Former Employee Files Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit Against Prenatal Testing Firm

For many women in the workplace, pregnancy discrimination is alive and well. It can happen anywhere, regardless of the industry, and can have lasting emotional and financial effects of a mother-to-be and her family. Recently, a former employee at San Carlos-based Natera filed a lawsuit claiming she too was a victim of pregnancy discrimination. The kicker about her lawsuit is that her former company provides services to pregnant women, such as “preconception and prenatal testing services.”


Wolf’s Den Cooperative Campground Under Fire In Sexual Assault Lawsuit

For many people, camping trips are times to create memories and enjoy all that nature has to offer. Unfortunately for two children who visited an East Haddam campground back in July 2016, the memories created on their trip weren’t exactly the type of memories they were hoping to make. According to a lawsuit recently filed by their parents, the two children, a boy, and a girl were sexually assaulted at the Wolf’s Den Cooperative Campground in East Haddam by another underage male camper.


Man Charged After Burying, Abandoning Infant in Montana Woods

Nothing could have prepared Missoula County Sheriff’s Deputy Ross Jessop and U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement Officer Nick Scholz for what they would find while searching the woods of Montana for a missing infant. While searching diligently, they heard a faint whimper around 2:30 a.m. earlier this week on Sunday, alerting the two that the infant was near. Scanning the ground around them, Jessop eventually found the “cold, wet, soiled 5-month-old boy face-down buried under a pile of debris.”



Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner Profits Off Immigration Detention Facilities

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is purportedly striking a profit off immigration detention facilities, including facilities which house children together with their families., The report, procured and republished by POLITICO, saw the governor disclose earnings from a private equity firm claiming ownership of Correct Care Solutions. Correct Care Solutions is one of several for-profit healthcare providers




Novartis and Sandoz Recall Blister Packs for Several Meds Over Child Safety Concerns

How sure are you that all the medications in your medicine cabinet are child-proof? This is an important thing to consider if you have children at home. It’s also important to keep tabs on recalls related to child safety, such as the recent one issued by Novartis and Sandoz over “several blister packaged prescription medications…due to the products failing to meet child-resistant closure requirements as per the Poison Prevention Packaging Act.”


Williamson County Ranch Sues Former Employee After 31 Cattle Die

Because cattle must often endure the hot weather outside on a pasture, it’s important for ranch owners to be mindful in terms of watering cattle to keep them healthy. Unfortunately, Logan Collier, a former employee of a Williamson County ranch failed to keep 31 cows hydrated, causing all “31 of the animals to die.” His actions prompted the owners of the ranch to sue him on allegations that he “intentionally left cattle in a pasture without water.”