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Colorado Stadium Fire Torched Seats, Suite Area
Mar 30 2022 // Firefighters extinguished a blaze that torched several rows of seats and a suite area at the Denver Broncos’ stadium last week. The fire broke out on the fourth level at Empower Field at Mile High just after 2 p.m....
Travis Scott Accused of Violating Astroworld Suits Gag Order
Mar 30 2022 // Attorneys for some of those killed and injured during last year’s deadly Astroworld music festival alleged in court on Monday that rapper Travis Scott has violated a gag order issued in lawsuits they have filed in an...
Chicago Officials Approve $1.7 Million Settlement in Civil Rights Suit
Mar 29 2022 // The Chicago City Council has voted to pay nearly $1.7 million to five people, including a Black woman who said police dragged her from a car by her hair at a shopping mall amid unrest following George Floyd’s 2020...
Louisiana Court: Protest Leader Can be Sued For Cop’s Injury
Mar 28 2022 // A Louisiana police officer injured when violence broke out over the police killing of a Black man in Baton Rouge in 2016 has grounds to pursue a lawsuit against a protest organizer, Louisiana’s Supreme Court said...
Suit Alleges Racial Profiling in 2021 Louisiana Traffic Stop
Mar 28 2022 // Two Black men claim in a new federal lawsuit that they were subjected to an illegal, racially motivated and humiliating traffic stop and search last year by deputies in Louisiana’s St. Tammany Parish. The American...
Judge Upholds $2M Verdict in Boston Police Gender Discrimination Suit
Mar 28 2022 // A federal judge has upheld the verdict that awarded a high-ranking Boston police detective $2 million after she accused her former boss of gender discrimination, harassment and retaliation. U.S. District Court Judge Leo...
Court Dismisses Washington Post Reporter’s Discrimination Lawsuit
Mar 28 2022 // District of Columbia judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Washington Post politics reporter who said the newspaper discriminated against her as a woman and victim of sexual assault. Felicia Sonmez sued the Post in...
U. of Michigan to Settle Students’ Sex-Abuse Lawsuit
Mar 25 2022 // The University of Michigan has reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit brought by students who sought to force changes in how the school protects the campus from sexual misconduct. As part of the deal, which was filed in...
Alex Jones Fails to Show Up for Sandy Hook Families’ Lawsuit Deposition
Mar 25 2022 // Infowars host Alex Jones failed to show up and testify under oath at a deposition Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, leading the families’ lawyer to...
GameStop Sued by BCG Over $30 Million Bill to Fix Company
Mar 23 2022 // GameStop Corp.’s stockholders may be enjoying the biggest rally of the year, but not everyone is happy. Boston Consulting Group claims it hasn’t been paid about $30 million in fees for its work “setting...
Detroit Reaches $7.5 Million Settlement in Wrongful Conviction Suit
Mar 23 2022 // The city of Detroit has reached a $7.5 million settlement with a man who entered prison as a teenager and spent eight years there before a prosecutor agreed to drop four murder convictions. Davontae Sanford was just 15...
Long-Running Love Canal Suits Get May Court Date
Mar 23 2022 // Long-pending lawsuits stemming from toxic waste contamination in Niagara Falls’ notorious Love Canal neighborhood have a new court date in May. The Buffalo News reported Saturday that a federal appeals court in New...
Lawsuit Filed by Family of Man in Washington Fatal Shooting
Mar 22 2022 // The family of a man police fatally shot during a purported drug investigation is suing the Vancouver Police Department and the Washington Department of Corrections. Carlos Hunter, 43, died after law enforcement officers...
New Florida Litigation Fell 11% in February, but NOIs Keep Rising
Mar 21 2022 // After a sharp increase in January, the number of new litigated claims in Florida dropped 11% in February for Florida’s largest property insurers, according to CaseGlide, makers of claims litigation management...
Family of Man Fatally Shot on Train in Missouri Sues Amtrak For $100 Million
Mar 21 2022 // The family of a man who was shot and killed while riding an Amtrak train in Missouri is suing the railroad company and the alleged shooter for at least $100 million. Richie Terell Aaron Jr., 30, of Independence, was shot...
$2M Settlement in Washington Police Killing Lawsuit
Mar 21 2022 // The city of Poulsbo, Washington, and its police department will pay $2 million to settle a civil-rights lawsuit filed by the family of Stonechild Chiefstick, according to attorneys. Police shot Chiefstick at a park during...
Wrongfully Convicted Kansas Man Sues County For $93 Million
Mar 21 2022 // A Kansas man who served 23 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit is seeking $93 million in damages from the county where he was convicted and a former detective he says framed him. Lamonte McIntyre, 45, and...
Google Accused in Lawsuit of Systemic Bias Against Black Employees
Mar 21 2022 // A lawsuit filed on Friday accuses Google of systemic racial bias against Black employees, saying the search engine company steers them to lower-level jobs, pays them less and denies them opportunities to advance because of...
Zywave Agrees to $11 Million Fund to Settle ITC Data Breach Lawsuit
Mar 21 2022 // Insurance technology provider Zywave has agreed to offer an $11 million fund to settle a class-action lawsuit related to a data breach at a company it acquired in 2020. A proposed class-action suit was filed against...
Los Angeles Suing Monsanto, 2 Others for Toxic PCBs in Waterways
Mar 21 2022 // The city of Los Angeles is suing Monsanto and two other companies for past and future costs of dealing with contamination of waterways by long-banned chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, the city attorney...
