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The child welfare agency in Oregon recently agreed to pay a $1.3 million settlement, ending a lawsuit filed on “behalf of a girl who was allegedly sexually abused by her Gresham foster father in 2014.” This latest horrid incident of abuse began when the child was only four-years-old when state workers placed her with “Gabriel David Wallis and his wife” after the state determined she needed a safe and stable home instead of living with her mother and step-father. According to court documents, her mother and step-father “neglected her and exposed her to a high-risk environment involving drugs, prostitution and gang activity.” However, Wallis was “self-identified as a sex addict during the state’s screening and caseworkers either knew or should have known that he looked at child pornography online,” according to the lawsuit.
Every year, more than 1,750 baseball fans are injured while watching the pastime they love at major league stadiums, Bloomberg reports. Hazards from lightning-fast foul balls are exacerbated by decreased reaction times, as more fans are staring down into smartphones at games than ever before. Last year, a toddler was pummelled by a 105 mph line-drive foul ball at a New York Yankees game and experienced a broken nose and orbital bones, as well as bleeding in the brain. She is just one example of vulnerable fans who have been severely injured at baseball games.
Dead Man Walking: Death Certificate Issued and Can’t be Appealed
Less than a day after being signed into law, a federal judge placed a temporary restraining order on a Mississippi abortion ban. On Monday, writes USA Today, Governor Phil Bryant approved House Bill 1510. The legislation, among the most restrictive in the nation, sought to stop women from seeking an abortion after 15 weeks gestation.
FBI Settles Lawsuit Filed By Long-time Agent Against Supervisors
The 18-year old son of a Michigan firearms retailer is suing Dick’s Sporting Goods after they refused to sell him a shotgun at one of their locations in the northern suburb of Troy. Pennfield High School senior Tristin Fulton filed the suit in Oakland County Circuit Court on March 6.
Following a series of lawsuits and allegations of severe misconduct at the Copper Lake School for Girls juvenile detention center, the state of Wisconsin agreed to pay former inmate Sydni Briggs nearly $20 million. The massive payout stems from a suicide attempt that nearly took Briggs’ life and left her permanently disabled. In 2015, Briggs
Did Uber discriminate against a woman with cerebral palsy in Texas? One lawsuit thinks so. According to a lawsuit filed earlier this week, D’Edra Steele was denied rides from a number of Uber drivers on “approximately 25 separate occasions” between 2016 and 2017. In the lawsuit, Steele claims that “drivers repeatedly canceled rides because she requires the use of a service dog” and as a result, she has accused “Uber of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Texas Human Resources Code.” She currently hopes to receive damages for “intentional infliction of emotional distress.”
Our friends at Lex Machina, recently released the company’s first Top Law Firm Report for Select Federal Litigation. The report is a valuable resource for firms and companies in planning litigation strategies. Below is the company’s announcement and a preview of the helpful information found in the report.