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A federal lawsuit filed in Chicago on Thursday is calling for state officials to “drastically reduce Illinois’s prison population” in order to give hundreds of inmates that are particularly susceptible to contracting the coronavirus and more likely to die from...Read More →

The popular video conferencing platform, Zoom is being sued in California for allegedly giving users’ personal data to outside companies including Facebook, without fully disclosing to its customers that they were doing this. The scrutiny is not just in California,...Read More →

Several gun owner groups have filed a federal lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Gov. Gavin Newsmon and state and county health officials in an effort to block the closure of gun shops during the coronavirus outbreak. In...Read More →

A former football player at the University of Michigan has filed a lawsuit against the university, claiming that current athletic director Paul Schmidt did nothing to stop the sexual abuse he endured from the late Dr. Robert Anderson. According to...Read More →

Several abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, have filed a lawsuit against Texas for banning abortions during the coronavirus outbreak. The order, signed by Gov. Greg Abott, requested for healthcare providers to postpone surgeries and procedures that aren’t immediately medically necessary....Read More →

The parents of students enrolled at St. Bernard’s School in Manhattan have filed a lawsuit against the all boys private institution in an effort to get fthe former headmaster, Stuart Johnson III, back. Johnson, who has been ahead of the...Read More →

Six female physicians who work in the Yale Department of Anesthesiology have filed a lawsuit against Dr. Manuel Fontes for alleged sexual harassment. The plaintiffs claim that Fontes, an anesthesiologist and a professor at Yale’s School of Medicine, subjected them...Read More →

Five inmates have filed a lawsuit against the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC), arguing that they’re not doing their part in stopping their spread of coronavirus. The inmates said that the Department of Corrections should be required to tell...Read More →

On Friday, Judge John Kissinger dismissed a lawsuit to stop New Hampshire’s ban on gathering of 50 or more to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The lawsuit was filed earlier this week in Merrimack Superior Court and argued that...Read More →

Florida attorney Daniel Uhlfelder has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis to close all beaches in Florida to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The lawsuit wants the court to force DeSantis to close all the beaches in the...Read More →

U.S. Middle District Judge John E. Jones III dismissed a lawsuit that was filed over the suicide of a former Milton Hersey School student. Abrielle Bartels hanged herself in 2013, when she was 14. She was dismissed shortly before this...Read More →

The parents of Lise Marie Ostler, who died in jail in 2016, have settled their lawsuit against Salt Lake County for $950,000. Ostler was arrested in Draper when police approached her in a parking lot and found several syringes she...Read More →

Cora Haynes, who was employed at Evergreen School District’s 49th Street Academy in Vancouver, has filed a lawsuit against the district, alleging she was subjected to racial discrimination. According to the lawsuit, Haynes “experienced race-based workplace hostility and discriminatory treatment...Read More →

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Northwest Immigrants Rights Project have filed a lawsuit to force ICE officials to release elderly and sick immigrant detainees from a detention center in Seattle to protect them from the spread of coronavirus....Read More →

The family members of a 30-year-old woman who died in police custody of a treatable heart infection have filed a lawsuit against the city of Springfield and the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department. Madelyn Linsenmeir of Vermont was an intravenous drug...Read More →

The American Civil Liberties Union of Montana and Native American Rights Fund have filed a lawsuit to challenge Montana’s new Ballot Interference Prevention Act (BIPA), which they claim makes it more difficult for Native Americans to cast ballots. Many Native...Read More →

Two gay female corrections officers who are partners have filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Corrections. Michelle Wood, who retired in October after 25 years of service, claims she began complaining about her treatment in 2008, which...Read More →

A former student has filed a lawsuit against the Lone Jack School District, claiming they didn’t do anything to stop a former superintendent’s sexual misconduct. The former student, identified as S.L., alleges that former Lone Jack School District Superintendent Matthew...Read More →

The LA Alliance for Human Rights has filed a federal lawsuit in an effort to force Los Angeles officials to provide thousands of shelter beds for the homeless. The lawsuit accuses Los Angeles officials of failing to address the homelessness...Read More →

Ronald and Eva Weissberger of Broward County have filed a $1 million lawsuit against Princess Cruise Lines for allowing them to be exposed to coronavirus on the Grand Princess cruise ship. The couple boarded the ship on February 21 and...Read More →

San Antonio drug counselor Melanie Farr has filed a lawsuit against her former employer, Management & Training Corp., for not allowing her to use CBD oil to treat her multiple sclerosis symptoms. Farr placed drops of CBD oil under her...Read More →

