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Gerald Cole, who was shot by an Indianapolis police officer in the back, has just settled his lawsuit for $2.5 million. The lawsuit stems back to an incident on Oct. 19, 2016. Officer James Perry was dispatched to the 100... Read More →

A woman who used to be a custodian at Edgewood City Schools has filed a lawsuit against the district, alleging they didn’t do anything to stop the sexual harassment she endured from a co-worker. According to the lawsuit, the woman... Read More →

Michigan State University has settled a lawsuit for $1.2M with a woman and former football player who were involved in a Title IX investigation and lawsuits. They both agreed to put aside the findings of an investigation that discovered the... Read More →

Two former NYPD officers associated with a bribery scandal have filed a lawsuit against the New York Post after the news source released an article about the cops having group sex with a prostitute. The lawsuit stems from a private... Read More →

Victoria Sutton has filed a lawsuit against her former landlord after he allegedly evicted her for having a black co-worker over at the home she was renting. According to the lawsuit, the couple who own the home told her that... Read More →

A teen who says she was sexually abused by her physical education teacher for more than two years has filed a lawsuit against the Greenville County Schools district. According to the lawsuit, Meghan Colleen Dougherty sexually and emotionally abused Keiya... Read More →

David Engelbrecht has filed a class action lawsuit against Blackjewel, accusing the bankrupt company of violating federal law by failing to inform and compensate workers before closing down on July 1. According to the lawsuit, the coal company violated the... Read More →

Harold Lehr has filed a lawsuit against the Long Island Veterinary Specialists for giving his dog two risky MRIs that paralyzed him. Last fall, Lehr took his 14-year-old arthritic rescue dog to the vet office to get treated for a... Read More →

An Asian-American couple from Queens has filed a lawsuit against CHA Fertility Center in Los Angeles after the wife gave birth to someone else’s babies. The couple, identified as Y.Z. and A.P., had trouble getting pregnant for a while and... Read More →

Kenneth Caban Gonzalez has filed a lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Driver Services for allegedly treating Puerto Rican driver’s license applicants unfairly. Caban Gonzalez, who was born in Puerto Rico, moved to Southeast Georgia in 2017 and applied for... Read More →

Andrea Cureton has filed a lawsuit against Habitat for Humanity in Columbus, alleging the store manager, Abby Davis, continuously made racist comments towards black people. Cureton started working at Habitat of Humanity in November 2015 as a volunteer coordinator. She... Read More →

Injuries From Washington DC Car Accidents If you have been injured in a car accident in Washington DC that was not your fault, it may be in your best interest to discuss your situation with a car accident lawyer that... Read More →

If you or a loved one has been a victim of police brutality at the hands of the LAPD, you have come to the right place. Despite being a hot-button topic ever since Rodney King was brutally beaten by four... Read More →

A man has filed a lawsuit against Kevin Spacey, alleging the actor groped him in a Nantucket bar in 2016. Spacey is also facing criminal charges from the incident. According to the lawsuit, Spacey gave the alleged victim alcohol at... Read More →

The American Medical Association has filed a lawsuit against the state of North Dakota in an effort to block two abortion related laws. One of the laws, which is set to take effect Aug. 1, requires doctors in North Dakota... Read More →

Four Filipino workers have filed a lawsuit against the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, claiming the hotel promised them training and cultural immersion, but instead had them work long hours doing menial jobs for low pay. The four... Read More →

The city of Berkeley and a neighborhood group have filed a lawsuit against the University of Berkeley for their uncontrolled enrollment growth. Between the years of 2015 and 2018, the population at the university grew from 31,800 to 40,955 and... Read More →

A group of parents plan to file a lawsuit against Massachusetts’ education leaders, accusing them of not providing low-income black and Latino students the same quality of education as their more well off white peers. According to the lawsuit, the... Read More →

A former student at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has filed a lawsuit against Paige Patterson, the former Southern Baptist Convention president, accusing him of intimidating and humiliating her after she reported multiple rapes to him. The woman, who is... Read More →

Thirteen San Francisco police officers have filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging they were passed up for promotions for being white and male. According to the lawsuit, the city uses an “obscure and biased promotional process” that makes it... Read More →

The family members of Michael Elam Jr., who was shot and killed by a police officer earlier this year, have filed a lawsuit against the city of Chicago. The lawsuit stems from an incident on Feb. 16 in the 2100... Read More →

