A court filing has bad news for immigrant families torn apart at the border—as the government struggles to meet a Thursday reunification deadline, indications have arisen that “hundreds” of parents were deported without their children. CNBC reports that the joint filing was made Monday by the federal government and the American Civil Liberties Union. At
On Monday, Chicago approved another $4.5 million in settlements related to police wrongdoing. Over the course of the past fifteen years, the city’s paid close to a billion to settle allegations against its law enforcement agencies and officers. The latest round of approvals was announced Monday by the City Council’s Finance Committee. The Chicago Sun
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One member of the Saint Xavier cross country team, he found out just how scary a health emergency can be while running. During a July 22, 2017 cross country practice, former runner Cooper Marchal suffered a heat stroke that caused him to lose consciousness. As a result, he was hospitalized and “put in a medically-induced coma.” Now, he’s decided to file a lawsuit against his former high school, alleging it was negligent in the practice that resulted in his heat stroke and hospitalization.
Earlier today a wrongful death lawsuit settled for $625,000. The lawsuit in question was filed in June 2017 in federal court against the “Hampton Roads Regional Jail, its medical provider and a number of staff members.” It was filed by the family of Henry Clay Stewart, “an inmate who died Aug. 6, 2016, because of internal bleeding from a perforated stomach ulcer.” But how did the incident occur? Why was the lawsuit filed?
NHTSA acts to erase research papers on URGENCY. On July 4, 2018 Legal Reader published the article “Emergency Medical Care for Crash Victims” that was critical of NHTSA’s decades of delay in setting standards to improve rescue of seriously injured crash victims.
Nearly a year after Stephen Paddock shot hundreds of concertgoers from his suite in the Mandalay Bay Casino and Resort, parent company MGM Grand is suing the victims to protect itself from further liability. The New York Times describes the move as ‘audacious,’ hinging on an interpretation of federal law that’s never been tested in
The family of an Australian woman shot dead by police officers in Minneapolis is suing the city, alleging its law enforcement violated the civil rights of Justine Rusczcyk. Ruszcyk—also known among her friends as Justine Damond—was killed after calling police to report a disturbance. The 40-year old life coach heard what she thought were the
Highway Fire Continues to Spread, May Cause Asbestos Exposure