An Olive Garden employee who made national headlines last week when a customer requested a white server has filed a lawsuit against the restaurant. The lawsuit stems back to an incident that occurred on Feb. 29. Amira Donahue, 16, was...Read More →

Panda Restaurant Group has filed a lawsuit against Gilbert, Arizona restaurant, Panda Libre, claiming the dining establishment is trying to make the public believe that it’s affiliated with Panda Restaurant Group. Panda Libre is a locally owned, fast-casual restaurant serving...Read More →

The family members of a 14-year-old girl with developmental disabilities who was allegedly raped on a school bus have filed a lawsuit against the Fulton County School District in Georgia whose bus they say this happened. The lawsuit says the...Read More →

Justine Eisemann, a former secretary for a Belleville Police Department captain, has filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming she was sexually harassed by Captain John Moody and that leaders didn’t do anything to stop it. Eismann’s attorney, MaryAnne Quill,...Read More →

The family members of John Thomas Davis, who was a lineman at Southern Methodist University from 1955-59, has filed a lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association, accusing the organization of not protecting him from the long-term effects of concussions....Read More →

A former wrestler at the University of Michigan has filed a lawsuit against the educational institution, alleging he was sexually abused by late athletic doctor, Robert Anderson. Attorney Mike Cox said he has filed the first of 11 planned federal...Read More →

Apple will pay up to $500 million to settle a lawsuit that claims the company purposely slowed down certain iPhones to persuade customers to buy new ones. The settlement orders Apple to pay a minimum of $310 million and a...Read More →

The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) and Bronx Defenders have filed a class-action lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, alleging they have jailed immigrants while they await their immigration hearings. “ICE has secretly decided to detain thousands of New...Read More →

Five former students have filed a federal lawsuit against Holland Public Schools in Michigan, alleging school officials failed to protect them from a sexual predator. According to the lawsuit, five years before Jonathon King Meyer was arrested for sexually abusing...Read More →

A hundred and fifty inmates have filed a second lawsuit against Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, alleging they have been denied adequate healthcare and have been fed contaminated food. The class-action lawsuit, funded by rapper Yo Gotti and Jay-Z’s Team...Read More →

The parents of two students at Kettle Moraine High School have filed a lawsuit against the school for banning their teenagers from wearing pro-gun t-shirts. The lawsuit says that the two students recently wore t-shirts, that had an image of...Read More →

Four inmates have filed a lawsuit against Hamblen County Jailin in Tennesse, alleging they are forced to wear inadequate clothing and live in unsanitary conditions. The lawsuit highlights how crowded Hamblen County Jail is. The facility is supposed to hold...Read More →

A former inmate at the Chillicothe Correctional Center has filed a lawsuit against ex-guard, Edward Bearden, alleging he sexually assaulted her more than 52 times. The woman was an inmate at the prison from May 2015 to November 2017 for...Read More →

Vanessa Bryant has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the helicopter company that operated the helicopter that crashed last month that killed her husband, Kobe Bryant, her 13-yo daughter, and seven others. The lawsuit argues that pilot Ara Zobayan, who...Read More →

New York Attorney General Letitia James has threatened to file a lawsuit against New York City for allegedly inflating the value of yellow taxi medallions. The medallions are permits that are required for owning a yellow cab. James alleges that...Read More →

A judge approved a settlement Thursday that says the state of California has to pay $53 million to improve literacy across the state. The settlement states that $50 million will go towards helping 75 low-performing elementary schools develop customized three-year...Read More →

Four victims of alleged child abuse and neglect have filed a $25 million lawsuit against a former Cape Coral couple and the Alabama Department of Human Resources. “My clients lived a daily nightmare because DHR workers failed to do their...Read More →

Erick Diaz Cruz, who was shot in the hand and his face on Feb. 6 by an ICE agent in New York, has filed a lawsuit against the officer who pulled the trigger. According to the lawsuit, Diaz Cruz was...Read More →

Several Harvard University students have plans to file a lawsuit to force the university to withdraw its investment funds from companies that profit from the prison industry. The group of students requests a judge to require the university to divest...Read More →

A $30 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Pittsfield Township Police Department for their connection to a fatal drunk driving crash has now increased to $50 million. On Dec. 30. 2017, Lake Jacobson was killed in a drunk driving accident...Read More →