A group of parents have filed a lawsuit against Chicago Public School Systems, claiming students at two Chicago schools have endured chronic bullying from teachers for over a year. “These parents, they sit here today, they love their children. Most... Read More →

Five female anchors at NY1, a well-known local station in New York, have filed a lawsuit against the news organization, accusing them of gender and age discrimination. According to the lawsuit, NY1 management made programming decisions that favored female and... Read More →

Brian Jackson has filed a lawsuit against Income Property Management, the property management company that manages his apartment complex in Portland, claiming the living conditions are dangerous and unsanitary. According to the lawsuit, the units in The Yard at Union... Read More →

Four women have filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Curtis Hill, claiming that he touched them inappropriately during a party last year. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit include state Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon, a Democrat from Munster; Gabrielle McLemore, communications... Read More →

A mother of a 10-year-old boy has filed a lawsuit against the Charleston County School District, accusing them of improperly handling multiple bullying incidents that ultimately caused her son to try to commit suicide. The boy started going to Deer... Read More →

Three U.S. drug makers filed a lawsuit to block a new government regulation that would force them to include the prices of their prescription drugs in television ads. According to the lawsuit, the new rule would mislead patients about how... Read More →

Melissa Weber, whose 11-year-old daughter was attacked by a drunk teen wearing Mickey Mouse ears at Epcot, has finally settled her lawsuit with Disney. The lawsuit stemmed from an incident on Jan. 13, 2017. A 17-year-old Naples girl grabbed the... Read More →

Former Utah County commissioner, Greg Graves, has filed a defamation lawsuit against fellow commissioners, saying they told the public about the sexual harassment allegations he was facing. According to the lawsuit, a female employee filed a complaint in 2017 that... Read More →

Director Bryan Singer has settled a lawsuit that claimed he raped a 17-year-old boy on a yacht 15 years ago for $150,000. The lawsuit was filed in December 2017 by Cesar Sanchez-Guzman. He said that he met Singer in Seattle... Read More →

The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives are appealing a federal judge’s ruling to not block President Donald Trump from financing a border wall. Judge Trevor McFadden determined earlier this month that the House didn’t have enough standing to bring the challenge... Read More →

U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey threw out a lawsuit that attempted to block the Obama Presidential Center from being built in Jackson Park. The lawsuit was brought by Protect Our Parks that alleged Chicago and its park district couldn’t... Read More →

A jury has ordered Oberlin College to pay $11 million to Gibson’s Bakery for wrongly accusing it of racially profiling students. In November 2016, three black Oberlin students were arrested at Gibson’s Bakery, which is very close to campus. Jonathan... Read More →

Jordanian-American author Natasha Tynes has filed a lawsuit against book publisher Rare Bird Lit Inc., claiming they wrongly accused her of racism after she tweeted a photo of a black D.C. Metro transit employee eating on a train. Back in... Read More →

The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, claiming they knowingly paid illegal kickbacks to make millions and force American taxpayers to pay for it. According to the lawsuit, the drug company used the Chronic Disease... Read More →

The city of Phoenix has settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $200,000 with the family of a 65-year-old man who died after sustaining serious injuries during a police arrest. The incident stemmed from a phone call to the police on... Read More →

The Trump Administration has made yet another argument against a group of young people who have filed a lawsuit trying to compel the government to take action on climate change. The lawsuit was originally filed in 2015 by 21 young... Read More →

Developers have filed a lawsuit against Apple, accusing it of monopolizing app distribution and forcing them to sell their iOS apps through the app store. ”[F]rom the outset, Apple attained monopoly power in the U.S. market for iOS app and... Read More →

Vanessa Scott-Allen, a former employee at the Thomas Keller Restaurant Group, claims that the company denied a job transfer and then terminated her because she was pregnant. The case went to trial Monday in Napa County Superior Court, more than... Read More →

Scottie Pippen has filed a lawsuit against the parents of a 5-year-old girl who allegedly defaced his Florida mansion with markers and crayons. He said there were more than $109,000 in damages. The former Bulls star said that the girl... Read More →

Four African-American Mississippians have filed a lawsuit to put a stop to what they claim is a racially discriminatory system for choosing Mississippi’s governor. The provision that prompted the lawsuit says candidates running for governor have to win a majority... Read More →

