Serendipity 3 Reaches Settlement with Former Workers Alleging Unfair Practices
Serendipity 3 Reaches Settlement with Former Workers Alleging Unfair Practices
Verdicts & Settlements
Hampton Roads Regional Jail Lawsuit Settles for $625K
Earlier today a wrongful death lawsuit settled for $625,000. The lawsuit in question was filed in June 2017 in federal court against the “Hampton Roads Regional Jail, its medical provider and a number of staff members.” It was filed by the family of Henry Clay Stewart, “an inmate who died Aug. 6, 2016, because of internal bleeding from a perforated stomach ulcer.” But how did the incident occur? Why was the lawsuit filed?
Abercrombie Settles California Lawsuit Regarding Shift Reporting
Abercrombie Settles California Lawsuit Regarding Shift-Reporting
Judge Dismisses New York City Climate Change Lawsuit
A federal judge dismissed a climate change lawsuit filed by New York City, saying the onus to end global warming is on Congress and the Oval Office rather than the courts. While Judge John F. Keenan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York called climate change “a fact of life,”
New York City Settles Gender Discrimination Lawsuit for $20.8M
Earlier this week, officials in New York City agreed to pay $20.8 million to settle allegations that the city “discriminated against city-employed registered nurses and midwives because they are women.”
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Over Fatal Dashields Locks and Dam Accident
After embarking on a kayaking trip down the Ohio River, Helene Brandy of Ambridge tragically lost her life. As a result, her parents, Kathleen and Bruce Brandy, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Pittsburgh against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, alleging “the agency didn’t adequately warn boaters of the dangers surrounding the Dashields Locks and Dam.” According to the couple’s suit, their daughter, who was only 25-years-old at the time of her death, “was one of two people who died in May 2017 when their kayaks were swept over the dam near Edgeworth.”
Blueprints for 3D Printed Guns Made Available Again After Settlement Between State Department and Defense Distributed
Earlier this week, Defense Distributed and the company’s owner, Cody Wilson, got the go-ahead to continue publishing “designs and other technical files” for 3D printed guns after the U.S. Department of State agreed to “waive its prior restraint order against Wilson and Defense Distributed.” The decision also brings an end to a lawsuit that Defense Distributed and the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) filed in 2015 over the restraint order.
Missouri Prison Guards Face Harassment, State Settles Cases
Missouri Prison Guards Face Harassment, State Settles Cases
Milwaukee to Pay $3.4 Million in Racial Profiling Lawsuit
Milwaukee to Pay $3.4 Million in Racial Profiling Lawsuit
Jessica Biel Closes West Hollywood Eatery After Employee Lawsuit is Dismissed
Not everyone is cut out for the restaurant industry, something actress Jessica Biel recently discovered after she decided to close down her relatively new restaurant, Au Fudge. The decision to close the West Hollywood eatery came after it was hit with a lawsuit in 2017 by disgruntled employees who accused “Biel, 36, and her business partners of stealing $430,100 in tips.”