The former Uber engineer whose blog post and allegations of discrimination caused the company CEO to step down said she supports a $10 million settlement for pay equity and harassment claims. Filed on behalf of nearly 500 employees, the agreement was tentatively reached in April. Susan Fowler, whose 2017 blog post led to internal chaos
A federal judge in Sacramento, California, has approved a settlement for inmates at Placer County Jail. The settlement, brought on allegations of abuse and use of excessive force by law enforcement officials, includes a fund of more than $1.4 million. While the agreement remains tentative, permanent approval is expected by or in March. U.S. Magistrate
Another lawsuit has been filed in connection to July’s ‘Ride the Ducks’ tragedy in July. This time, writes the Kansas City Star, eight survivors from the summertime disaster are claiming they’ve been “forever scarred” by seeing 17 of their fellow passengers drown amidst rough waves and torrential waves. The suit was filed on behalf of
Huron Valley Correctional Center, serving as Michigan’s only all-women prison, may run afoul of the United States Constitution. Two experts who studied the Ypsilanti-area facility say the conditions within Huron Valley amount to “cruel and unusual punishment.” Their report was filed in federal court on Thursday, bolstering a lawsuit’s claim that the prison is overcrowded
Recently, Hon. Lucy Koh, a judge of the U.S. District Court, gave her stamp of approval to a global settlement filed against the County of Monterey and California Forensic Medical Group. The suit settled for $825,000 and ends a wrongful death lawsuit originally filed by the “surviving children of a woman who died while in police custody on December 19, 2015.” The $825,000 will be split 50/50.
Blenheim Facility Management (BFM) and the City of San Juan Capistrano recently agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the Orange County Coastkeeper regarding the “Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park at San Juan Capistrano.” The lawsuit was filed back in July 2017 in the U.S. District Court and argues that the riding park, which is owned by San Juan Capistrano, “contributed to pollution in San Juan Creek.” According to the suit, the “BFM is the operator of the park.”
An Oregon man who says he was stabbed in the eye during a sword-fighting lesson is suing his course instructor for $9 million. The lawsuit says the injury occurred last year, during a sword-fighting class at the Elks’ Milwaukie Portland Lodge. Instructor Jason Romandelle Brown called upon a beginner student to participate in a demonstration.
PAX Labs introduced its electronic cigarette, called JUUL, in June 2015, and although the marketing campaign wasn’t specifically geared toward teens, a former senior manager said that he and others in the company were well aware it could appeal to them. After the device hit the streets, teenagers immediately began posting images of themselves “JUULing”
A trial involving Galilee Memorial Gardens, a cemetery in Tennessee, is set to begin. According to a class action lawsuit filed against the cemetery, Galilee Memorial Gardens mishandled an untold number of caskets, allowing them to be crushed and stacked. As a result, many bodies and remains were lost. Since the dispute was filed, the cemetery gates have remained closed, though opening statements in the trial began earlier this week. In total, relatives of nearly 1,200 dead people joined the suit against the “licensed funeral homes accused of sending bodies to Galilee for three years after the cemetery’s registration expired in December 2010.”
When is the last time you had to undergo surgery? Chances are, it went off without a hitch and you were eventually sent home without any major complications or medical tools accidentally left floating around your insides. One Tennessee man wasn’t so lucky. In May 2017, 73-year-old John Burns Johnson was admitted to Tristar Centennial hospital in Nashville to undergo an open heart surgery. However, a month after the procedure, he died. According to a lawsuit filed by Johnson’s family, the surgeon who performed his open heart surgery left a needle inside of him, resulting in his death.