County in Washington Ordered to Pay $900K to Worker Over Retaliation July 9, 2021 A federal jury has ordered King County to pay about $900,000 to a Black senior Metro transit worker who said...
Settlement Reached in Missouri Waffle House Shooting July 9, 2021 The family of a man who was fatally shot by a security guard during a New Year’s Day 2018 melee...
Missouri Lawsuit: Former Sheriff Stole Drugs, Assaulted Plaintiff July 9, 2021 A woman has alleged in a civil rights lawsuit that a former northwest Missouri sheriff gave her drugs and sexually...
California Insurance Company Pressing for its ‘Day in Court’ July 8, 2021 U.S. District Court Judge William B. Shubb granted the motion by the California Department of Insurance to dismiss the lawsuit...
Iowa Regulator Halts Amusement Ride After Accident Kills Boy July 8, 2021 By Ryan J. Foley A regulator has ordered an Iowa amusement park not to restart a popular boat ride pending an investigation into an...
New Mexico City Settling Ex-Officers’ Suit over Race-Based Enforcement July 6, 2021 Hobbs, N.M., will pay a $1.4 million settlement to three former police officers whose whistleblower lawsuit alleged they were subjected...
Michigan Court Opening Door to More Slip-And-Fall Cases July 6, 2021 By Ed White The Michigan Supreme Court is chipping away at a longstanding legal doctrine that makes it tough to win slip-and-fall lawsuits...
Court Won’t Revive Louisiana Suit in Death of Man Who Yelled ‘Kill Me’ July 6, 2021 An appeals court has refused to revive a lawsuit in the death of a man who shouted “Kill me” while...
Mom of Toddler Who Died After Missouri Clinic Visit Awarded $1.8M July 6, 2021 The family of a toddler who died just three hours after being misdiagnosed at a Branson, Mo., urgent care clinic...
Mayo Clinic in Minnesota Sued in Alleged Snooping of Nude Patient Photos July 6, 2021 Mayo Clinic has been sued by three female patients who say a former surgery resident viewed nude photographs of them...