Three of the ‘Englewood Four’ men who were exonerated after DNA evidence linked a convicted murderer to the crime they were imprisoned for have entered into a settlement agreement with Cook County, Illinois.
New York City has added the CVS, Walmart, Walgreens and Rite Aid as defendants in its lawsuit previously filed. Besides Purdue Pharma LP, the list of defendants named in NYC’s suit includes long-time opioid manufacturers Allergan Plc, Endo International Plc, Johnson & Johnson, and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., and distributors AmerisourceBergen Corp, Cardinal Health Inc and McKesson Corp. The City is seeking $500 million.
Stephon Clark was shot to death holding a cell phone in his grandmother’s backyard. Now, his family is filing a wrongful death lawsuit against Sacramento, accusing its officers of being under-trained and grossly negligent.
California’s largest utility company has filed for bankruptcy. Accused of negligence and starting a series of wildfires, Pacific Gas & Electric is seeking a way out of damages that could total in the tens of billions.
Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, California, will pay $2.95 million in a lawsuit alleging it shortchanged the hourly pay of employees. The most recent settlement stems from litigation filed in 2014 by Jeanette Munden, a former Los Robles nurse who alleged her hourly pay was routinely rounded in a way that short-changed her check.
Jacksonville resident, Kalil McCoy, was shot and killed by Frederick Wade after the two got into an argument while they were riding in a vehicle with four of their friends. The McCoy estate has been awarded $495,123,680 in their subsequent wrongful death lawsuiti.
Vanessa Feeley is suing the city of New York and the FDNY over allegations of discrimination and claims that she was subjected to a hostile work environment while pumping breastmilk for her child.
Amid professor sexual assault allegations, Dartmouth officials say they carried out “a rigorous and objective review” of three former professors. All three professors have parted ways with the university.
The City of Atlanta has reached a settlement in a lawsuit involving a collision with a police officer that caused a woman to have her arm amputated.
Albert Hubbard Jr. is suing Dr. Ankur M. Parikh of UMass Memorial Medical Center after the doctor removed his kidney by mistake. It turns out, the doctor read the wrong patient’s chart prior to performing the unnecessary surgery.