Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Deceased Jail Inmate Reaches Settlement
Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Deceased Jail Inmate Reaches Settlement
Lawsuits & Litigation
Psychiatrist and Clinic Facing Lawsuit from a Dozen Former Patients
Psychiatrist and Clinic Facing Lawsuit from a Dozen Former Patients
Christian Alcoholics & Addicts Rehab Program Accused of Stealing Workers’ Comp
An Oklahoma-based drug rehabilitation program called Christian Alcoholics & Addicts in Recovery has been accused of stealing its participants workers’ compensation claims. A former participant in the program, Fred Barbee, had his story published early in the week. Barbee was sent by a ‘drug court judge’ in Tulsa, OK, to a rehabilitation program – Christian
Man Receives $4M Settlement After Wrongful Conviction
Can you imagine being sentenced to prison for a crime you didn’t commit? Unfortunately, wrongful convictions happen from time to time, subjecting normal, every day people to long prison sentences for crimes like theft, arson, and even murder. For example, Joseph Sledge spent “37 years in prison for crimes he did not commit.” Now he’s set to receive $4 million after Bladen County and insurance companies agreed to settle a lawsuit that Sledge filed against the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office. But what happened? How was he found guilty and imprisoned for nearly four decades?
Menards Faces Three Class Action Suits Over Wage Theft
Home improvement chain Menards is facing three separate class action lawsuits, all of which accuse the retailer of stealing its employees’ wages. The first complaint was filed in federal court by a disgruntled low-level employee, Maurice Bradley. The Indiana man alleges that Menards used a strange “compensation scheme” to ensure its employees were only being
Hollywood Hills Center Under Investigation for Resident Deaths
Hollywood Hills Center Under Investigation for Resident Deaths
Route 91 Harvest Festival Victims File Lawsuit Against Manufacturer of ‘Bump Stocks’
A group of people who attended the Route 91 Harvest Festival have banded together to sue a manufacturer of firearm ‘bump stocks’. The perpetrator of the October 1st mass shooting in Las Vegas, Stephen Paddock, had amassed a considerable arsenal of weapons in his Mandalay Hotel suite. Several of Paddock’s semi-automatic rifles were equipped with
San Diego Settles for $500,000 to Trash Truck Drivers Stiffed on Pay
The City of San Diego agreed to pay $500,000 to trash truck drivers who say they were illegally denied pay while taking lunchbreaks. The class action suit was filed in 2014, after disgruntled drivers filed a complaint over what was then a standard practice – deducting a half hour’s pay from each shift. The 30-minute
Firm Behind “Fearless Girl” Statue Agrees to $5M Settlement in Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
Do you remember the “Fearless Girl” statue staring down the Charging Bull on Wall Street? Since it’s installment, “Fearless Girl” has stood as a symbol of female equality and empowerment, which is why some find it a bit ironic that the firm behind it, State Street, is set to “pay millions of dollars to women employees who say it treated them unfairly.” Some of the allegations, in particular, came from female employees who claim they were paid “less than their male counterparts.”
Verona Resort and Spa Pushes Back Against Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit
After being accused of discriminating against a pregnant employee, Polaris Guam, otherwise known as Verona Resort and Spa, has responded to a “lawsuit filed against them for pregnancy discrimination, denying the allegations and claiming the pregnant employee wasn’t fired but that she quit on her own.” The lawsuit against the resort was filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in District Court earlier this year on behalf of the “former employee who was allegedly fired because she was pregnant.” So what happened?