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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Ends with $700,000 Settlement Agreement

- May 21, 2018

Over two years ago San Diego musician Nicki Lyn Carano was driving when a “giant tree fell o her car in Pacific Beach.” Since her tragic death, her parents spent time filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the city that finally reached a settlement recently for $700,000. In their lawsuit against the city of San Diego, Carano’s parents, Anthony and Carole Ann Carano, alleged “city authorities had ‘actual and/or constructive knowledge’ that there was a defect in the tree that caused their daughter’s death

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$2.6M Settlement Reached Between Female Professors and Denver Law School

- May 21, 2018

After working her entire career at a Denver law school, Lucy Marsh discovered that she was one of the lowest paid professors in the school, despite being one of the most experienced. As a result, she filed a lawsuit against the school, which led to “years of litigation against the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law.” Fortunately for Marsh, the lawsuit finally ended on Thursday with a $2.6 million settlement for not only Marsh but for six other women as well.

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California Bill Might Extend Medicaid Coverage to All Adults — Including Illegal Immigrants

- May 21, 2018

An ambitious California bill that would extend Medicaid coverage to all adults is taking the endeavor a step further, promising to insure illegal immigrants as well. According to POLITICO, the measure builds on Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2015 decision to offer health insurance to all California children, regardless of immigration status. The latest announcement, writes columnist

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Disability Rights Advocates Launch Class Action Against Stanford, Claiming Discrimination

- May 21, 2018

Berkeley-based Disability Rights Advocates is filing a class action against Stanford University on behalf of at least three students, all of whom, says the DRA, faced discrimination due to mental health issues. First reported by The Fountain Hopper last Thursday, the suit alleges that Stanford placed three students on ‘involuntary leaves of absence’ after they

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Ziyad Tahini Recalled Nationwide Amid Salmonella Scare

- May 18, 2018

Eggs aren’t the only products being contaminated by salmonella at the moment. Recently, tahini pasts sold in Walmart was recalled by Ziyad Brothers Importing after state test results found traces of salmonella in the products. The recall is for Walmarts nationwide, though the Cicero, IL company noted that it “had not yet received the results of confirmation testing, but it initiated the recalls a precautionary move.”

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Burger King, Two Guys Foods, Inc. Under Fire in New Racial Discrimination Lawsuit

- May 18, 2018

No one should ever feel discriminated against while purchasing food in a restaurant, but that’s exactly what happened to one homeless Boston, Massachusetts man back in 2015. While visiting a Burger King one morning, Emory Ellis went to pay for his meal and ended up in the back of a police car and a three-month stay in jail instead. Why? Well, it turns out he was “wrongfully accused of using counterfeit cash.” Since the incident, Ellis has decided to sue the “fast food giant and franchisee for nearly $1 million, claiming he was discriminated against because of his appearance.”

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Senate Passes Long-Shot Net Neutrality Measure to House

- May 18, 2018

On Wednesday, Senate Democrats, joined by three of their Republican colleagues, pushed through a measure intended to restore Obama-era rules on net neutrality. While the effort seems doomed to eventual failure, liberals in the House have already taken up the effort and started collaborating on a discharge petition. “With majority leadership in the House opposed

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