Parents of 8-Year-Old Girl Shot and Killed in Atlanta Sue City June 9, 2021 By Kate Brumback The parents of an 8-year-old girl who was shot and killed near the site where Rayshard Brooks had been shot...
Self-Insured Minneapolis Will Tap City Budget to Pay Floyd Settlement March 17, 2021 By Fola Akinnibi Minneapolis will have to look beyond its insurance fund to pay out the $27 million settlement to George Floyd’s family...
Female Firefighters Turn to Courts to Fight Gender Discrimination March 17, 2021 By Tom Foreman Jr. WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — The highest ranking female firefighter in Asheville, North Carolina, says she was repeatedly discriminated against because...
Oregon City Paid Ex-Police Officer $250K to Settle Lawsuit March 2, 2021 By Megan Banta An officer who made headlines for excessive use of force allegations and a whistleblower lawsuit resigned from the Springfield Police...
Insurance Plays Key Role in Civil Rights Settlements Against Law Enforcement September 2, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Municipalities, their insurers and risk pools should be heeding the current public re-examination of police and prosecutorial actions taking place...
Supreme Court Rejects Appeals Over Police ‘Qualified Immunity’ June 19, 2020 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court this week refused to take up a new test of “qualified immunity,” rejecting several appeals that...
REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT: A United Front Takes Aim at Police Immunity From Lawsuits May 11, 2020 By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung The diverse opponents of qualified immunity have thrown their weight behind at least five appeals now awaiting the Supreme Court’s...
Opinion: What If Public Employees Could Sue Government Over Covid-19? May 7, 2020 By Stephen L. Carter, Bloomberg Opinion Suppose you’re working in an essential industry and your employer hasn’t provided you with adequate personal protective equipment. Maybe you...
Indiana City Shares Responsibility for Crash That Killed 3, Lawsuit Says February 21, 2019 A lawsuit says a northern Indiana city shares responsibility for a crash that killed two children and a man who...
Lawyer Hit by Garbage Can to Get $2.1 Million from Insurers for Des Moines December 28, 2017 Insurers for the city of Des Moines paid $2.1 million to a lawyer who alleged he suffered head injuries when...