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Otter Creek Reservoir Drowning Results in Wrongful Death Lawsuit

- January 15, 2018

A mother recently filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a handful of “state and federal entities” after her 17-year-old son, Chase Clark, drowned back on August 6, 2016. The tragic accident occurred “in Otter Creek Reservoir in Piute County while his family was attending a family reunion.” Shortly after the accident, the mother, Melissa Betley, “hired attorney Eric Olson with the law firm, Eisenberg, Gilchrist & Cutt to investigate the drowning.”

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Civil Rights Icon Rep. John Lewis Says Trump’s “Shithole” Countries Remark Makes Him a Racist

- January 14, 2018

Rep. John Lewis said he thinks President Donald Trump is racist, following furor over the commander-in-chief’s supposed comment on “shithole” countries. “I think he is a racist,” said Lewis (D-GA) on Sunday, speaking live on the ABC program “This Week.” Lewis, writes Politico.com, had been asked by moderator George Stephanopolous how he’d reconcile the president

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Former Custodian Files Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against Franklin Township Public Schools

- January 14, 2018

One of the tragic truths of our time is that racial discrimination still exists, and happens every day. One former custodian who used to work for Franklin Township Public Schools found this to be true when he experienced racial discrimination first hand and was “wrongfully terminated from his job.” As a result of his treatment, the former employee, Curtis Warren Sr., filed a lawsuit back in 2014 against “Franklin Township Public Schools, the township school district, the township school board and various board and district officials.”

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Lawsuit Prompts Kid Rock to Change Name of His ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ Tour

- January 13, 2018

Singer and songwriter Kid Rock is expected to go on tour throughout 2018, though he recently had to change the official name of his tour from ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ to ‘The American Rock N Roll Tour.’ The change came on the heels of a lawsuit filed against the performer back in December by Feld Entertainment, “longtime owners of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, over the right to use that trademarked tagline.”

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Cherokee Nation Lawsuit Over Opioids Faces Hurdles from Federal Judge

- January 12, 2018

Recently, a federal judge in Oklahoma issued a setback to a “Cherokee Nation lawsuit seeking to stop the flow of addictive opioid painkillers in its territory by issuing a preliminary injunction to prevent the case from being heard in tribal court.” The judge, U.S. District Judge Terence Kern, came to his decision because he felt the “tribal court lacked jurisdiction because the lawsuit involving six wholesale drug distributors and pharmacy operators does not directly concern tribal self-government.”

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