The University of Virginia Medical Center is at the center of a new lawsuit that was filed earlier this month. The suit itself was filed by a woman who claims the medical center violated her constitutional rights after she was “sedated by medical staff and forced to give blood and urine samples after a suicide attempt.”
Country star Martina McBride, her husband, John McBride, and their recording company Blackbird Studios recently came under in a lawsuit filed by a former employee. According to the former employee, Richard Hanson, the “defendants unlawfully terminated him in an act of retaliation after he reported alleged illegal activity about the company’s internship program.” As a result, he is seeking $1 million in damages.
UND recently decided to scrap it’s women’s ice hockey program. As a result, 11 “former members of the now-defunct University of North Dakota women’s hockey program filed a discrimination lawsuit against the North Dakota University System in U.S. District Court” earlier this week.
The City of Chicago reached a tentative $16 million settlement with the family of 55-year old Bettie Jones, an innocent woman gunned down in a confrontation gone terribly awry. The settlement, writes the Chicago Tribune, arrives as the lawsuit’s trial date looms. While Jones’ surviving relatives may have reached an agreement with the city, another,
Pregnant Women Don’t Have End-of-life Rights in Idaho
A family that lost several members during a mass shooting at a Texas church is suing the federal government, accusing the military of failing to report the killer’s court martial in a public database. The suit, writes The New York Times, claims that gunman Devin Patrick Kelley was criminally convicted of domestic violence while serving
EPA head Scott Pruitt’s on-air climate claims will soon have to be backed up with science, or he’ll have some ‘splainin’ to do, rules a federal judge.
Cosmetic Surgeon, Boutte, Hit with More Litigation from Former Patients
In 2013, Angel Martinez and his wife Maria visited Lobster Haven Seafood Market and Shanty in Tampa, Florida and dined on a meal of seafood. Unfortunately for the couple, the raw oysters and lobsters were allegedly contaminated, causing them to suffer from gastroenteritis later that evening. While “Mrs. Martinez was sick for a few days, Mr. Martinez’s illness lasted more than a week.”
After losing his son in 2016, one father has decided to file a lawsuit against the party he deems responsible for his son’s death. The father, Darren Hamblin, filed his lawsuit in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court against the manufacturers of the football helmets his son often wore while playing on his high school football team. According to Hamblin’s lawsuit, his son, Cody Hamblin, “died in 2016 after a seizure led to his drowning.” He claims Cody suffered from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), which ultimately led to seizure and death.