Workplace accidents happen, but it’s not common for many of those accidents to be fatal. Unfortunately, they do happen on occasion, and sometimes lawsuits are filed as a result. Such is the case of a man “who died after a 2016 explosion at a Glenville asphalt production facility.” As a result of his death, the man’s estate is suing “the owner of the facility and others over his wrongful death.”
Five immigrant children are suing President Donald Trump over “jail-like” conditions and cruel treatment they say received in the custody of federal agents. Filed Friday, the complaint claims that policies being pursued by the Office of Refugee Resettlement and the Department of Health and Human Services are “causing grave harm to children,” both psychologically and
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A former principal at La Canada Unified School District just got the okay from a judge to take her lawsuit to trial. In her lawsuit, the former principal, Christine Castillo, alleges she was the “subject of a backlash after she filed an internal complaint about pregnancy discrimination.”
On Monday, the Supreme Court announced it won’t interfere in a South Dakota jury’s decision to execute Charles Rhines. Rhines, convicted of murder, is homosexual—a fact his peers purportedly took to mean he’d enjoy life behind bars. During deliberations leading up to Rhines’ verdict, jurors discussed the killer’s sexuality. The man’s preference for other men
The city of Phoenix recently agreed to pay $10 million to settle a lawsuit related to a 2016 accident that resulted in a 3-year-old girl being critically injured. Back on August 16, 2016, Vanessa Andrade was “run over by a police cruiser when she walked across the street after buying ice cream.” Of the $10 million settlement, $7.2 million will be paid by the city and another $2.8 million will be covered by the city’s insurance policy. So what happened? How did a police cruiser hit a child walking in the street?
Earlier this week a wrongful death and medical malpractice lawsuit was filed in D.C. Superior Court over allegations that “doctors at GW Hospital could have prevented a patient’s death after a spine surgery.” The lawsuit was filed by Sedrick Drayton, the son of the deceased patient, Lillie Ann Drayton and is seeking $15 million in punitive damages. But what happened, exactly?
A lawsuit accuses the North Carolina Department of Public Safety of systematically keeping prison guards from receiving raises. Filed Monday, the allegations focus specifically on the DPS and North Carolina’s prison system. The News Observer claims that the ‘crux of the lawsuit is a claim that DPS officials ordered prison supervisors to issue unnecessary or
For a child, being separated from a parent is one of the most difficult things to endure. Unfortunately, it’s been happening at an alarming rate recently down near the border, and understandably some children are having a difficult time adjusting and coping with being ripped from the arms of their mothers and fathers. For example, one migrant boy from South America who was forcibly separated from his parents under the current border policy was “rushed to the hospital after he said he wanted to jump out a window because he missed his parents,” according to a new lawsuit.