President Trump’s Former Driver Files Lawsuit Over Unpaid Overtime Wages
Earlier today President Trump’s former driver filed a lawsuit “against the president’s company alleging he’s owed more than $200,000 in unpaid overtime wages.”
Lawsuits & Litigation
Tennessee Ordered to Reinstate Driver’s License After Judge Calls Law Unconstitutional
Tennessee will no longer suspend the driver’s licenses of residents unable to pay court costs. The decision, effected by a Monday court order, marks the first time a federal judge has challenged state laws which penalize drivers for unrelated debts. Calling the verdict a veritable “tour de face,” attorney Claudia Wilner says an estimated 100,000
Waukegan, IL, Awards $9.5 Million to Wrongfully Convicted Angel Gonzalez
The Chicagoland city of Waukegan, IL, approved a $9.5 million settlement to end a lawsuit filed by wrongly imprisoned resident Angel Gonzalez. Gonzalez, freed from prison in 2015, spent 20 years behind bars after being convicted for the rape of a local woman. DNA evidence exonerated Gonzalez, whose case prompted city officials to require enhanced
Ratings Tampering Lawsuit Between Nielsen and Bubba The Love Sponge Clem Reaches Settlement
While many people across the country were celebrating the 4th of July this week, two sides of a legal battle agreed to bring their back and forth bickering to an end. Earlier today one of the biggest legal battles in the radio industry reached a conclusion. The legal spat was between Bubba The Love Sponge Clem and Nielsen over alleged rating tampering. According to news from both parties, they reached an out-of-court settlement. But what was the lawsuit about and who filed it against whom?
Judge Upholds California’s Sanctuary City Laws
On Thursday, a federal judge dismissed demands from the Trump administration to block three of California’s sanctuary city laws. POLITICO reports that the court allowed the brunt of the legislation to remain intact while ordering some alterations. Sacramento-based U.S. District Judge John Mendez ‘rejected, for now, the Justice Department’s drive to halt a California law
Detroit Medical Center Ordered to Pay $135M to Settle Medical Malpractice Case
According to a lawsuit that recently settled for $135 million, Faith DeGrand of Wyandotte, Michigan suffered crippling injuries that left her partially paralyzed in 2010 after being admitted to Children’s Hospital of DMC for scoliosis surgery. What kind of crippling injuries did she sustain, and how?
Lawsuit Claims Police Shot an African American Man in the Back with a Stun Gun
You would think a person would be able to just sit and relax on the curbside of a road without having to worry about physical harm befalling them, but that’s not always the case. For example, last week a man in Pennsylvania was “sitting on a curb when an officer fired a stun gun at his back.” Since the incident, the African American man, Sean Williams, has filed a federal lawsuit arguing “his constitutional rights were violated.” The lawsuit itself was filed in U.S. District Court “against the officer and the City of Lancaster, claiming police used excessive force, denied him medical care and racially profiled him.”
Near Drowning Lawsuit Filed by Family Reaches Settlement
Near Drowning Lawsuit Filed by Family Reaches Settlement
Man Wrongfully Held in Solitary Confinement Reaches Settlement with Police
Man Wrongfully Held in Solitary Confinement Reaches Settlement with Police
Lawsuit Accuses The Cheesecake Factory of Civil Rights Violations and Racial Discrimination
The Cheesecake Factory recently came under fire by three African American women who claim they were discriminated against while visiting the Redondo Beach location. According to reports from the women, they’re male white server referred to them as ‘you people,’ and the manager allegedly told them, ‘you are nobody.”