Jaylan Butler, a sophomore swimmer at Eastern Illinois University, has filed a lawsuit against police officers, alleging they held him at gunpoint while he was returning from an out-of-state tournament with his teammates. According to the lawsuit, Butler was traveling...Read More →

The family members of Damaris Rodriguez, who died while in custody at South Correctional Entity Jail in 2018, have filed a lawsuit against the correctional facility for alleged abuse and neglect. On Dec. 30, 2017, Rodriguez’s husband, Reynaldo Gil, called...Read More →

Victoria Sutton, who filed a lawsuit against her landlords for evicting her for inviting black guests to her home, has settled the lawsuit for $150,000. In September 2018, Sutton invited her black co-worker and his 5-year-old son over to her...Read More →

Three female high school track athletes in Connecticut have filed a lawsuit to stop transgender athletes from competing in girls sports. The lawsuit focuses on two transgender sprinters, Terry Miller and Andraya Yearwood, who have frequently outperformed their cisgender competiters....Read More →

A lawsuit accuses former University of Kansas adjunct research professor, Jerry Rea, of using more than 200 severely disable patients at a state-run home in Iowa as subjects in research for sexual arousal. According to the lawsuit, Rea was determined...Read More →

Sue Ann Beaudoin of Indianapolis has filed a lawsuit against North American Environmental Services and former truck driver Danny Williams after a dump truck crash left her paralyzed from the waist down. The crash occurred September 3 at the intersection...Read More →

Bill Moreau, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee’s former vice president of sports medicine, has filed a lawsuit against the organization, alleging he was fired for questioning how they handle reports of sexual abuse. Moreau claims that the USOPC’s...Read More →

Kenneth Cabán Gonzalez has settled his lawsuit with the state of Georgia, allowing him to get a driver’s license there. When Gonzalez tried to get a Georgia driver’s license in 2017, officials accused him of submitting fraudulent documents. He was...Read More →

Dave Daubenmire, a former central Ohio high school football coach turned online Christian talk show host, said he wants to sue the NFL for its racy halftime show, which featured performances by Jennifer Lopez and Shakira. “I was appalled at...Read More →

Farm Sanctuary and six other animal protection groups have filed a lawsuit to make it illegal for pork plants to slaughter downed pigs and turn them into food for humans. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) said he supports what the groups...Read More →

A lawsuit filed by the parents of 18-month-old Chloe Wiegand who fell to her death off a Royal Carribean cruise ship last year will proceed. Royal Carribean Cruises had previously asked a judge to dismiss the lawsuit, but the request...Read More →

The mother of Kenneth Patterson, who was hit and killed by an Amtrak train after getting drunk at a fraternity party, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Rutgers University where Kenneth was a student. Patterson was invited to TDXmas,...Read More →

Drivers have filed a lawsuit against the Kansas Highway Patrol, accusing them of targeting out-of-state vehicles for traffic stops. According to the lawsuit, 93 percent of the Kansas Highway Patrol’s traffic stops in 2017 involved vehicles with out-of-state licenses. The...Read More →

Several homeless individuals have filed a lawsuit against the city of Sacramento and its police department, claiming that police officers removed a portable toilet from a downtown campsite. The lawsuit, which hopes to reach class-action status, seeks a court order...Read More →

The Angler’s Yacht Club is being sued for allegedly denying memberships to minorities and women. The lawsuit, which was filed by New Smyrna Beach real estate broker Rhonda J. Kanan, accuses the club of all white men of discriminating by...Read More →

Jazmyne Childs has filed a lawsuit against the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), alleging that she was sexually harassed by her former boss, Rev. Curtis Gatewood. According to the lawsuit, Childs was sexually harassed by Gatewood...Read More →

A teen girl filed a lawsuit against Scores, claiming the strip club chain allowed sexual abuse and human trafficking. The victim, identified as Jane Doe, was developmentally 13 years old when her trafficker brought her to the chain’s Tampa location...Read More →

Phyllis Bannish has filed a lawsuit against Ingles Markets, claiming she was fired after complaining about sexual harassment. Bannish started working at Ingles Markets in March 2015 and held several different positions, including cashier, customer service manager and scanner coordinator....Read More →

Multiple tech companies have filed a lawsuit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, alleging they unlawfully charged them $350 million in H-1B visa fees. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit include ITServe Alliance, iTech US, SmartWorks and Saxon Global. Defendant (“the Agency”)...Read More →

