Glover Family Reaches Settlement with Transit Company, Judge Dismisses Case
Glover Family Reaches Settlement with Metro, Judge Dismisses Case
Verdicts & Settlements
Posting Derogatory Comments Online Against Doctors Invites Litigation
Posting Derogatory Comments Online Against Doctors Invites Litigation
Oregon Teen Awarded $25K After School Suspended Him For Wearing Pro-Trump Shirt
Have you ever been singled out our retaliated against for a shirt you’ve worn? One teenage boy in Oregon was, and as a result, he was recently awarded $25,000. The boy, Addison Barnes, 18, was a student at Liberty High School in the Hillsboro School District in Oregon when he decided to wear a t-shirt supportive of President Trump to class. The shirt in question said, “’Donald J. Trump Border Wall Construction Co.’ with the slogan, ‘The wall just got 10 feet taller,’ a reference to a speech Trump made about building more walls along the U.S.-Mexico border.”
Texas Heat Wave Sparks Concerns Over Prisoners Incarcerated Without Climate Control
A heat wave covering central Texas is reigniting concerns over the welfare of prisoners incarcerated without climate control. The Texas Tribune reports that some seventy-five percent of prisons within the state don’t have air conditioning in housing areas. While hard time isn’t meant to be easy, extreme weather can endanger the well-being of thousands. Thermometers
New Lawsuit Accuses Kathy Griffin of Invading Her Neighbor’s Privacy
Kathy Griffin is in the news again, but not for her so-called comedic acts. This time she’s making headlines over a dispute with her neighbors, “KB Home CEO Jeffrey T. Mezger and his wife Sandra.” According to a lawsuit filed by the Mezger’s, Griffin and her boyfriend, Randy Bick, allegedly “made repeated and demonstrably unfounded complaints against the Mezgers, and spied on them.”
Chicago Approves Another $4.5 Million to Settle Police Wrongdoing Lawsuits
On Monday, Chicago approved another $4.5 million in settlements related to police wrongdoing. Over the course of the past fifteen years, the city’s paid close to a billion to settle allegations against its law enforcement agencies and officers. The latest round of approvals was announced Monday by the City Council’s Finance Committee. The Chicago Sun
Serendipity 3 Reaches Settlement with Former Workers Alleging Unfair Practices
Serendipity 3 Reaches Settlement with Former Workers Alleging Unfair Practices
Hampton Roads Regional Jail Lawsuit Settles for $625K
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?
Abercrombie Settles California Lawsuit Regarding Shift Reporting
Abercrombie Settles California Lawsuit Regarding Shift-Reporting
Judge Dismisses New York City Climate Change Lawsuit
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,”