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Widow of New Mexico Police Officer Files Wrongful Death Suit
Jun 15 2021 // The widow of a New Mexico State Police officer fatally shot in the line of duty in February has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, asserting the agency failed to equip her husband. The Albuquerque Journal reported that...
Georgia Jury Awards $500K to Woman Who Sued Over Sexual Abuse by Pastor
Jun 15 2021 // A Georgia jury has awarded $500,000 to a woman who sued her former pastor, alleging that he had sexually abused her for years, starting when she was 15 years old. Jurors in Columbus found that Lewis Clemons, who led the...
North Carolina High Court Backs Students’ Constitutional Right to Sue Over Bullying
Jun 15 2021 // The constitutional right of North Carolina’s children to have access to a good public school education also applies to individual students who aren’t getting help to stop classroom bullying and harassment...
Parents of 3 Nebraska Girls Killed in Crash Sue Sarpy County
Jun 14 2021 // The families of three Gretna, Nebraska, girls who died in a crash in Sarpy County are suing the county, which they said did not correct a deficient design of the road where the girls died. The lawsuit also asks a judge to...
Six Flags Park Settling Illinois Park Fingerprints Lawsuit for $36M
Jun 14 2021 // Six Flags Great America has settled a class-action lawsuit by agreeing to pay $36 million over the use of fingerprint scanners at its Illinois theme park. Pass holders and others who visited the Gurnee park between October...
New York Lawsuit Over Sexual Misconduct Reporting in Jails Settled
Jun 14 2021 // New York state officials have agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the Erie County Sheriff’s Office of improperly responding to reports of sexual misconduct involving staff and inmates at the county jails,...
Judge Tosses Suit Seeking End to Delaware River Drilling Ban
Jun 14 2021 // A federal judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit by Republican state lawmakers in Pennsylvania that sought to overturn a ban on gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing in the Delaware River basin, ruling they lacked standing to...
Wrongful Death Suit Against 3 Georgia Police Officers to Proceed
Jun 14 2021 // COLUMBUS, Ga. — A federal judge says he isn’t halting a wrongful death lawsuit against three Columbus police officers, despite their concerns that the district attorney is seeking to indict them on criminal...
Judge Dismisses Texas Hospital Workers’ Suit Challenging Covid Vaccine Mandate
Jun 13 2021 // A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by 117 workers at a Texas hospital over its requirement that they be vaccinated against COVID-19. U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes upheld Houston Methodist...
Judge Rules in Utility’s Favor in Suit over Deadly Indiana Explosion
Jun 11 2021 // A judge has ruled in favor of a utility in a lawsuit filed over a 2017 natural gas explosion in southwestern Indiana that killed two women and injured three other people. A Vanderburgh County judge granted...
Indiana Cop Was Speeding Before Hitting, Killing Pregnant Woman: Lawsuit
Jun 11 2021 // An Indianapolis police officer was speeding and made an illegal lane change just before his patrol car struck and killed a pregnant woman last year near a highway ramp, the woman’s boyfriend alleges in a federal...
Alabama City, Police Officer Seek Delay in Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Jun 11 2021 // The city of Huntsville is again siding with a police officer convicted of murder and asking a federal court to delay action on a wrongful death lawsuit filed by relatives of the victim. The city and officer William Darby,...
Settlement in Longtime Contamination Suit Reached Between Montana Residents, ARCO
Jun 11 2021 // A civil lawsuit between Montana residents and an oil company that dragged on for more than a decade has ended quietly after a judge dismissed the case as a result of a settlement agreement. District Court Judge Katherine...
Texas Grape Growers Sue over Damage from Cotton Herbicide
Jun 10 2021 // Wine grape growers in Texas and surrounding states have filed a lawsuit against drug maker Bayer-Monsanto and chemical giant BASF for the damage their cotton herbicide has caused to vineyards. Attorneys for the grape...
Deloitte Sued for Allegedly Failing to Find ‘Irregularities’ in Audits of Singapore Oil Trader
Jun 10 2021 // A failed oil trader in Singapore that owes creditors more than $3.5 billion is suing Deloitte & Touche LLP, alleging the auditing firm failed to detect “serious irregularities” in its financial statements...
New York Could Try to Sue Gun Manufacturers Under Bill
Jun 10 2021 // New York’s attorney general could sue gun manufacturers under certain scenarios under a bill that passed the state Senate and Assembly on Tuesday as lawmakers continued wrapping up this year’s legislative...
Judge Tosses Racial Bias Suit by Black Franchisees Against McDonald’s
Jun 10 2021 // A federal judge in northern Illinois has dismissed a racial discrimination lawsuit brought by African-American McDonald’s franchisees accusing McDonald’s of steering them to underperforming stores. U.S District...
Seacor Power Liftboat Disaster Pulls 3 More Federal Lawsuits
Jun 9 2021 // More lawsuits have been filed in the capsizing of an offshore oil service vessel in a Gulf of Mexico storm provide harrowing descriptions of what survivors endured in the accident that killed 13 shipmates. Bryan Mires and...
Falwell Says Liberty University Lawsuit Is Excuse to Shame Him
Jun 9 2021 // Jerry Falwell Jr. is asking a court in Virginia to dismiss a lawsuit Liberty University filed over his headline-grabbing departure last year as leader of the evangelical school his father founded. Falwell claims in a court...
Parents of 8-Year-Old Girl Shot and Killed in Atlanta Sue City
Jun 9 2021 // The parents of an 8-year-old girl who was shot and killed near the site where Rayshard Brooks had been shot several weeks earlier filed a lawsuit Monday against the city of Atlanta and others. Secoriea Turner was slain on...
