Personal Injury Lawyer

In an asbestos personal injury lawsuit a 70 year old Anthony Latz, a retired surveyor from Stonyfell, South Australian, was awarded a record-breaking compensation amount of $1.06 million. The Adelaide District Court made the first ever ruling for such a...Read More →

Owning a pool has its own shares of responsibilities such as preventing someone from drowning. The National Safety Council reports that almost 80 percent of all reported drowning incidences occur in residential pools and spas. As a result, anyone who...Read More →

The National Hockey League has reached a $18.9 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by over 300 former players who claimed the league failed to protect them against head injuries. In addition to the monetary damages, the settlement includes neurological...Read More →

Maryland injury lawyers Although playing sports can benefit you mentally and physically, you should be aware that you are taking a great risk by playing and might wind up in need of Maryland injury lawyers. Thankfully, there are steps to...Read More →

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has filed a lawsuit against the Wheeling-Charleston Catholic Diocese, claiming they knowingly employed priests who sexually abused children. According to the lawsuit, the Diocese and its bishops covered up “arguably criminal behavior of child...Read More →

Nearly five years after the death of her boyfriend, 18-year-old marine salvage captain Conrad Roy III, Michelle Carter has been sent to jail. In 2017, Carter was sentenced to 15 months in jail for her role in the death of...Read More →

Former child actor Robert Blake, who went on to star in In Cold Blood and Baretta, dined with his second wife Bonnie Lee Bakely at Vitello’s Restaurant in Studio City, Calif., on May 4, 2001. While sitting outside of the...Read More →

Members of the U.S. National Women’s Soccer Team have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation, accusing the organization of discriminating against them based on their gender. According to the lawsuit, the USSF has discriminated against the players’ gender...Read More →

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former attorney, has filed a lawsuit against the Trump Organization, alleging the company didn’t pay his legal fees like they promised. According to the lawsuit, the Trump Organization stopped paying Cohen’s legal fees after he...Read More →

Marc Peeples of Detroit has filed a lawsuit against three women, alleging they made false accusations about him to the police to keep him away from an urban garden on the city’s east side. Peeples said he was working in...Read More →

The Animal Legal Defense Fund, a California animal welfare group, has filed a lawsuit against Rescue Pets Iowa, alleging it’s a puppy mill posing as a rescue group. According to the lawsuit, Rescue Pets Iowa is conducting a puppy laundering...Read More →

The parents of a girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted by her diving coach has filed a lawsuit against Portage High School for negligence. According to the lawsuit, the school corporation didn’t do enough to protect the girl from Latwone...Read More →

Celia Roessler has filed a lawsuit against the Valley Vista treatment center in Vermont after a patient escaped from the facility and allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted her. Court records state that Everett Simpson left the Valley Vista treatment center...Read More →

California has filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration in an attempt to stop new regulations that would take away millions of dollars in federal funding from Planned Parenthood and other organizations that provide abortions. California attorney general Xavier Becerra...Read More →

Family of Football Player Who Collapsed During Practice Sue Federal Way School District The parents of Allen Harris, who died last year after an outdoor football practice at Federal Way High School, have filed a lawsuit against the school district....Read More →

Seven Latino workers who were detained when ICE raided a Tennessee meatpacking plant last year have filed a lawsuit, claiming agents used racial slurs and excessive force. According to the lawsuit, authorities illegally targeted Latino workers when they rushed into...Read More →

Activist, Rebekah Charleston, has filed a lawsuit in attempt to end ordinances that allow legalized prostitution in Nevada. Charleston claims that she was trafficked by two pimps from 1999 through 2009. She says she worked at two legal brothels, the...Read More →

Alva Johnson, a former Trump campaign staffer, has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, claiming that he kissed her without her consent during the 2016 race. According to the lawsuit, Johnson noticed that Trump was making eye contact with...Read More →

Nicholas Stover of Lexington has filed a lawsuit against Amazon after he was allegedly fired for taking too many bathroom breaks. Stover claims that the company knew about his Crohn’s disease when he was hired at a Winchester call center...Read More →

The family members of Tavis Crane, who was shot and killed during a traffic stop in 2017, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Arlington. On Feb. 1, 2017, police officer Elise Bowden pulled over Crane, who...Read More →

