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Former Cross Country Runner Files Lawsuit Against St. Xavier High School

- July 24, 2018

One member of the Saint Xavier cross country team, he found out just how scary a health emergency can be while running. During a July 22, 2017 cross country practice, former runner Cooper Marchal suffered a heat stroke that caused him to lose consciousness. As a result, he was hospitalized and “put in a medically-induced coma.” Now, he’s decided to file a lawsuit against his former high school, alleging it was negligent in the practice that resulted in his heat stroke and hospitalization.

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Hampton Roads Regional Jail Lawsuit Settles for $625K

- July 24, 2018

Earlier today a wrongful death lawsuit settled for $625,000. The lawsuit in question was filed in June 2017 in federal court against the “Hampton Roads Regional Jail, its medical provider and a number of staff members.” It was filed by the family of Henry Clay Stewart, “an inmate who died Aug. 6, 2016, because of internal bleeding from a perforated stomach ulcer.” But how did the incident occur? Why was the lawsuit filed?

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Judge Dismisses New York City Climate Change Lawsuit

- July 22, 2018

A federal judge dismissed a climate change lawsuit filed by New York City, saying the onus to end global warming is on Congress and the Oval Office rather than the courts. While Judge John F. Keenan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York called climate change “a fact of life,”

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Gatlinburg Zip Line Attraction at Center of New Class Action Lawsuit

- July 20, 2018

Many people who visited a Gatlinburg-area zip line attraction contracted an illness, “possibly from contaminated well water.” As a result, a family who visited the zip line attraction and fell ill has decided to file a “complaint for class-action certification and damages against Climb Works LLC.” The complaint was filed by Tristan and Melissa Mantheys from the New Orleans-area.

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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Over Fatal Dashields Locks and Dam Accident

- July 20, 2018

After embarking on a kayaking trip down the Ohio River, Helene Brandy of Ambridge tragically lost her life. As a result, her parents, Kathleen and Bruce Brandy, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Pittsburgh against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, alleging “the agency didn’t adequately warn boaters of the dangers surrounding the Dashields Locks and Dam.” According to the couple’s suit, their daughter, who was only 25-years-old at the time of her death, “was one of two people who died in May 2017 when their kayaks were swept over the dam near Edgeworth.”

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