdale police filed a $40 million lawsuit against the city, 18 police officers and a dispatcher.  Attorneys for David Hulstedt argue that Scottsdale police used excessive force when two SWAT team officers shot Hulstedt in the lower torso, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down after a barricade situation.  ‘The two shooters had no cause to shoot this unarmed man in the back without warning or even telling him he was under arrest,’ said Alan Simpson, an attorney representing the Hulstedt family.”

Arizona Business Gazette:  “A federal appeals court has reinstated a shareholder lawsuit against Scottsdale-based Matrixx Initiatives on potential dangers linked to its popular Zicam gels and swabs cold remedies.  In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that District Judge Mary Murguia was wrong to throw out the lawsuit, filed in 2004.”

Arizona Republic:  “The Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce and the Scottsdale City Attorney’s Office squared off for the first time in a courtroom Tuesday to debate the legality of chamber ads touting certain council candidates during the 2008 election.”