Settlement Reached Between Jeep Grand Cherokee and Family of Late Actor, Anton Yelchin

In July 2016, actor Anton Yelchin was found pinned between “his Jeep and a brick pillar outside his house,” dead. Now, nearly two years later, that parents of the Star Trek star reached a settlement with Fiat Chrysler, the makers of the Jeep Grand Cherokee that “crushed their son in his driveway in a what’s been deemed a freak accident,” according to court documents.




Oregon Child Welfare Agency Agrees to $1.3M Settlement

The child welfare agency in Oregon recently agreed to pay a $1.3 million settlement, ending a lawsuit filed on “behalf of a girl who was allegedly sexually abused by her Gresham foster father in 2014.” This latest horrid incident of abuse began when the child was only four-years-old when state workers placed her with “Gabriel David Wallis and his wife” after the state determined she needed a safe and stable home instead of living with her mother and step-father. According to court documents, her mother and step-father “neglected her and exposed her to a high-risk environment involving drugs, prostitution and gang activity.” However, Wallis was “self-identified as a sex addict during the state’s screening and caseworkers either knew or should have known that he looked at child pornography online,” according to the lawsuit.


Will New Major League Baseball Stadium Netting Decrease Injuries?

Every year, more than 1,750 baseball fans are injured while watching the pastime they love at major league stadiums, Bloomberg reports. Hazards from lightning-fast foul balls are exacerbated by decreased reaction times, as more fans are staring down into smartphones at games than ever before. Last year, a toddler was pummelled by a 105 mph line-drive foul ball at a New York Yankees game and experienced a broken nose and orbital bones, as well as bleeding in the brain. She is just one example of vulnerable fans who have been severely injured at baseball games.