Bianca Coons and her partner Cristobal Ruiz have filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood for providing a medication to induce an abortion that ultimately failed. The couple traveled all the way to a Planned Parenthood in Albuquerque in February 2016...Read More →

The father of Hoda Muthana, who traveled from Alabama to marry an Islamic State fighter, has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration in hopes of getting her and his 18-month-old grandson back into the United States. Muthana joined...Read More →

Alexis and Orland Birbragher, the parents of a boy who was allegedly sexually assaulted at camp in 2017, have filed a lawsuit against Robin Hood Camp. According to the lawsuit, their son, who is now 14, was sexually assaulted by...Read More →

Federal Criminal Defense Attorneys Washington DC On Dec. 1, 2017, former national security adviser Michael Flynn was charged with making false statements to federal investigators about his December 2016 conversations in with Russia’s then-ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak. At...Read More →

Criminal Law Lawyers Washington DC Real Housewives of New Jersey stars Teresa and Joe Giudice were charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, making false statements on loan applications, and bankruptcy fraud in a 39-count federal...Read More →

Nick Sandmann, who was in the middle of a controversial confrontation with a Native American demonstrator at the Lincoln Memorial last month, has filed a defamation lawsuit against the Washington Post. Sandmann made national news after he appeared in a...Read More →

At least two lawsuits have been filed to stop President Donald Trump’s national emergency order to secure funding for a wall along the southern border with Mexico. The national emergency order will free up $8 billion to approve funding for...Read More →

The family members of Justin Perkins, who died last year while in police custody, have filed a lawsuit against the Anaheim police officers they allege choked and beat him and didn’t get him medical care. On Oct. 27, police officers...Read More →

False Allegation Lawyer Washington DC Love & Hip-Hop Hollywood star Teairra Mari found that she had to pony up more than 50 cents when a judge ordered her to pay 50 Cent more than $30,000 in attorney fees after her...Read More →

Cheri Marchionda has settled a lawsuit with an Embassy Suites hotel in Des Moines after she was raped in her room almost five years ago. According to the lawsuit, Marchionda was staying at the hotel on April 11, 2014 for...Read More →

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of two women who were detained by Border Patrol agents in a convenience store last May for speaking Spanish. According to a press release from ACLU, Ana Suda...Read More →

Jasmine Eiland filed a lawsuit against Opera Atlanta Monday, claiming she was sexually assaulted on their dance floor. Eiland went to the nightclub on Jan. 19 for a concert by hip-hop artist August Alsina. She video recorded herself dancing at...Read More →

Education lawyers have filed a lawsuit against Denver Public Schools after thousands of teachers walked out Monday. They claim that the strike will negatively impact students with special needs. Denver public school teachers decided to go on strike after the...Read More →

Three female Yale University students have filed a lawsuit against the school’s all-male fraternities in an attempt to force them to allow female members. The students claim in the lawsuit that the fraternities at the university are plagued by sexual...Read More →

Tracy Jordan, the mother of a woman who fell into a coma after crashing her scooter, has filed a lawsuit against Lime, the company that operates them. Ashanti Jordan, a security guard at Broward Health Medical Center, was riding in...Read More →

The family members of Joshua Pawlik, a homeless man who was shot and killed by Oakland police last March, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the officers, claiming they used unnecessary force. On March 11, police officers were dispatched...Read More →

Personal Injury Lawyer DC If you have been physically hurt by someone else, you know first-hand how painful and expensive recovery can be. You may be thinking that it is unfair that you have to bear the cost of your...Read More →

Truck Accident Lawyer Rockville, MD Sharing the road with large, semi trucks can give most drivers on the road pause. Large trucks take up a lot of space, making it difficult to share the road with them. Most drivers make...Read More →

Truck Accident Lawyer Silver Spring, MD When pursuing compensation for a trucking accident, one significant hurdle victims stand to face is the insurance adjuster that is assigned to review your claim. Although an insurance adjuster may seem friendly enough; it’s...Read More →

Karen Mallory, a former deputy clerk at the Davidson County Circuit Court, has filed a lawsuit against Richard Rooker, accusing him of over a decade of sexual assault. The lawsuit states that sexual harassment and abuse began a year after...Read More →