Milwaukee County has paid $6.75 million to the family of Terrill Thomas, a man who died of dehydration while sitting in jail. When Thomas was in jail in April 2016, the guards shut off the water in his cell because... Read More →

Marlin Jackson has filed a lawsuit against Delta Air Lines and the passenger whose emotional support dog attacked him during a flight in June 2017. According to the lawsuit, Jackson was sitting in a window seat when a dog sitting... Read More →

Ana Kono has filed a lawsuit against the University of Miami, claiming they didn’t protect her against sexual harassment from her doctoral advisor, marketing professor, Juliano Laran. Kono moved across the country to pursue a Ph.D. in marketing from the... Read More →

A group of journalists have filed a federal lawsuit to call into question a Maryland law that forbids broadcasting criminal trials. They claim that the rule goes against their First Amendment rights. “Although they hope to use Maryland’s court recordings... Read More →

Harvey Weinstein, his company and former associates have reached a $44 million settlement to resolve lawsuits regarding his alleged sexual misconduct. Approximately $14 million of the settlement will be used to pay legal fees to Weinstein associates. The remaining $30... Read More →

Teva Pharmaceuticals has agreed to settle a lawsuit for $85 million with Oklahoma over their involvement with the opioid crisis. “Today’s announcement is a testament to the state’s legal team’s countless hours and resources preparing for this trial- and their... Read More →

The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood have filed a lawsuit to overturn a new Alabama law that outlaws almost all abortions. The new law would make performing an abortion at any stage of pregnancy a felony and punishable... Read More →

The ACLU of Iowa has filed a lawsuit against Adams County Sheriff’s Office, alleging they violated a man’s free speech rights by arresting him for profanity-laden Facebook post. The sheriff’s office charged Jon Goldsmith with third-degree harassment for what they... Read More →

The ACLU of Ohio, Planned Parenthood and other groups have filed a lawsuit against the state of Ohio, challenging its new law banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected. Elizabeth Watson, a staff attorney at ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom... Read More →

The parents of Nicholas Immesberger, who died in a crash in December, have filed a lawsuit against Tiger Woods, claiming the golfer is responsible for their son’s death. Immesberger worked as a bartender at Woods’ restaurant, The Woods Jupiter, in... Read More →

Johnnie Barto, a former pediatrician at Laurel Pediatric Associates and Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, is facing his first lawsuit since his sentencing in March. Barto was convicted of 69 counts of aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, and endangering the welfare... Read More →

One of the most infamous celebrity car accidents in recent history was a fatal car wreck involving Jackass star Ryan Dunn and Zachary Hartwell, a production assistant on Jackass Number Two. The car crash occurred on June 20, 2011, at... Read More →

Forty-four states have filed a lawsuit against more than 20 drug manufacturers, accusing them of scheming to inflate the prices of more than 100 generic drugs. According to the lawsuit, Sandoz, Pfizer, Mylan, Teva and 16 other drug manufacturers conspired... Read More →

Gibbs Law Group, a California law firm, has filed a class action lawsuit against TurboTax, accusing the tax prep software company of making its free program difficult to find for low-income individuals. Jessica Carlson of Cincinnati believes she is one... Read More →

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against O’Reilly Auto Parts in Orlando after three women claimed male employees at the establishment sexually harassed them on a daily basis. According to the lawsuit, the male employees groped... Read More →

One of most headline-making celebrity car accidents in recent history was a fatal car wreck involving Paul Walker, the star of the Fast and Furious film franchise, and his friend and financial adviser Roger Rodas, who died on Nov. 30,... Read More →

Lesa Swanson has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Anil Kumar Kesani, alleging he misplaced four screws in her spine during surgery at Baylor Medical Center in Trophy Club. According to the lawsuit, Swanson went in for spinal surgery... Read More →

Few celebrities have crashed into fame the way Lindsay Lohan literally and figuratively did. Amid her wild celeb ride, Lilo had a car accident involving her black Mercedes-Benz SL65. While driving in West Hollywood, the starlet had a car wreck... Read More →

The mother of one of the first-grade boys who were allegedly sexually abused at Estes Hills Elementary School has filed a lawsuit against Chapel Hill Public Schools. According to the lawsuit, three first-grade boys were sexually abused in the cafeteria,... Read More →

The parents of 2-year-old Franklin Parker, who drowned in a Baker County retention pond in April, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the owner of the property, alleging he should have built a fence around the pond. Franklin’s body... Read More →

