Justice for Burn Death of Child in a Jeep
Remi Walden was burned to death in a Jeep with a gas tank located behind the rear axle. Fiat Chrysler fought the judgment even after it was reduced.
Verdicts & Settlements
Avon High School Religious Indoctrination Lawsuit Reaches Settlement
The Board of Education at Avon High School recently agreed to settle a federal lawsuit filed against it almost four years ago that “claimed three teachers and a guidance counselor at the school had indoctrinated two former students into a religious cult.” The lawsuit itself was filed by a family whose children attended the school. According to the family’s lawsuit, “three teachers and a guidance counselor exerted an improper influence on their three daughters and alienated two of them from the rest of the family.”
Minnesota Settles with 3M, Water Clean Up Ahead
Minnesota Settles with 3M, Water Clean Up Ahead
Edina High School’s Young Conservative Club Wins Free Speech Lawsuit
After filing a lawsuit against Edina High School, the school district, principal, and superintendent over alleged discrimination, student members of the Young Conservatives Club (YCC) recently agreed to a settlement that will result in their club being reinstated at the school. In filing the lawsuit, the YCC students “charged the school with violating students’ rights of freedom of speech and of association, equal access, and not abiding by federal laws and codes for the U.S. Flag.” But what did the school do to prompt the lawsuit in the first place?
Settlement Announced, Ending Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Over Pepe the Frog Paintings
A copyright infringement lawsuit was recently settled between the artist who “created Pepe the Frog” and Missouri native Jessica Logsdon. The artist, Matt Furie, originally filed the lawsuit because he alleged that Logsdon misused the “character to sell hate-promoting oil paintings.” This isn’t the first lawsuit Furie has filed over his character, Pepe, though. On his “campaign to reclaim his creation from far-right extremists who hijacked Pepe, mixing images of Furie’s ‘chill frog-dude’ with Nazi symbols and other hateful imagery,” he also filed a lawsuit against Infowars, a “conspiracy-promoting website…for selling a poster that included an image of Pepe.”
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against ‘America’s Got Talent’
‘America’s Got Talent,’ a reality competition show that features dancers, singers, magicians, comedians, and other types of performers, just got hit with some bad legal news. It turns out the show, along with the producers and network, NBC, is being sued in a wrongful death lawsuit. By whom, though, and why? For starters, the lawsuit was filed by the family of a “79-year-old woman claims she died three months after being injured in a fall from her wheelchair outside of where ‘AGT’ was filming” back in March 2017.
Aldermen and Finance Committee Discuss Chicago’s Issues
Aldermen and Finance Committee Discuss Chicago’s Issues
Chessy Prout Releases Memoir Recounting Her Courageous Journey
Chessy Prout Releases Memoir Recounting Her Courageous Journey
Jury Awards Family of Deceased Mother of Three $3.9M, Ending Wrongful Death Suit
Late last week a jury agreed to a “nearly $4 million verdict…in the case of the wrongful death of a mother of three,” Garylyn Langell. In handing down the verdict, the jury agreed that “an ER doctor was culpable in Langell’s 2011 death,” not her family physician. In addition to the verdict, the jury “awarded past economic damages at $490,000, and past non-economic damages at $3.5 million.” But what happened? How did Langell die, and what role did the ER play in her death?
Muslim Women Forced to Remove Hijabs for Mugshots Settle with New York City
Three Muslim women forced by New York police officials to remove their hijabs for mugshots settled with the city for $60,000. According to The New York Times¸ the agreement was reached Monday and first reported the following day. Kimberly Joyce, spokeswoman for the city’s law department, said, “The resolution of these matters were in the