No Sovereign Immunity for Virginia City or Truck Driver In-Between Garbage Pick-Ups October 8, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson The Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled that a trial court erred in finding that a garbage truck driver and...
Town Expects Insurance Will Help Cover $14.9M Wrongful Incarceration Settlement September 24, 2024 A Massachusetts town has agreed to pay $14.9 million to a citizen who spent 36 years in prison for a...
Vermont City Pays $215K to Settle Lawsuit Accusing Officer of Excessive Force September 23, 2024 By Lisa Rathke Vermont’s largest city of Burlington has paid $215,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing a police officer of using excessive force...
Pittsburgh Offers $500,000 to Settle Bridge Collapse Lawsuits September 16, 2024 The city of Pittsburgh is seeking approval of a half-million-dollar payment to settle lawsuits over the collapse of a bridge...
Jury Sides With Teacher in Suit Against District Over Jan. 6 Rally August 26, 2024 By Michael Rubinkam A Pennsylvania school district violated a teacher’s constitutional rights by falsely suggesting he took part in the U.S. Capitol riot...
Judge Allows Vermont Suit Alleging Police Bias, Excessive Force Against Black Teen August 9, 2024 By Lisa Rathke A Vermont judge has denied the city of Burlington’s request to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that police used excessive force...
Ohio Supreme Court Orders City to Pay $30 Million Police Brutality Judgment July 18, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson The Ohio city of East Cleveland must pay a $30 million jury verdict awarded to a man who police wrongly...
Rikers Island Inmates Sue City Claiming They Were Trapped in Cells During Fire July 10, 2024 By Philip Marcelo Inmates at New York City’s Rikers Island are suing the city claiming they were trapped in their cells during a...
New York County to Pay $1.75 Million to Family of Man Killed by Police in 2011 June 25, 2024 A New York county has reached a $1.75 million settlement with the family of a man shot and killed by...
New York City to Pay $17.5M, End Ban on Religious Head Coverings in Mug Shots April 15, 2024 By Karen Matthews New York City has agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by two Muslim women who were...