The president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is being asked to take the stand in a sexual abuse lawsuit involving his daughter and son-in-law. Fox13 reports that a motion seeking LDS President Russell M. Nelson was filed in federal court late last week. While Nelson himself isn’t implicated in the alleged
Uber drivers in Massachusetts are suing the ride-sharing company, claiming it illegally labels its employees independent contractors in a bid to skirt minimum wage and state law. The Boston Herald reports that the suit, filed earlier this week in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, claims that the company “regularly fails to
Gun control advocates are suing Tamaqua School District for a recently-passed policy that allows teachers to carry firearms at school. WFMZ reports that on Thursday, families launched a second lawsuit against the school district. Backed by Cease Fire PA, the litigation aims to topple Tamaqua’s firearms policy. “It’s not staff members’ place to have a
Accused of enabling negligence and providing substandard care, Illinois has agreed to a series of reforms intended to improve health throughout its prison system. Under the agreements, writes the Chicago Tribune, a federal monitor will oversee adjustments to prison healthcare. Among the accepted changes are increased medical and dental staffing, ‘proper training and qualifications for
On Friday, an appeals court ruled in favor of President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender persons serving in the U.S. military. The ruling lifted a lower court injunction against the policy. Bloomberg.com reports that the contested plan, crafted by recently-departed Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, was ‘less restrictive’ than the all-out ban first proposed by Trump.
A dispute between the family of a three-year-old girl and the city of Napa recently settled for $5 million. The lawsuit was filed by the family shortly after the death of Kayleigh Slusher, who tragically passed away in 2014 after she was tortured and killed in a Napa apartment.
A black NYPD officer who was beaten by law enforcement at a birthday party has settled with the city for $5 million. The longstanding lawsuit was initiated following a violent confrontation in 2010. Officer Larry Jackson says his wife had called police to report a gate-crasher, only for first-responders to beat, pummel and arrest the
Earlier this week, the USDA announced a recall of 11,664 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry sausages produced by R.L. Ziegler Company. The recall was issued over concerns that the Red Hot chicken and pork sausage products may be “contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically metal.”
A man in central Iowa recently underwent surgery to treat prostate cancer, only to discover that he never really had cancer in the first place. Unfortunately, the surgery he underwent left him with debilitating side effects, including incontinence and other serious issues.
Arizona’s Attorney General, Mark Brnovich, and his office are currently working hard to convince the State’s Supreme Court to “block Phoenix from enforcing its anti-discrimination ordinance against two women who refuse to craft wedding materials for same-sex nuptials.” In a legal brief submitted with the court, Brnovich claims that “Arizona and a handful of other states that have sided with him have compelling interests in protecting their citizens’ freedoms of speech and religion secured by the U.S. Constitution, as well as by their individual state constitutions.”