$14.5M Settlement Approved in San Francisco Tree Branch Injury
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.
Lawsuits & Litigation
Remington Settles Class Action Over Bad Triggers
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
Wake County School System Agrees to $75K Settlement Involving Student Hit by Car While Catching His Bus
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
Army Headmaster Center of Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Filed by Cadet
Wrongful Death Suit Against Deceased Marion County Woman Reaches Settlement
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.
Lawsuit Hopes to Protect Wild Horses from Being Sold and Slaughtered
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.
Perry Funeral Home, WSU and DMC Under Fire in Lawsuit Involving Deceased Infant Remains
Back in July, a resident of Detroit filed a lawsuit against Perry Funeral Home, Wayne State University, Detroit Medical Center, and Harper-Hutzel Hospitals. Inc. over allegations that the defendants “breached contracts by not properly taking possession of, transporting and or storing the deceased remains of infant bodies after requesting a donation for purposes of research.” The suit itself was filed in Wayne County Circuit Court and is in the spotlight in response to recent discoveries inside the Perry Funeral Home.
Appeals Court Revives Child Slavery Lawsuit Against Nestle and Cargill Co.
On Tuesday, a U.S. federal appeals court reinstated a child slavery lawsuit against the United States’ branch of Nestle SA and Cargill Co. Both companies, reports Reuters, are accused of propagating child slavery on cocoa plantations in the West African nation of Ivory Coast. The decision was made by a panel of judges sitting on
Minnesota Files Lawsuit Against Drug Companies for High Insulin Prices
Minnesota Files Lawsuit Against Drug Companies for High Insulin Prices
Michael Avenatti Ordered to Pay $4.85M in Back Pay Lawsuit
Earlier this week, a judge in California ruled that Michael Avenatti, lawyer to actress Stormy Daniels, must pay $4.85 million in back pay to an attorney who used to work for his former law firm. The ruling marks the “first time the potential presidential candidate is being held personally liable in the lawsuit over back pay.”