Brianna Smith is a freelance writer and editor in Southwest Michigan. A graduate of Grand Valley State University, Brianna has a passion for politics, social issues, education, science, and more. When she’s not writing, she enjoys the simple life with her husband, daughter, and son.
A college student in Los Angeles filed a lawsuit against his school, arguing that it limited his “ right to free speech after it prevented him from passing out copies of the U.S. Constitution.” Fortunately for the student, Kevin Shaw, a court sided with him earlier last week when the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) agreed to settle the suit.
A wrongful death lawsuit was filed on Friday by the family of a woman who was allegedly left for dead during a date with a New York man she met on Tinder. According to the suit, the woman, Jennifer St. Clair, was riding on the back of a 2001 Harley Davidson Road King motorcycle with her date, Miles McChesney, and was left for dead. At the time of the incident, the two were on a date in Delray Beach, Florida. Prior to the incident, the couple spent time visiting friends in the area and McChesney drank heavily. Because of this, the suit argues that McChesney was impaired while driving his motorcycle.
Summerfield Baldridge and Northwest Montana United Way recently agreed to settle a lawsuit the Whitefish man filed earlier this year against the United Way and Westside CCC Inc., “the corporation that holds the asset of a former mall property.” Baldridge provided the loan collateral that Northwest Montana United Way needed to “complete the $2.3 million purchase of Gateway Community Center in 2015.”
There is never an excuse for bullying, especially in schools. Unfortunately, it happens and can often have a long-term effect of a person’s self-confidence and overall emotional health. One family with a student in Waukee Community School District even recently filed a lawsuit over the bullying their daughter endured at school. The student, Berkley Maschka, attended Waukee schools last year. According to the lawsuit, school administrators allegedly “failed to protect Berkley from ongoing bullying — and then assaulted the third-grader when she refused to go to her classroom.” As a result of the lawsuit, the family was recently awarded a “$150,000 settlement from the district.”
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Concerns over potential contamination prompted Del Monte to recall certain canned corn products. According to the notice, the recall includes more than “64,000 cases of ‘FIESTA CORN Seasoned with Red & Green Peppers.’” It turns out, the recalled corn may have been under-processed. When this happens, it may result in “potentially deadly contamination and illness.”
Stephanie Clifford has been in the news a lot since before President Trump even assumed the highest office of our country. Recently the spotlight rested upon her once again, though this time it wasn’t because she decided to throw another claim against the president. Earlier this month, Clifford, an “adult-movie star known as Stormy Daniels,” was ordered by a judge to “pay $292,000 in attorney fees and $1,000 in sanctions to Donald Trump after she unsuccessfully sued the president for defamation.”
Do you enjoy the occasional side of Jimmy Dean sausage with your breakfast? If so, this latest recall notice is for you. Recently, Jimmy Dean announced a recall of more than 28,000 pounds of its sausage products over concerns that it may be contaminated with metal. According to the recall notice, the potentially tainted products were distributed to 21 states. So far, the company has received five complaints from consumers who ended up with metal in their sausage. Fortunately, none of the consumers reported experiencing adverse health effects.
A medical malpractice lawsuit was recently filed by Cronin & Maxwell, a Jacksonville-based law firm, on behalf of a mother who had a needle left inside her spine when she underwent a C-section 15 years ago. The suit was filed against the Naval Hospital Jacksonville and alleges the medical facility “covered up a medical mistake by leaving three centimeters of a broken needle inside” Amy Bright’s spine. Despite the fact that Bright had her C-section 15 years ago, she just learned last year that the needle was “still lodged in her spine.”
A medical malpractice lawsuit was recently filed against David Tomlinson of Grand Anesthesia Group after a routine wrist surgery went wrong. The lawsuit was filed by Jill Lubing and alleges that Tomlinson and his professional group were “negligent and didn’t follow proper safety precautions when administering a nerve block at St. John’s Medical Center in March 2015.” Tomlinson and her lawyers have so far denied the allegations.