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...
Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Over Mine Sinkholes in South Dakota September 27, 2024 By Jack Dura A judge in South Dakota has thrown out a lawsuit brought by dozens of neighbors in a Rapid City-area subdivision...
Texas High Court: No Immunity for City that Closed Flood Gate During Downpour March 15, 2023 By Jim Sams Eleven property owners whose homes were flooded after a city of Brownsville official closed a flood gate may proceed with...
Judge Dismisses Youth Climate Change Lawsuit Against Virginia September 19, 2022 By Denise Lavoie A Virginia judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of 13 young people who claim that the state’s...
Supreme Court: Vet Who Lost Job as Texas Trooper Can Sue State July 1, 2022 The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a former state trooper to sue Texas over his claim that he was forced...
Six Years After Deadly Police Chase, Georgia High Court Limits Insurer’s Obligation February 17, 2022 The headlines in 2016 provoked an outcry across Georgia: A man stole a car near the Atlanta airport, fled from...
Purchase of Insurance Does Not Waive Sovereign Immunity, Georgia Court Finds October 29, 2021 The city of Alpharetta, Georgia, did not waive its sovereign immunity when it obtained an insurance policy, an appeals court...
Appeals Court OK’s Suit Over Mississippi School Funding Disparities December 10, 2020 By Emily Wagster Pettus A federal appeals court has affirmed that Mississippi parents may pursue a lawsuit that says the state allows grave disparities...
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...
Iran Crash Victims May Need Political Backing in Fight for Damages January 22, 2020 By Tracy Rucinski and Tim Hepher Families of the 176 people killed when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner face a complicated legal battle where backing...