A federal civil rights lawsuit accuses Madera police of killing a mentally ill man who was brandishing a stick. Filed in a California court in late June, the complaint stacks drastically different accounts of the killing against one another. Police say 31-year Sergio Valdovinos was wielding a machete, shovel handle and makeshift shield when he
Washington State’s Largest Psychiatric Hospital Has Lost Federal Funding
Pharmacy Owners and Employees Indicted on Fraud Allegations
The family of a young mother who passed away in a rural jail has settled the lawsuit they filed against the jail for $270,000. The lawsuit was filed against the Mississippi County Detention Center shortly after Somer Nunnally died from an overdose back in May 2015 and alleged that “jailers laughed at Nunnally as she died on the floor of” of her cell.
In a revolutionary decision this past May, the Supreme Court ruled that each individual state could allow sports betting at its discretion.
Losing a child is something no parent should have to go through, especially when the death could have been prevented. Depending on the circumstances, some parents often feel compelled to file lawsuits as a result, such as a woman in South Pasadena who recently filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles County alleging “negligence, wrongful death, and violation of the state Penal Code.” The woman, Ana Estevez, alleges in her lawsuit that the city’s Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is partly to blame for the death of her 5-year-old son.
Boy Taken Away After Mother Says ‘No’ to Ice Cream
Family Law Attorney Killed, Client’s Ex-Husband, Suspect, Commits Suicide
Will banning the humble yet minimally useful plastic straw save the planet? No, but that doesn’t mean it’s the wrong thing to do.
Who doesn’t like ice cream, especially when it’s low carb and low calorie? That’s what Halo Top ice cream is marketed as. However, while marketed as a guilt-free treat, a recent lawsuit claims the makers of Halo Top are “guilty of short-scooping customers.” The class-action lawsuit was filed by “two people from California” in U.S. District Court in San Diego and alleges that “Halo Top underfills its pints dramatically so at times.”