Chicken Manure is Dumped on Property Right Before Wedding Ceremony
Chicken Manure is Dumped on Property Right Before Wedding Ceremony
Lawsuits & Litigation
Anthem Data Breach Settlement Approved by Federal Judge
Anthem Data Breach Settlement Approved by Federal Judge
Family of Woman Killed in Lancaster County House Explosion Accuses City, Utility Company of Negligence
Last year on August 14, 2017, the home of Jeanne Jasa exploded, claiming her life. Now, her children have decided to file a tort claim against the city of “Lincoln, Lancaster County, and natural gas provider Black Hills Energy” for negligently causing the death of their mother. The home explosion is still under investigation and Lincoln police have not ruled out foul play. According to Police Chief Jeff Bliemeister, “his investigators need more time to follow up leads in the case.”
Survivors of Jacksonville, FL Shooting to Launch Negligence Lawsuit
Several survivors of Sunday’s deadly shooting spree in Jacksonville, Florida are launching a probable negligence lawsuit against the venue which hosted a virtual sports event. The gunman who opened fire inside of an ‘e-sports’ bar at Jacksonville Landing mall injured 11 people and killed two others. Attorney Matt Morgan, of Morgan & Morgan, told reporters
Lex Machina Brings Powerful Legal Analytics to Insurance Litigators
Earlier this month, our friends at Lex Machina, a LexisNexis company, announced the eleventh expansion of its award-winning Legal Analytics® platform, which now covers insurance litigation.
Wrongful Death Suit Filed by Family of Woman Who Drowned in a Retention Pond in Carmel, IN
Earlier this year on February 27, 73-year-old Nancy Gillett drowned in a retention pond after leaving Bridgewater Healthcare Center on Carey Road in Carmel, Indiana. As a result, her family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Hamilton County court “against a grocery store, developer, and healthcare center.” How did she drown, though?
Butler University and Campus Fraternity Under Fire in Latest Lawsuit Alleging Sexual Assault
In a recent lawsuit filed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, a former Butler University athlete alleges the university and a campus fraternity “failed to protect her from a dangerous student who had a history of sexual assault.” According to the suit, the woman’s attacker, who was also an athlete at the school, pinned her down in a room in the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity house and “raped her in December 2016 when she was 18 years old.
Trump Administration Agrees to Protect Humpback Whale Habitat
Late last week, President Trump and his administration agreed to protect a humpback whale habitat in the Pacific Ocean. The agreement was announced after American Indian and conservation groups sued the government for leaving the whales vulnerable to “ship strikes, oil spills and entanglements in fishing gear.” The groups that filed the suit in federal court included the “Center for Biological Diversity, Turtle Island Restoration Network and the Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation, a nonprofit that represents American Indian tribes.”
Convicted Murderer Osbaldo Jose-Nicholas Awarded Quarter-Million in Brutality Suit
Illinois inmate and convicted murder Osbaldo Jose-Nicholas was awarded close to a quarter-million dollars in an excessive force lawsuit against prison guards. The St.-Louis Post Dispatch reports that last week’s verdict included $1,000 in compensatory damages for Nicholas and $251,000 in punitive damages against prison employees. Jose-Nicholas, writes the Dispatch, says he was brutalized partway
Doctor Gets Probation After Sexually Assaulting Patient Three Times
Doctor Gets Probation After Sexually Assaulting Patient Three Times