JUUL Faces Another Lawsuit for Allegedly Exploiting Adolescents to Addictive Products
JUUL Labs Inc. is under fire in a new lawsuit alleging the company targets adolescents. As a result, many Florida high school students are addicted to vaping.
Lawsuits & Litigation
Connecticut Won’t Let Purdue ‘Cry Poverty’ and Amends Its Lawsuit
Connecticut amends its filing against Purdue Pharma stating it will not allow the company to ‘cry poverty.’
ACLU Lawsuit Seeks to End Solitary Confinement in Virginia Prisons
While the state says it reserves ‘restrictive housing’ for violent offenders, the ACLU claims Virginia puts inmates in solitary for offenses as petty as not shaving.
County Agrees to $25K Settlement in Case Involving the 2017 Death of John Thornton Jenkins
Clackamas County recently agreed to pay $25,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of John Thornton Jenkins, a climber who fell from Mount Hood and died.
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Hit with Another Discrimination Lawsuit
Dr. Elena Pop recently filed a federal lawsuit against Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center over discrimination allegations.
Patient Awarded $110.6 Million in Asthma Attack Lawsuit
Hospital staff inappropriately care for a patient after an asthma attack, leaving her with permanent injuries. She is awarded $110.6 Million.
Kansas Keeps Fining Prison Health Contractor Corizon To No Effect
Even after facing a flurry of lawsuits, analyses indicate that Kansas’s prison health contractor, Corizon, doesn’t meet state standards of care. According to the Associated Press and Kansas City Star, hundreds of documents were looked over in the analysis. Performance reviews ranging from July 2015 to December 2018 showed that inmates were regularly denied the
SoCal Branch of ACLU Sues Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency to Stop Detainee Transfers
With cooperation between Orange County jails and I.C.E. about to end, the ACLU fears immigrants will be sent far from their families and lawyers.
Immigrant Advocates Sue A.G. Barr for Denying Asylum-Seekers Bond
Barr is trying to give I.C.E. and its affiliates exclusive authority to order immigrants’ release.
African American Student Alleges She was Denied Graduation Honor Due to Race
A lawsuit was just filed against Cleveland Central High School and others after an African American student was denied a graduation honor to allegedly prevent white flight.