Tampa Food Poisoning Case Results in $6.7M Jury Verdict

In 2013, Angel Martinez and his wife Maria visited Lobster Haven Seafood Market and Shanty in Tampa, Florida and dined on a meal of seafood. Unfortunately for the couple, the raw oysters and lobsters were allegedly contaminated, causing them to suffer from gastroenteritis later that evening. While “Mrs. Martinez was sick for a few days, Mr. Martinez’s illness lasted more than a week.”


Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Against Manufacturer of Football Helmets, Riddell Sports Group and Schutt Sports

After losing his son in 2016, one father has decided to file a lawsuit against the party he deems responsible for his son’s death. The father, Darren Hamblin, filed his lawsuit in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court against the manufacturers of the football helmets his son often wore while playing on his high school football team. According to Hamblin’s lawsuit, his son, Cody Hamblin, “died in 2016 after a seizure led to his drowning.” He claims Cody suffered from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), which ultimately led to seizure and death.


Lawsuit Accuses Collin County Bar of Negligence After Drunk Patron Fatally Shoots 8 People

Can a bar be held responsible for the actions of its intoxicated patrons? One lawsuit seems to think so. A lawsuit filed earlier this year accuses the Local Public House, a bar in Collin County, Texas, of “negligence for serving alcohol to a man who later killed his estranged wife and seven other people…at a home during a football watch party.” The lawsuit itself was filed by one of the surviving victims and alleges the “gunman, Spencer Hight, went drinking at Local Public House in Plano twice the afternoon of the shooting.”



ICE to Move 1,600 Illegal Immigrants and Asylum-Seekers to Federal Prisons

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are expected to transfer 1,600 illegal immigrants into federal prisons, according to a Reuters report released Thursday. Agency officials told Reuters that five federal prisons will ‘temporarily’ take in migrants awaiting civil court proceedings. One facility in Victorville, CA, is expected to house 1,000 people. Union leaders in Texas,