Uncle Sam Seizing The Accounts of Small Business Owners
A new report is questioning the IRS’s practice of seizing the bank accounts of small businesses that had been suspected of money laundering.
Lawsuits & Litigation
Bill Cosby’s Insurance Company Covering His Legal Bills
In light of all of the lawsuits against him, it’s not hard to believe that Bill Cosby owes a lot in legal fees. Fortunately for him, his insurance company has agreed to “foot the bill in 3 of his sexual assault cases.”
Better Give Butter — Not Margarine
Jan Polanik, a customer at Dunkin Donuts, who thinks butter is better, filed a lawsuit against the company for serving a butter substitute.
Convicted Bank Robber And Murderer Deceased
Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, who is recently deceased, thought she had constructed the perfect plot to commit a bank robbery back in 2003.
Settlement Reached in Case Where Four-Year-Old was Stomped to Death
A child’s death is always tragic, but even more so when it is caused by a family member. In the case of Zion McKeown, this is exactly what happened to him. While in his father’s custody, Zion was “allegedly stomped to death.” Now the boy’s grandmother, Maryann Rooney, is awaiting a final approval of a settlement in a lawsuit she filed on behalf of “Zion’s estate and Zion’s sister.” While she originally sought $4 million, the “state legislature is preparing to approve an $875,000 settlement.”
Paralyzed Castle Rock Woman Wins $14.9M In Malpractice Suit
On Thursday, Robbin Smith of Castle Rock, Colorado was awarded “the second-largest medical negligence verdict in Colorado history,” according to an attorney. Just how much did a jury award her, and why? Well, she received “$14.9 million from The Surgery Center at Lone Tree after an injection caused her to be paralyzed from the waist down because of a spinal cord infarction.”
Judge Rules Landlord Refusing Lesbian Couple Violated Federal Housing Law
A U.S. district judge ruled Wednesday that a Colorado landlord’s dismissal of a lesbian couple violated federal housing law. The ruling concluded a case that began last year when the couple, one of whom is transgender, was reportedly denied housing on grounds of their sexuality. Colorado landlord Deepika Avanti had told the two women, Rachel
Davis School District Agrees To Settlement Over ‘Drunk Goggles’ Lawsuit
As a result of a terrible accident involving a “drunk goggles” intoxication demonstration, the Davis School District has agreed to pay $100,000 to a teenage girl and her family to settle a personal injury lawsuit. According to the lawsuit, the student, Kylie Nielsen, of Kaysville, was injured in class the morning of May 9, 2014, at Centennial Junior High School. She was 13 at the time, and the accident, which resulted in a crippling leg injury, occurred “during an alcohol impairment simulation exercise in a health class.”
Another Woman Joins Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against Fox News
Another African American employee of the Fox News network has joined a recent racial discrimination lawsuit filed by two of her colleagues. Monica Douglas, who joins Tabrese Wright and Tichaona Brown, has filed similar complaints as her colleagues about the network’s former controller, Judith Slater, who has since been fired.
Mylan Faces Another Class Action Lawsuit Over EpiPen Pricing
Mylan has been in the news a lot lately, and now that it’s facing a “new proposed class action lawsuit over the price of its EpiPen allergy treatment,” the company is bound to be in the news even more in coming months. The lawsuit was filed by three EpiPen purchasers on Monday in Tacoma, Washington federal court, claiming that “Mylan engaged in a scheme with pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).” What are PBMs? They’re “companies that act as intermediaries between pharmacies, insurers and drug companies – to dominate the market and overcharge consumers.”