Earlier this month, three men involved in Aggie football were charged for participating in a “2017 assault that left a Utah State University student with significant injuries.” Now, the victim has filed a civil suit and is seeking damages for his injuries.
A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury has awarded a Topanga Canyon bicyclist $9.1 million for the brain damage that he suffered in a crash after he attempted to avoid debris that fell onto the Pacific Coast Highway.
StarKist Reaches Settlement Agreement with Justice Department Over Price Fixing
A Colorado lawsuit, filed by two landowners who claim a nearby marijuana grow is devaluing their property, will move to trial today. Scheduled for a session in a Denver federal court, the consequences could set precedent for other cannabis-related concerns. The case, reports Westword.com, was ‘filed in February 2015’ by the Safe Streets Alliance. Safe
Supervisors in San Francisco have approved a $14.5 million settlement involving a 36-year-old woman who was hit by a falling tree branch while sitting on a park bench.
A class action settlement involving the safety mechanism on some of Remington’s most popular firearms has officially gone into effect. CNBC reports that the case’s future was decided when attorneys for the firearms manufacturer declined to pursue a Supreme Court appeal. The agreement’s finalization means that owners of Model 700 and similar rifles can request
The Wake County school district recently agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a student’s family for $75,000. According to the lawsuit, the student, Michael Burgess was an 11-year-old student at West Lake Middle School in 2014 when he was “struck by a car while trying to catch a school bus” and “suffered multiple serious injuries.” As a result, the family sued the school district, accusing it of “putting the bus stop in an unsafe location.” However, despite it’s agreement to settle the suit, the Wake County school district made “no admission of responsibility.”
Army Headmaster Center of Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Filed by Cadet
A wrongful death suit was filed against a woman, now deceased, recently settled “without a finding of fault.” The suit was filed against Barbara Lucille Stricklin and named her a person of interest in the shooting death of her husband, John L. Stricklin. The suit itself was filed by Mr. Stricklin’s adult children last November.
A federal lawsuit was recently filed in California by the American Wild Horse Campaign and Animal Legal Defense Fund with the hope that it will “block the US Forest Service from capturing and selling wild horses for slaughter.” Nowadays, there are very few wild horses running free in America’s not so wild West, and this new lawsuit hopes to save the few that remain.