July 8, 2021
A regulator has ordered an Iowa amusement park not to restart a popular boat ride pending an investigation into an accident that killed an 11-year-old boy and left his brother in critical condition. Iowa Labor Commissioner Rod Roberts signed an …
June 30, 2021
The family of former Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs filed lawsuits Tuesday in Texas and California charging the team and two former employees with negligence in his drug-related death two years ago. The lawsuits – filed by Skaggs’ parents …
June 7, 2021
A woman who was impaled by a beach umbrella in Maryland three years ago has sued the town and umbrella business, claiming their negligence resulted in serious injuries. Jill Mendygral, of Kingston, Pennsylvania, was lounging on the beach in Ocean …
May 27, 2021
The lawsuit surrounding the death of a woman who was accidentally buried alive on a Maryland beach by a tractor has been dismissed from federal court. The Daily Times reports that attorneys representing Ocean City and the victim’s mother filed …
May 10, 2021
A security firm that employed a man accused of killing a woman at the company headquarters of Timberland in New Hampshire said it bears no responsibility for her death. Securitas Security Services USA said in court documents Wednesday that it …
May 3, 2021
The wife of a Spokane County, Wash., man killed by his neighbor is suing Spokane County, alleging a sheriff’s deputy’s negligence allowed the killing to happen. The lawsuit filed in March in Spokane County Superior Court says David Cholewinski, Benjamin …
April 19, 2021
A 73-year-old woman with dementia is suing a Colorado city and members of its police department after she suffered a dislocated shoulder and bruises last year while being arrested after leaving a store without paying for about $14 worth of …
April 12, 2021
Correction: The Associated Press incorrectly referred to the woman’s attorney, Christian Morris, as a man. Morris is a woman. This article has been corrected to reflect that. A jury has awarded $29.5 million to the family of a woman who …
April 7, 2021
The son of a California man who choked to death during an amateur taco eating contest at a minor league baseball game is suing the event’s organizers for negligence. Eighteen-year-old Marshall Hutchings’ lawsuit filed Monday alleges his father, Dana Hutchings, …
March 17, 2021
California’s attorney general and local officials sued the nation’s largest senior living home operator Monday, alleging the company misled consumers on quality ratings and broke laws intended to protect patients when they are discharged from a facility. The suit centers …