Asia Gaines has filed a lawsuit against Chicago Public Schools after a teacher and her friend allegedly beat her 4th-grade son with thick belts in a school bathroom at Tilton Elementary. The alleged incident occurred on Sept. 20, 2018 when...Read More →

WGNS Radio President Scott Walker has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Ralph Baxter Construction, LLC, the company that built his family’s home, which was destroyed in a tornado last November. Scott’s wife, Angie Walker, and daughter Olivia were in...Read More →

Derek Rothschild, whose 8th grade son was allegedly bullied by classmates, has filed a lawsuit against his tormentors in the first use of David’s Law, an anti-cyberbullying law signed into law in 2017. The new law was named after David...Read More →

The parents of Timothy Piazza, a Penn State University student who died while pledging a fraternity in 2017, have filed a lawsuit against 28 members of Beta Theta Pi, alleging they forced him to drink dangerous amounts of alcohol. According...Read More →

Several New York City defense lawyers have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the warden of Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, alleging they subjected prisoners to inhumane conditions during a dangerously cold week. According to the lawsuit,...Read More →

Terry Sanderson has filed a lawsuit against Gwyneth Paltrow, claiming the actress ran him down on a slope in Park City, Utah and then skied away. The incident happened in February 2016 when Paltrow allegedly skied into him from behind,...Read More →

Theresa and Doug Emminger filed a lawsuit against Windsor Green Owners Association on Monday over a fire that occured in their condominium complex on April 12, 2018. According to the lawsuit, the family suffered injuries and damages from the fire....Read More →

The mother of Ayla Reynolds, who went missing seven years ago and officially declared dead last year, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the toddler’s father. Ayla’s father, Justine DiPietro, reported her missing on December 17, 2011, when she...Read More →

Clifford Johnson has filed a lawsuit against the city of Minneapolis and two cops after he was tasered while he was in the middle of a mental health episode. The incident occurred on Aug. 27, 2017 when police officers were...Read More →

Chris Brown has filed a defamation lawsuit against a woman who claims he and two other men raped her in his Paris hotel room this month. Brown was arrested last Tuesday with the two other men for aggravated rape and...Read More →

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has thrown out a lawsuit that claims that state laws make it too difficult to terminate bad teachers and winds up threatening students’ rights to a good education. The dismissal comes nearly three years after...Read More →

Jay Asher, who wrote the young adult book “Thirteen Reasons Why,” has filed a lawsuit against the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, claiming they made defamatory statements about him that damaged his career. The lawsuit says that the...Read More →

The Metro government decided that they will settle a $160,000 lawsuit with Timothy Warren, who was assaulted by several guards at a Nashville jail. The incident occured on Jan. 1, 2014 when Warren was taken into the booking area of...Read More →

Lianna Shakhnazaryan, Mariah Carey’s ex-assistant, has filed a lawsuit against the pop singer, claiming sexual harassment, wrongful termination, racial discrimination and other allegations. Shakhnazaryan says she began working as Carey’s assistant in September 2015 and had an oral agreement to...Read More →

The parents of children with disabilities have filed a lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Education, claiming the state isn’t letting their kids go to school for a full day. The issue was first brought to light by the Oregonian/OregonLive...Read More →

A female Marion police officer has filed a lawsuit against former Marion Police Chief Dewayne Tennie and the City of Marion, alleging Tennie raped her multiple times and that the city didn’t do anything about it. The female officer started...Read More →

Nicole Massey has filed a lawsuit against the Great Lakes Water Authority, alleging the authority terminated her after she complained about being sexually harassed for the size of her breasts. According to the lawsuit, Massey was continually tormented for her...Read More →

The family members of Marconia Kessee, who died after being discharged from Norman Regional Hospital, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital. Kessee went to the emergency room at Norman Regional Hospital in January 2018 for a headache....Read More →

Camille Sturdivant has filed a lawsuit against a school district in Kansas after the choreographer of her dance team allegedly told her that her skin color was too dark to perform. In July 2017, the choreographer worked with the dance...Read More →

A former student at Canton High School has filed a lawsuit against Plymouth Canton Community Schools, claiming they mishandled her complaints of stalking and harassment by an ex-boyfriend. According to the lawsuit, the 17-year-old girl was stalked, bullied and sexually...Read More →

