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.
United is under fire once again, this time in connection to sexually explicit photos of a flight attendant that one of its pilots allegedly posted online. According to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), United knew the pilot was posting the “humiliating, explicit photos of the flight attendant online” for years without doing anything to stop it.
Remember that man who attacked a couple in their Florida home in 2016 by biting, beating, and stabbing them? At the time of the attack, many were quick to say that the young college man simply suffered from a mental illness. However, the family of the woman who was attacked, Michelle Mischcon Stevens, filed a wrongful death lawsuit earlier this week against Austin Harrouff, the young man who attacked her and her husband.
A year after the death of Tim Hurley, 59, and Kevin Carter, 51, the family of Hurley has decided to file a negligence and wrongful death civil lawsuit against the Zota Beach Resort and Victory Security Agency. At the time of their deaths, Hurley was the Zota resort manager and Carter was a security guard. Last summer, both men were killed during a robbery. It turns out, the Victory Security Agency hired the man that killed both men.
It’s back to school time, which means parents are venturing out to collect all the items on their children’s back to school shopping lists. However, there is one item parents should avoid for the time being, according to a recent report released by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG). Earlier this week, the U.S. PIRG revealed that a 36-pack of Playskool crayons currently being sold at Dollar Tree, Amazon, and eBay “tested positive for trace amounts of asbestos.”
If you rely on over-the-counter nasal spray to get through your day, a new recall notice may be of some interest to you. Earlier today, the makers of an “over-the-counter nasal spray sold at CVS stores in Queens and other parts of the country” issued a voluntary recall due to concerns of bacterial contamination. The manufacturer of the nasal spray is Product Quest Manufacturers and the specific product included in the recall is the CVS Health 12-Hour Sinus Relief Nasal Mist. According to the notice, the popular spray was “found to contain Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a micro bacteria that could put individuals with compromised immune systems at risk of a potentially life-threatening infection.”
What kind of dog food do you feed your fur baby? If it’s anything from the Rachael Ray Nutrish’s dog food line, you may be interested to learn that a class-action lawsuit was recently filed against the company. According to the suit filed on August 1 against Ainsworth Pet Nutrition LLC dba Rachael Ray Nutrish, plaintiff Markeith Parks claims “the company’s Super Premium Food for Dogs bills itself as ‘natural,’ but actually contains the ‘potentially harmful’ herbicide glyphosate
A lawsuit between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Rose Acre Farms Inc. over “unfair immigration-related employment practices” reached a settlement yesterday on August 6. The suit was filed by the DOJ back in November 2012 when it accused the farm, which is the “second largest egg producer in the nation, of violating the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by discriminating against non-U.S. citizens who were work-authorized.”
In a new lawsuit, Alexandra Axon, challenges “the Lake Wales juice processor’s claim that its premium product, Florida’s Natural Growers orange juice, is indeed ‘natural’ as declared in its name and images on the OJ carton.” Why does she think the OJ isn’t all natural? Well, she claims the “acts of processing the juice and trace levels of a common herbicide in it mean the product cannot claim to be natural.”
Deaconess Gateway Hospital is at the center of a new lawsuit in connection with the death of an infant. The infant death case was filed by attorneys David Miller and George Barnett earlier this week in Federal Court on behalf of Amanda Moore and Braden Whitfield. The couple lost their seven-day-old daughter, Aerabella Whitfield at Deaconess Gateway in 2016 after the hospital failed to perform tests and provide adequate treatment that may have saved her life.
No parent should ever have to bury their child, but unfortunately, tragedies happen. Two parents found out just how true this is when they lost their 7-year-old boy last August. Sadly, the boy “drowned after being swept away in a drainage ditch,” and now his parents are “suing the City of Shreveport for unspecified damages.”