Walgreens, CVS on the Hook in Florida for Opioid Epidemic
Walgreens, CVS on the Hook in Florida for Opioid Epidemic
Lawsuits & Litigation
Judge Doesn’t Have to Give up Case Over Facebook Friendship
Judge Doesn’t Have to Give up Case Over Facebook Friendship
Months After Girl was Electroshocked at MGM National Harbor, Family Files Lawsuit
Family outings are supposed to be fun and a chance to reconnect and bond with each other. However, for one family, a family outing to MGM National Harbor took a devastating turn when Zynae Green, a 7-year-old girl, was electroshocked and seriously injured. Now, her family wants justice and filed a lawsuit earlier this week in Prince George’s County, Maryland, five months after the incident occurred.
Lawsuit Filed After Kindergarten Girl Sustains Burns During a Fall in Her School Cafeteria
When most kids visit their cafeteria for their lunch break, they do so with the expectation that they will be able to eat their lunch in peace, without fear of getting hurt. However, one kindergartener in Tennessee found out that the unexpected can even happen in the lunch room. According to a lawsuit recently filed in Shelby County, a kindergarten student was “burned so badly by food at a Tennessee school that she had to be treated at a local hospital.” The suit itself was filed by the girl’s mother and names “Shelby County Schools as the defendant.”
MEDIC Settles Racial Discrimination and Retaliation Suit with Former Employee
A settlement agreement was recently announced between Mecklenburg County’s EMS agency and a former employee for $350,000. Of the settlement funds, $90,000 will go towards attorney fees, while the other $260,000 will go to the former MEDIC public relations manager who sued his agency over racial discrimination and retaliation.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Reverses Civil Rights Procedures
Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is reversing her stance on how the agency investigates civil rights complaints. Education Week reports that, as of November 20th, the department is revising its Office of Civil Rights case-processing manual. Specifically, DeVos is backpedaling a recently-implemented instruction for investigators to dismiss multiple civil rights complaints if they originate
New Jersey Files Lawsuit Against J&J Subsidiary, Opioid Maker
New Jersey Files Lawsuit Against J&J Subsidiary, Opioid Maker
Woman Dies of Asthma Attack Right Outside of Hospital
Woman Dies of Asthma Attack Right Outside of Hospital
Women Who Broke Several Bones Going Down a Closed Slide File Lawsuit Against Broadway at the Beach and Others
Earlier this month, a lawsuit was filed against Broadway at the Beach, Burroughs and Chapin after two women from New York suffered injuries and broken bones when they went down a slide at Broadway on the Beach. The two women are Jillian McGovern and Ally Mulcahy. According to their lawsuit, the two were visiting Myrtle Beach “during the weekend of April 29, 2017, for a friend’s wedding.” After the wedding, McGovern and Mulcahy headed back to their hotel but stopped by Pavilion Park Central along the way. Pavilion Park Central was where the slide was.
Family Files First Lawsuit Involving Fatal NY Limo Crash
Last month, a limousine crashed in upstate New York, killing 20 people. Now, the parents of one of the victims are suing the car’s operators, alleging gross negligence “in putting the dangerous and defective vehicle on the road.” The suit was filed by the parents of Amanda Rivenburg, who was 29-years-old at the time of the accident. She was among the 18 people riding in the limo when it “barreled through a stop sign at the bottom of a hill and crashed into a ravine in rural Schoharie, New York on Oct. 6.” In addition to the 18 vehicle passengers, two pedestrians were also killed in the accident.