State attorneys have requested a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the parents of Lauren McCluskey, who was killed near her dorm at the University of Utah. Matt and Jill McCluskey filed a $56 million lawsuit against the...Read More →

Roxanne Freeman, whose husband and two children were killed in a vehicle crash while driving on a highway in Houston, has filed a lawsuit against Webber, a major road builder, for their negligence The lawsuit stems from an accident that...Read More →

Amanda Breaud, a former supervisor at an Applebee’s in New Jersey, has filed a lawsuit against the restaurant, alleging she was fired after telling a customer to leave for making Islamophobic remarks. According to the lawsuit, Breaud was working at...Read More →

American politician and 2020 presidential candidate, Tulsi Gabbard, has filed a defamation lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, claiming she attempted to destroy her reputation by calling her a “Russian asset.” The lawsuit states that Clinton suggested during an October 2019 interview...Read More →

Sauntore Thomas has filed a lawsuit against TCF Bank, alleging employees refused to cash his settlement check awarded in a racial discrimination suit. According to the lawsuit, the employees believed the check was fraudulent, causing an investigation to be launched....Read More →

Meredith Downes, a tenured professor in the Department of Management and Quantitative Methods (MQM) at Illinois State University, has filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the university. In the lawsuit, Downes claims that she makes less money than six of...Read More →

A Texas Christian University student, identified only as Jane Doe No. 1, has filed a lawsuit against the university, alleging she was harassed, falsely imprisoned and discriminated against by faculty members during a 2019 trip to Washington D.C. Doe said...Read More →

The mother of 18-year-old Marc Strickland, who was fatally shot during a Dallas Independent School District basketball game, plans to file a lawsuit against the district. Strickland was attending a basketball game inside Dallas’s ISD’s Ellis Davis Fieldhouse on Jan....Read More →

Andres Romero has filed a lawsuit against Cochise County Jail, claiming staff members denied him medical care for a toe infection, which resulted in him losing a leg. Romero entered Cochise County Jail in Bisbee, Arizona on June 9 for...Read More →

Ronald Hernandez Hunter has filed a lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America, alleging his Boy Scout leader sexually abused him and pimped him out to other men. According to the lawsuit, Hernandez joined Brooklyn’s Troop 351 in 1972 when...Read More →

Two women, who were students at Bruton High School during the 2017-2018 school year, have filed a lawsuit against York County School Division, claiming they were groomed for sexual exploitation by a sports coach. The lawsuit alleges that the coach...Read More →

Fourteen states and New York City have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to challenge a new ruling that could cause thousands of Americans to lose food stamp benefits. The ruling, which will go into effect April 1, would...Read More →

A lawsuit has been filed against two Santa Ana officers that claims they left two federal detainees in a hot van for four hours. The lawsuit says that Dongyuan Li, a 41-year-old Chinese citizen, and Romaldo Marchan Delgado, a 56-year-old...Read More →

The Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands has filed a lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, alleging he transported underage girls to his secluded homes in the Caribbean from 2001 to 2018. Attorney General Denise N. George claims that Epstein...Read More →

Several advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to challenge a policy that lets asylum seekers be deported to Central American countries. The lawsuit argues that the policy prevents applicants from ever reaching asylum and puts them...Read More →

St. Louis Circuit Attorney, Kim Gardner, has filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming that they have created a “racially motivated conspiracy” to prevent her from doing her job. Gardner said she was elected in 2016 to “redress the scourge...Read More →

Isaiah Humphries has filed a lawsuit against Penn State, alleging his teammates made threats of “I’m going to Sandusky you” in hazings. According to the lawsuit, Humphries and other underclassmen were often targeted for hazing acts that simulated sexual assault...Read More →

Two transgender women have filed a lawsuist against the state of Florida for denying them treatment for gender affirming treatment. Jami Claire and Kathryne Lane claim in the lawsuit that they’re going without necessary treatment for gender dysphoria because state...Read More →

A black transgender woman has filed a lawsuit against Marion Correctional Institute, claiming she was mistreated while she was an inmate there. The plaintiff was sent to Marion Correctional Institute in August 2018 after getting convicted of grand theft and...Read More →

Jonathon Gwynn, who worked at the Baltimore County landfill from 2005 to 2014, has filed a lawsuit against the county, alleging his boss frequently used racial slurs at work. According to the lawsuit, Gwynn’s boss, James Dawson routinely used racist...Read More →

