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Class Action Suit Filed Against Target, Prince Lionheart After Potty Training Seat Cut Toddler’s Genitals

- June 21, 2018

Earlier this month a class action lawsuit was filed against Prince Lionheart after “at least 15 toddler boys suffered cuts to their genitals from using a potty-training toilet seat.” Prince Lionheart is a family-owned company in California that has been busy “making products for children for 45 years.” However, the lawsuit alleges that one of the company’s “potty training products, the WeePod Basix, is causing serious harm to toddler boys.”

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Another Former Cheerleader Joins Lawsuit Against Houston Texans

- June 21, 2018

Another former Texans cheerleader recently joined one of the two lawsuits recently filed against the NFL team “overpayment and workplace issues.” According to the former cheerleader, Angelina Rosa, “cheer director Alto Gary derided her as ‘skinny fat’ and applied duct tape to her stomach before a 2017 game.” A two-year member of the Texans cheerleading squad, Rosa was also a “dancer for the Chicago Bulls and a member of the Astros’ Shooting Stars group,” and is now the 10th cheerleader to join the legal battle against the team.

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Staff at Shiloh Treatment Center Uses ‘Soviet’ Psychiatry on Immigrant Kids

- June 21, 2018

A disturbing lawsuit filed accuses administrators at Shiloh Treatment Center, some ways south of Houston, of subduing immigrant children with psychiatric drugs. The allegations are especially disconcerting in light of President Donald Trump’s recent comments on illegal immigration and the rights of detained children. While the commander-in-chief signed an executive order Wednesday designed to reduce

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Nassar Victims Want Engler Out of Michigan State Administration

- June 21, 2018

More than 120 victims of former Michigan State physician Larry Nassar have signed a letter asking the university’s Board of Trustees to replace the school’s interim president. Former Michigan governor John Engler was appointed to head Michigan State after Lou Anna Simon’s departure from the post. Simon—accused of insensitivity and oversight during Nassar’s decades-long crime

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Del Monte Recalls Veggie Trays After Consumers Sickened by Parasite

- June 20, 2018

Earlier this month Del Monte issued a recall of three batches of fresh-cut vegetables after it was discovered that the products are “linked to a parasite that has caused 78 people across four states to fall ill.” According to the recall notice, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed that the specific contaminated products include “broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, celery, and dip.” So far many of the consumers who ate the recalled products “fell ill with the cyclospora parasite.”

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Douglas County Wins Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Family of Woman Who Died in Jail Cell

- June 20, 2018

The family of a woman who died in her jail cell on May 12, 2012, recently lost their wrongful death lawsuit they filed in federal court against Douglas County and the sheriff. During the lengthy court proceedings, jurors weighed “allegations against both the county and the sheriff that their jail staff denied or delayed medical care to Rachel Hammers and also had inadequate training.” In the end, the jury found the county and sheriff were not responsible for the death of Hammers. As a result of the verdict, “heirs of Hammers will recover nothing.”

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