The mother of Jordan Hankins, who killed herself in January 2017 in her dorm room, has filed a lawsuit against Alpha Kappa Alpha, claiming that the alleged hazing contributed to her daughter’s depression. According to the lawsuit, Hankins, who played...Read More →

Autumn Lampkins has filed a lawsuit against a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise she used to work for, alleging she was discriminated against for wanting to use a breast pump. Lampkins had a baby just a few months before she was...Read More →

The family members of Justin T. Matthews, who hung himself at Winnebago County Jail last year, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the facility. According to the lawsuit, jail staff members could have prevented Matthews’ death if they checked...Read More →

Tarhe mother and father of Nicholas Provenza, who was shot and killed by a police officer after he escaped from Largo Medical Center, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital. In May 2017, police committed Provenza to Largo...Read More →

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, claiming that requiring air traffic controllers to come to work without getting paid goes against their constitutional rights. Mick Devine, the New England Regional Vice President...Read More →

The Elizabeth School District has agreed to pay seven teachers $1.785 million for the sexual harassment they endured from a former principal. The teachers claimed that Carlos Lucio, the principal of Dr. Antonia Pantoja School No. 27, tried to kiss...Read More →

The city of Napa has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the father and grandmother of Kayleigh Slusher, who was murdered in 2014. Kayleigh was found dead in her bed in her mother’s apartment after...Read More →

Auto Accident Lawyer Washington, DC In most states you’ll find a variety of landscapes that include beautiful wildlife and splendid nature; however, these things are not always existing in peace with their human neighbors. This is especially true for those...Read More →

Car Accident Lawyer Washington, DC The scene of a car accident can be chaotic. When considering a car accident, people obviously have much concern over their safety and the injuries they may have obtained as a result. What many do...Read More →

Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer Washington, DC In minor car accidents, it can be challenging to determine if you should seek medical attention. This may especially be the case of you are only experiencing minor pain or symptoms. Despite this, it’s...Read More →

Ronda Motykowski, a former dean of students at the Omaha all-girls Catholic school, has filed a defamation lawsuit against Adrianna Magistro, accusing her of making a false sexual claim against her. According to the lawsuit, Magistro spread “false and defamatory”...Read More →

The Fair Elections Center and the Kentucky Equal Justice Center have filed a lawsuit against the state of Kentucky for preventing people with felony convictions from voting. The lawsuit argues that Kentucky’s policies for restoring voting rights are arbitrary and...Read More →

Former Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office officer Andrew L. Colborn, who was involved in the investigation of the murder at the center of the Netflix documentary series “Making a Murderer,” has filed a defamation lawsuit against the streaming service. Colborn alleges...Read More →

Chicago State University will pay $650,000 to professors Robert Bionaz and Phillip Beverly, who claimed university officials violated their free speech rights in attempting to shut down their blog. The blog was launched in 2009 and has criticized university administrators,...Read More →

US District Judge Beth Blood has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the survivors of this year’s shooting at Parkland, Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, saying that the school and sheriff’s department weren’t responsible to protect students from Nikolas Cruz...Read More →

The attorney general for Washington D.C. has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, alleging that the social media platform gave Cambridge Analytica access to users’ private information without their consent. Karl Racine claims that Facebook’s involvement with Cambridge Analytica exposed almost...Read More →

Harold Millican, who was sentenced to six months in prison for drug charges, has filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, claiming no one took him to the hospital for a flesh-eating infection. Millican said he fell...Read More →

The mother of Kenneka Jenkins, who was found dead in a freezer at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Rosemont, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the establishment. According to the lawsuit, Jenkins went missing in the early morning of Sept....Read More →

The Boys Scouts and its New Mexico nonprofit organization are accused of allowing two priests to sexually abuse boys in a new lawsuit. According to the lawsuit, then-Catholic priests Robert Malloy and Ronald Bruckner, who served as scout leaders, participated...Read More →

Several environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Tuesday due to their plans for offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean. The federal government gave the Trump administration permission last month to search the ocean floor for oil and...Read More →

Workers Compensation Attorney Arlington, VA When your job causes your injury, many people have the assurance of workers’ compensation to help them with their medical bills and to give them some type of steady paycheck until they can return to...Read More →

