Judge Rules in Case Involving Genital Mutilation of Young Girls
Judge Rules in Case Involving Genital Mutilation of Young Girls
Verdicts & Settlements
MEDIC Settles Racial Discrimination and Retaliation Suit with Former Employee
A settlement agreement was recently announced between Mecklenburg County’s EMS agency and a former employee for $350,000. Of the settlement funds, $90,000 will go towards attorney fees, while the other $260,000 will go to the former MEDIC public relations manager who sued his agency over racial discrimination and retaliation.
County Rules in Favor of Wrongfully Convicted Man
Earlier this week, Cook County commissioners voted in favor of a homeless man who was wrongly imprisoned in connection to false rape allegations. As a result, the commissioners approved a $3.7 million settlement in the lawsuit filed by the man, Carl Chatman, in response to his ordeal. According to Chatman’s suit, he was “wrongly imprisoned after a clerk at the Daley Center fabricated a rape claim as part of a scheme to sue the county.”
Kansas States Officials Approve $75,000 Settlement Over DCF Lawsuit
Earlier this week, the governor of Kansas and other top legislative leaders agreed to settle a child-death lawsuit for $75,000. The suit was originally filed in Sedgwick County District Court against the “Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) after the agency failed to intervene based on allegations an 18-month-old girl was physically abused and living in a drug house.”
Maddin Hauser Secures Multi-million Dollar Property Settlement Against Pontiac
After more than six years of contentious litigation, the City of Pontiac and the owners of the Ottawa Towers office building have settled their long-running dispute. Southfield, Michigan law firm, Maddin Hauser Roth & Heller, PC, which won multiple favorable interim-rulings against the City of Pontiac, has won a settlement in favor of the owners of the Ottawa Towers office buildings for more than $7 million.
Victims’ Compensation Funds Created for Abuse at Multiple Pennsylvania Dioceses
Victims’ Compensation Funds Created for Abuse at Multiple Pennsylvania Dioceses
Costco Hit with $4M Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
Costco Wholesale Corp. is at the center of a lawsuit filed by an African American Severn couple for $4 million. According to the suit, a manager allegedly “racially discriminated against them when he called the police for a robbery that did not happen.”
Serviceman Dies After Treating at VA Hospital, Family Compensated
Serviceman Dies After Treating at VA Hospital, Family Compensated
School District to Pay $5 Million in Sex Abuse Case
School District to Pay $5 Million in Sex Abuse Case
Supreme Court Won’t Review Net Neutrality Decision
On Monday, the Supreme Court announced it’d opt not to take up a case on net neutrality. According to The Washington Post, the decision didn’t come as the result of outright rejection. Three of the high court’s justices—Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil M. Gorsuch—were in favor of accepting a review. If they don’t so,