Former City Council Aide Awarded Settlement in Wrongful Arrest Lawsuit
Former City Council Aide Awarded Settlement in Wrongful Arrest Lawsuit
Lawsuits & Litigation
Texas Inmate Sues TDCJ for not Treating Flesh-Eating Bacterial Infection
A Texas inmate is suing the state corrections department, claiming officials refused to treat a flesh-eating bacterial infection. Filed by inmate Harold Millican in federal court, the lawsuit accuses the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Gist State Jail’s warden of “callous indifference.” Millican says jail staff wouldn’t offer “proper care” or take him to
Former Presidente Supermarket Accused of Murder Now Faces Wrongful Death Suit
Manuel Marin, the owner of several Presidente supermarkets, was recently hit with a wrongful death lawsuit and is “awaiting trial in criminal court on allegations he masterminded the savage murder of his wife’s secret lover.” According to the lawsuit, which was filed by the estate of Camilo Salazar, Salazar’s “body was discovered on a rural dirt road in West Miami-Dade in June 2011.” The police report noted that he had been beaten. Additionally, his throat was slit and his groin was burned.
Suits Filed Against Trump’s Ban on Bump Stocks
Challenges are already rolling in to the Trump administration’s Tuesday ban on bump stocks, a firearm accessory that emulates automatic fire in semiautomatic weapons. While the sale and possession of fully automatic firearms has long been tightly regulated, bump stocks have long served as an alternative to permits and background checks. The variety of device,
Cato Settles EEOC Investigation for $3.5 Million Payable to Employees
Cato Settled EEOC Investigation for $3.5 Million Payable to Employees
Airmont Village Hit with Second Religious Discrimination Suit This Month
A federal lawsuit was recently filed by a group of Orthodox and Hasidic Jews over accusations that Airmont village officials are using “systemic discrimination by using their zoning and inspection powers to prevent the residents from practicing their religion.” According to the lawsuit, the village has a history of being “hostile toward religious Jews and tries to prevent residents from praying and holding services in their homes by delaying approvals for residential houses of worship, and by issuing building and zoning violations with daily fines of up to $1,000 and threats of jail.”
Jefferson County Public Schools Principal Files Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
A principal who works for Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) filed a lawsuit against the school district after she endured years of “degrading behavior from a JCPS official as she worked to fix a nightmare of a school situation.” The suit was filed by Lawanda Hazard, the principal of Kerrick Elementary. In her lawsuit, Hazard alleges she endured “racial, gender, disability discrimination, and retaliation.” JCPS is listed as the sole defendant, though many of the allegations included in the suit involve Glenn Baete, “Hazard’s former assistant superintendent.”
Aurora Health Care Pays $12M to Settle Allegations that It Violated Federal Law
A $12 million settlement agreement was recently reached between Aurora Health Care and the federal and state governments. The settlement hopes to quell allegations that the healthcare facility “violated the federal anti-kickback law by paying excessive compensation to two cardiologists.” The federal anti-kickback law in question is known as the Stark Law and it “prohibits physicians from having a financial relationship with hospitals and other health care providers to whom they refer patients.” The law was designed with the hope that a “doctor’s referral is based on a medical judgment, not to make money.”
Kansas Settles with Richard Anthony Jones in ‘Doppelganger’ Case
Kansas has agreed to pay more than $1 million to Richard Anthony Jones, who spent 17 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. Jones’ lawsuit, recounts the Kansas City Star, eventually became known as the doppelganger case. Both Jones and the man who may have committed the crime share an unusually similar appearance.
Judge: School, Sheriff’s Office had no Constitutional Duty to Protect Parkland Students
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by survivors of February’s Parkland school shooting, saying neither the school district nor the local sheriff’s office had a constitutional duty to protect students from being massacred. The decision, writes the New York Times, ends a suit filed by 15 students who claim to have been traumatized by