Ryan Farrick is a freelance writer and small business advertising consultant based out of mid-Michigan. Passionate about international politics and world affairs, he’s an avid traveler with a keen interest in the connections between South Asia and the United States. Ryan studied neuroscience and has spent the last several years working as an operations manager in transportation logistics.
A federal appeals court upheld a settlement between photographer Bob Updegrove and the state, which will end Updegrove’s challenge against provisions of the Virginia Values Act.
A former N.H.L. Chicago Blackhawks player has filed a sexual assault lawsuit against the team, claiming management ignored misconduct allegations filed against its erstwhile video coach, Brad Aldrich.
The lawsuit alleges that a staff member at the Lord’s Ranch targeted multiple children for abuse, forcing them to perform sexual acts in exchange for being permitted the privilege of calling their parents or returning home for vacation.
The new lawsuit, filed on behalf of three former players and a student manager, claims that several of the athletes implicated in many of the assaults regularly brought guns to the locker room and other school-sponsored events.
In a “surprise” ruling, a Newport News Circuit Court judge found that the injured teacher’s complaint likely falls outside the exclusive jurisdiction of workers’ compensation claims.
Hundreds of claims remain pending against the uniform manufacturer.
The lawsuit was filed after an off-duty Alaska Airlines captain riding in the cockpit jump-seat announced that he was “not okay” before trying to deactivate the engines.
The lawsuit suggests that the Mormon church redirected tithes toward its own $175 billion investment fund.
An investigation into the facility is still ongoing, but attorneys say it appears that Return to Nature Funeral Home gave multiple customers crushed concrete in the place of human ash.
Attorneys for the plaintiff claim that then-Atlanta Braves outfielder Jorge Soler intentionally threw, with “great force,” an overhand ball into the stands, where it struck and severely injured Mayra Norris.