Dr. Amanda Lund has filed a lawsuit against Midwest Post Acute Health Care, alleging she was fired after blowing the whistle on cost-cutting practices that put patients at risk. Dr. Lund joined Midwest Post Acute Health Care as its medical...Read More →

Emily Forsythe has filed a lawsuit against Wayfair, claiming the online furniture retailer didn’t do anything to stop the sexual harassment she endured from a coworker. According to the lawsuit, Forsythe was sexually harassed over several months by a man...Read More →

Two black executives at McDonald’s have filed a lawsuit against the fast-food giant for allegedly discriminating against them and other black employees. Vicki Guster-Hines and Domineca Neal, who work for McDonald’s in Dallas, claim that they endured intentional race discrimination,...Read More →

Over 500 Delta Air Lines employees have filed a lawsuit against Lands’ End, claiming that the uniforms from the clothing manufacturer made them ill. According to the lawsuit, Delta employees have been required to wear these uniforms since May 2018....Read More →

The family of a 15-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted by former EMT David Carpio has filed a lawsuit against Balboa Ambulance, claiming they could have prevented the incident. The incident occurred in February 2017 when the teen girl was...Read More →

Joleen and Craig Dudek, the parents of a 2-year-old boy who was killed when an Ikea dresser crushed him, have settled a lawsuit with the furniture store for $46 million. Ikea recalled 17.3 million dressers in 2016, including the 3-drawer...Read More →

Over 100 Gold Star families have filed a lawsuit against multiple American defense contractors, claiming they made illegal protection payments to the Taliban that aided and abetted terrorism. Gold Star families are families of military members who have died in...Read More →

Eight men who claim they were sexually abused as children by Boy Scouts of America leaders have filed a lawsuit against the organization. The lawsuit accuses the Boys Scouts of America of rampant sexual abuse at the hands of BSA...Read More →

The family members of Francisco DeJesus, who died after a traffic stop in downtown Buffalo in June 2018, have filed a lawsuit against Buffalo police, alleging they contributed to his death. Authorities said they believed DeJesus was in possession of...Read More →

James and Anna Morrissey, who purchased a $1.36 million home featured on the reality show “Windy City Rehab,” have filed a lawsuit against the show’s hosts to force them to take the home back, which allegedly has shoddy work. The...Read More →

Six former Hinsdale South High School teachers have filed a lawsuit against Sterigenics, an industrial sterilization company, claiming that the company’s toxic emissions gave them cancer. Five of the plaintiffs allege the emissions resulted in their breast cancer diagnoses while...Read More →

Several Nevada prisoners have filed a lawsuit against the state, alleging that prison staff haven’t provided them with necessary treatment for hepatitis C. Nevada is one of the dozen states where prison officials have denied or limited access to hepatitis...Read More →

John Baker Orange of Alabama has filed a class-action lawsuit against Ring and its parent company Amazon. It claims the companies didn’t do enough to secure their camera systems against cyberattacks. Orange said he bought the Ring outdoor camera in...Read More →

Four former foster children have filed a lawsuit against their former foster parents and the state of Massachusetts, claiming they endured years of physical and sexual abuse. The plaintiffs allege that they suffered beatings, verbal abuse and sexual molestation while...Read More →

Several organizations have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in an effort to challenge new restrictions for green card seekers who may need government assistance to pay for food and health care. The lawsuit claims that the rules discriminate...Read More →

Two more women have filed lawsuits against Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, claiming that he and others sexually assaulted them when they were underage. The plaintiffs, identified as Jane Doe 3 and Jane Doe 4, claim that Eipstein, who committed suicide in...Read More →

The University of Arizona has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by Dr. Katrina Miranda, a tenured associate professor who alleged she faced gender discrimination at the university. Miranda, who teaches in the university’s Department of Chemistry...Read More →

  Former ‘60 Minutes’ reporter Lara Logan has filed a $25 million defamation lawsuit against New York Media and writer Joe Hagan, for an article published five years ago, titled, “Benghazi and the Bombshell.” The piece came after a report...Read More →

Several lawyers have filed lawsuits against multiple hotel chains, accusing them of not doing anything to stop human trafficking on their premises. They have requested for a federal panel to consolidate at least 21 lawsuits pending in 11 states into...Read More →

The family of an 18-year-old who suffered brain damage during breast augmentation have filed a lawsuit. The family members of Emmalyn Nguyen, who suffered cardiac arrest during breast augmentation and is now brain damaged, have filed a lawsuit against her...Read More →