The teenager responsible for sparking last year’s massive wildfires in the Pacific Northwest is being ordered to pay more than $36 million in restitution. Known as the Eagle Creek fire, the manmade disaster started when a group of adolescents tried entertaining themselves alongside a mountain gorge. One boy, oblivious to any apparent danger, tossed a
Azar Discusses Proposed Changes to Medicare Part B
San Francisco Man Wrongfully Accused of Fatal Shooting Sues City
Gender, race, and pay discrimination allegations against Dell EMC were just settled for more than $2.9 after the U.S. Department of Labor accused the computing giant of “allegedly paying female workers in Santa Clara, Pleasanton and North Carolina less than men.”
A wrongful death lawsuit was recently filed in response to the tragic death of two parents in Green Bay, Wisconsin, who died in a car crash in 2016. The accident occurred on a Friday evening in February 2016 when a Dodge Durango flew through a stop sign going 55 mph and slammed into a Saab driven by James and Wendy Rush. The driver of the Dodge Durango was Daniel Boucher, who was 27-years-old at the time of the accident, according to the police report.
Following Michigan State University’s decision to settle for $500 million with the sexual assault victims of former physician Larry Nassar, the state House of Representatives scaled back some legislation addressed by the lawsuit and its outcome. ABC News reports that the House’s proposed package – would could be taken to the floor later in the
House Republicans are reportedly in disarray as moderate conservatives seek to force voting on immigration and the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Republican leader and House Speaker Paul Ryan ‘pleaded with his conference Tuesday,’ writes POLITICO, attempting to garner a compromise between moderates and members of the right-wing Freedom Caucus. But
Principal is Transferred While City Settles Harassment Lawsuits
A lawsuit related to a couple killed by a drunk driver in Seattle’s Wedgewood neighborhood back in 2013 recently settled for $13 million. The lawsuit itself was filed against the city of Seattle by the couple’s son, Dan Schulte, “whose wife and infant son was also injured in the crash.” Schulte decided to file his lawsuit against the city because he believed the city failed in “supervising people known for driving intoxicated.” The wrongful-death and personal injury lawsuit was settled in time to avoid a jury trial.