Robert Johnson has filed a lawsuit against three Mesa police officers, accusing them of using excessive force and inflicting physical and mental pain on him. The lawsuit stems back to an incident on May 23, 2018. Johnson was accompanying a... Read More →

About half a dozen inmates have filed a federal lawsuit against the Florida prison system to end solitary confinement in the state. The attorneys at the Southern Poverty Law Center said that Florida’s percentage of prisoners in solitary confinement is... Read More →

One of the saddest celebrity car accident deaths was most certainly Anton Yelchin’s. On June 19, 2016, the 27-year-old Star Trek actor’s 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV rolled down his driveway and trapped him against a security gate, thereby killing... Read More →

Jared and Erin NesSmith of Sarasota have filed a lawsuit against e-cigarette giant JUUL after their 15-year-old daughter became addicted to their e-cigarettes. The lawsuit says that the 15-year-old girl, Ashylnn, began using the company’s vaping products when she was... Read More →

Legal Services NYC has filed a lawsuit against the NYC Department of Education on behalf of four girls, alleging school officials did nothing to protect them against sexual assault. According to the lawsuit, the girls, who are students of color... Read More →

Jasmine Shepard, who graduated from high school in 2016 and had to share the honor of valedictorian with another student, filed a lawsuit against the Cleveland school district in 2017. She accused them of discriminating against her for forcing her... Read More →

Venus Williams found herself in a terrible situation when she was involved in a headline-making celebrity car accident on June 9, 2017. The tennis star got into in a collision with Jerome Barson and his wife in Palm Beach Gardens,... Read More →

Famous singer Brandy found herself on the wrong side of headlines when she was involved in a celebrity car accident on Dec. 30, 2006. While driving her  Land Rover, the “Boy Is Mine” singer rear-ended a 38-year-old Moroccan immigrant and... Read More →

Jeremy Needum, who is dying of a rare cancer, has file a lawsuit against the Texas prison system, alleging officials took away his morphine after he filed a sexual harassment complaint. Needum had been in prison for over 10 years... Read More →

Sierra Castle, a transgender woman, has filed a lawsuit against Cobb County after she was allegedly mistreated while confined at Cobb County Jail. It all began on March 28, 2018 when Castle called the police because her car was damaged... Read More →

Sutton Dryfhout has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Benjamin Ticho, a Chicago ophthalmologist who allegedly performed a surgery on the wrong eye. Dryfhout was 19 when she had an operation in August 2017 to correct a lazy eye... Read More →

The parents of four 12-year-old girls who say they were strip searched at East Middle School have filed a federal lawsuit against Binghamton City School District. The incident occurred on Jan. 15 when East Middle School Principal Tim Simonds allegedly... Read More →

David Thorkelson has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Lee County Sheriff’s Office after a deputy shot and killed his wife, Debi Thorkelson. The incident occurred on August 31, 2017 in Lazy Way in Fort Myers Beach. Deputies responded... Read More →

Two families have filed a class-action lawsuit against Fisher-Price just two week after the company recalled the Rock ‘N Play sleepers. The toy company recalled millions of the Rock ‘N Play sleepers in the beginning of this month after it... Read More →

Thirty-one men and women who were unlawfully videotaped as they were receiving massages at the Orchids of Asia Spa have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Jupiter Police Department for violating their rights to privacy. The Jupiter Police Department began... Read More →

A longtime employee of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (CCCFPD) has filed a lawsuit against the agency, claiming its leaders repeatedly ignored her complaints that a supervisor sexually harassed her for years. According to the lawsuit, the employee’s... Read More →

Invokana Injuries Lawyer Washington DC The medication Canagliflozin, sold under the brand name Invokana among others, is used to treat type 2 diabetes. The medication is intended to be used along with exercise and a healthy diet, but not recommended... Read More →

Judge Lawrence Knipel has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a group of parents who wanted to lift New York’s new measles vaccination order. Earlier this week, five parents who wish to remain anonymous, filed the lawsuit against the city health... Read More →

Shatia Sims has filed a lawsuit against Truly Nolen, claiming she was fired after complaining about the sexual harassment she endured. Sims started working at Truly Nolen in May 2017 as a sales associate. She had experience as a pest... Read More →