Workers Compensation Lawyer District Heights, MD There are certain injuries at a workplace that can seem like obvious on-the-job injuries. For example, if you were hurt operating heavy machinery or a sharp object injured you, it might seem obvious where...Read More →

Truck Accident Lawyer Hyattsville, MD While it’s important to be aware of all the vehicles around you, it’s especially important to keep your eye out for truck drivers. Many truck drivers obey traffic laws and drive responsibly, but there’s some...Read More →

Brain Injury Law Firm Washington, DC Unfortunate events arise all the time, and may simply unfold due to a person being at the wrong place at the worst time. When an accident occurs and a person suffers a brain injury,...Read More →

A former Central High School football player has filed a lawsuit against head football coach Marvin Dantzler, accusing him of bullying and harassing him and making him walk half a mile in his underwear. According to the lawsuit, Dantzler tried...Read More →

The University of California, Berkeley has finally settled a lawsuit with two conservative groups — the Young Americas Foundation and the UC Berkeley College Republicans for $70,000. The conservatives filed a lawsuit against the university over a year ago, accusing...Read More →

A jury awarded a 20-year-old special needs woman $28 million six years after she was raped as a Mount Vernon High School student. The lawsuit centered on the 2011-2012 school year when the woman was a freshman in high school....Read More →

The family members of Shanann Watts have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her husband, Christopher Watts, who murdered her, their two daughters and unborn child. Sandra and Frank Rzucek filed the lawsuit on Nov. 19, the same day Watts...Read More →

A former sales executive has taken legal action against WFAN radio host Joe Benigno, accusing him of sexual harassment. Lauren Lockwood, who was a sports sales executive at the radio station for five years, said that Benigno and other employees...Read More →

Eight men have filed a lawsuit against Saks Fifth Avenue, claiming that they endured discrimination due to their age and race while working there. According to the lawsuit, the former employees worked at the Saks Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan...Read More →

Former Lt. David O’Dea has filed a lawsuit against the Tacoma Police Department, for allegedly terminating him for not shooting to kill a man who assaulted other officers. In August 2016, O’Dea responded to a scene after hearing radio calls...Read More →

Andrew Lipian, a student at the University of Michigan, has filed a lawsuit against opera singer and professor David Daniels, claiming he sexually assaulted him. According to the lawsuit, Lipian took several classes with Daniels and met with him every...Read More →

DeJuan Haynes has filed a lawsuit against the Des Moines Police Department after two police officers pulled him over and illegally searched his vehicle in July. On July 26, Haynes, who is African-American, was driving his vehicle in Des Moines’...Read More →

A student has filed a lawsuit against Morehouse College, alleging that the administrators didn’t address his sexual harassment complaints against an associate professor. According to the lawsuit, the sexual harassment began during a study-abroad trip to Brazil in May 2015....Read More →

Sean Williams has filed a lawsuit against a police officer and Lancaster City Police Department, accusing the officer of using excessive force when shooting him with a Taser. The incident occurred last Thursday at about 10:15 a.m. when a person...Read More →

A high school track athlete and football player at Northern Illinois University has filed a lawsuit against the Illinois State Police and the Matteson Police Department, claiming they were violent toward him during a false arrest. According to the lawsuit,...Read More →

Seven women have filed a lawsuit against Dartmouth College after three professors allegedly sexually harassed and assaulted them for years. According to the lawsuit, professors Todd Heatherton, William Kelley and Paul Whalen “leered at, groped, sexted, intoxicated and even raped...Read More →

One current and one former employee have filed a lawsuit against Riot Games, claiming the company favored male employees and mistreated female employees. According to the lawsuit, Riot Games denied equal pay to many of the female employees and subjected...Read More →

Brittany Buckley has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Hennepin Healthcare because paramedics allegedly injected her with ketamine and enrolled her in a clinical trial without her permission last year. In December 2017, Buckley was having a difficult time dealing...Read More →

A woman has filed a lawsuit against the Cleveland Police Department, claiming several officers mistakenly raided her home during a homicide investigation of a 12-year-old boy who was killed in a drive-by shooting. The lawsuit states that Cleveland detective David...Read More →