Former City Council Aide Awarded Settlement in Wrongful Arrest Lawsuit
Former City Council Aide Awarded Settlement in Wrongful Arrest Lawsuit
Verdicts & Settlements
Cato Settles EEOC Investigation for $3.5 Million Payable to Employees
Cato Settled EEOC Investigation for $3.5 Million Payable to Employees
Kansas Settles with Richard Anthony Jones in ‘Doppelganger’ Case
Kansas has agreed to pay more than $1 million to Richard Anthony Jones, who spent 17 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. Jones’ lawsuit, recounts the Kansas City Star, eventually became known as the doppelganger case. Both Jones and the man who may have committed the crime share an unusually similar appearance.
Judge: School, Sheriff’s Office had no Constitutional Duty to Protect Parkland Students
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by survivors of February’s Parkland school shooting, saying neither the school district nor the local sheriff’s office had a constitutional duty to protect students from being massacred. The decision, writes the New York Times, ends a suit filed by 15 students who claim to have been traumatized by
$450,000 Settlement Reached in Dispute Between Former Westport Auto Dealership and AG’s Office
A lawsuit filed by Attorney General Maura Healey’s office was recently settled against F&R Auto Sales and Francis Correiro. According to the suit, the auto dealership and Correiro “sold unsafe and defective vehicles between August 2012 and December 2016 when the business closed.” It also alleged that, in doing so, both parties violated “Massachusetts laws relating to used auto sales.” As a result of the settlement, the defendants will have to pay “$450,000 in restitution and penalties to resolve” the allegations.
Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Abolishes Free Speech Zones in Lawsuit Settlement
A college student in Los Angeles filed a lawsuit against his school, arguing that it limited his “ right to free speech after it prevented him from passing out copies of the U.S. Constitution.” Fortunately for the student, Kevin Shaw, a court sided with him earlier last week when the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) agreed to settle the suit.
Northwest Montana United Way and Loan Provider Settle Lawsuit
Summerfield Baldridge and Northwest Montana United Way recently agreed to settle a lawsuit the Whitefish man filed earlier this year against the United Way and Westside CCC Inc., “the corporation that holds the asset of a former mall property.” Baldridge provided the loan collateral that Northwest Montana United Way needed to “complete the $2.3 million purchase of Gateway Community Center in 2015.”
Waukee Community School District Agrees to Settle Suit Involving Former Bullied Student
There is never an excuse for bullying, especially in schools. Unfortunately, it happens and can often have a long-term effect of a person’s self-confidence and overall emotional health. One family with a student in Waukee Community School District even recently filed a lawsuit over the bullying their daughter endured at school. The student, Berkley Maschka, attended Waukee schools last year. According to the lawsuit, school administrators allegedly “failed to protect Berkley from ongoing bullying — and then assaulted the third-grader when she refused to go to her classroom.” As a result of the lawsuit, the family was recently awarded a “$150,000 settlement from the district.”
Hampton & King Wins Large Settlement in Delivery Nurse Negligence Case
Alleged improper use of the delivery drug Pitocin left an infant with irreversible brain damage. Lawyers for the family settled with the hospital, ensuring that there will be adequate funds to cover future medical care.
Judge Orders Stormy Daniels to Pay Trump $293,000 in Attorney Fees and Sanctions
Stephanie Clifford has been in the news a lot since before President Trump even assumed the highest office of our country. Recently the spotlight rested upon her once again, though this time it wasn’t because she decided to throw another claim against the president. Earlier this month, Clifford, an “adult-movie star known as Stormy Daniels,” was ordered by a judge to “pay $292,000 in attorney fees and $1,000 in sanctions to Donald Trump after she unsuccessfully sued the president for defamation.”