A woman who says she was sexually abused by multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein when she was underage has filed a lawsuit against high-profile attorney Alan Dershowitz, alleging he made false statements against her. Virginia Giuffre alleges in the lawsuit that Dershowitz,... Read More →

The parents of Fabrizio Stabile, who died last year after contracting brain-eating amoeba while surfing at BSR Cable Park, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the waterpark. According to the lawsuit, “BSR’s blue-green dyed waves masked a pathogen soup... Read More →

Melvin David Rees was a serial killer and rapist in the greater Washington DC Metropolitan area, who committed five murders in Virginia and Maryland between 1957 and 1959. His nickname is “the Sex Beast.” During the early ’50s, Rees attended... Read More →

In February 1950, British authorities arrested a German-born scientist who was living in England  named Klaus Fuchs on suspicion of providing the Soviet Union with classified information regarding the American atomic bomb program in Los Alamos, New Mexico. While under... Read More →

Eight families have filed a lawsuit against the Washington Hebrew Congregation, which operates the Edlavitch Tyser Early Childhood Center, claiming they did nothing to stop a teacher from sexually abusing their children for two years. According to the lawsuit, the... Read More →

Jeremy Kappell, a former meteorologist who was fired after he appeared to say a racial slur on air, has filed a lawsuit against WHEC-TV. The lawsuit stems from an evening broadcast of News10NBC on Jan. 4, 2019. Kappell showed a... Read More →

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a lawsuit against Detroit’s 36th District Court, alleging its cash bails system is unconstitutional. According to the lawsuit, the magistrates who preside over arraignments discriminate against poor people “by locking them up... Read More →

Reneizha Morris has filed a lawsuit against UnityPoint Methodist, claiming the hospital pushed her to have an abortion. Morris was admitted to the hospital in November 2017 for a psychiatric evaluation after having a problem with her medication. During routine... Read More →

Waiting outside Five Points area of Columbia, South Carolina, Samantha Josephson hopped into a car she mistakenly thought was an Uber early in the morning on Friday, March 21, 2019 and it was the last ride of her life. The... Read More →

David Robert Lee, a Clemson University employee who was charged with a DUI, is being sued for wrongful death. Police reports said that Lee hit a 79-year-old woman crossing Main Street on March 8. Virginia Byrne was hospitalized and died... Read More →

The city of Chicago has filed a lawsuit against Jussie Smollett, accusing him of purposely deceiving police by falsely describing his alleged assailants as white men. “(Smollett) made this statement despite knowing that the Osundairo Brothers are not white-skinned,” the... Read More →

Four former students have filed a lawsuit against Glen Mills Schools, the oldest reform school in the United States, alleging they endured cruel and unusual punishment while they were there. According to the lawsuit, the youth housed at Glen Mills... Read More →

Eleven high school students in the McKeesport Area School District have filed a civil lawsuit against the district, accusing them of repeatedly denying their efforts to form a club called the Black Student Union. The McKeesport Area School District and... Read More →

The parent of a 9-year-old boy who was allegedly injured while being dragged down a school hallway by a teacher and teaching assistant, has filed a lawsuit against the Anderson School District. The incident that prompted the lawsuit occurred on... Read More →

John Wayne Gacy was a serial killer and rapist, who sexually assaulted, tortured and murdered at least 33 teenage boys and young men between 1972 and 1978 in Cook County, Illinois. Gacy’s first legal troubles began in March 1968, when... Read More →

Three women who were sexually assaulted by fake Uber drivers have filed a lawsuit against the ride sharing service, accusing them of failing to warn riders about the issue. According to the lawsuit, Uber makes it easy for sexual predators... Read More →

Sandra Manning, Tallahassee’s special project manager, has filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming she was passed over for a job because of her age and race. Manning said that a former city manager Anita Favors was preparing to retire... Read More →

Three contractors who worked at the KMCO plant in Crosby have filed a lawsuit against the chemical storage facility after a chemical fire occurred. They claimed officials knew about the valve leak that caused the explosion and didn’t do anything... Read More →

A&E Tire Inc. has agreed to settle a lawsuit for $60,000 and to write a letter of apology after a transgender man sued them for allegedly discriminating against him during the hiring process. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed... Read More →

Bill Cosby has settled a federal lawsuit brought by seven women who claimed he defamed their character after they went public with their sexual assault allegations. These women filed the lawsuit in 2014, accusing Cosby of falsely branding them as... Read More →