Judge Dismisses Claims Against Ocean City for Beach Umbrella Injury January 24, 2022 A judge has dismissed Ocean City from a federal lawsuit over a beach umbrella getting caught in the wind and...
Reluctant Localities Are Being Dragged Into Court to Fix Sidewalks for People With Disabilities October 13, 2021 By Maureen O'Hagan, Kaiser Health News From her Baltimore dining room, Susan Goodlaxson can see her neighbor gardening across the street. But while other neighbors stop...
How One Citizen’s Damage Claim Against Mississippi City Upended Her Life August 16, 2021 By Isabelle Taft The evening before Hurricane Zeta made landfall, Vicki Dean and her husband, Kenny, were curious to see if the distant...
Canadian Municipalities Face Surging Liability Insurance Costs July 13, 2021 By Nichola Saminather TORONTO – Canadian municipalities reeling from a pandemic-driven hit to revenues are facing an added blow from surging liability insurance...
North Carolina High Court Backs Students’ Constitutional Right to Sue Over Bullying June 15, 2021 By Gary D. Robertson The constitutional right of North Carolina’s children to have access to a good public school education also applies to individual...
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...