Personal injury cases are among the most common civil cases and a lot of people will find themselves involved in such a case at least once in their life. Some of the different types of personal injury cases are those involving injuries that arise from vehicular accidents, medical malpractice, intentional acts, construction accidents, dental malpractice, wrongful death, product liability, and premises liability, among others.
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The Trump administration will terminate humanitarian immigration visas offered to Haitian refugees. Reports from Politico indicate that Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke was forced to make a decision on the migrants by Thanksgiving Day. After mulling over whether to extend “temporary protected status” permits to Haitians, Duke declined to renew an authorization.
U.S. Representative John Conyers reportedly paid a woman $27,000 to settle a sexual harassment claim. The Detroit Democrat reportedly made the confidential offer after the woman claimed to have been fired from his staff after rejecting a sexual advance. BuzzFeed News and The Associated Press report the money used for the settlement came from Conyers’
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So far, November’s been a notable news month for the elephant, as some face flaming tar, hunting trophy imports (or not), and possible personhood.
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the family of a woman who was shot and killed by a “high ranking police officer” before he shot and killed himself. According to the family of the woman, Nikki Bascom, the “tragic situation could have been avoided by law enforcement.” The lawsuit itself was filed against the “Silver City Police Department for negligence, claiming they ignored her calls for help.” Additionally, the lawsuit claims the “police and sheriff’s departments violated her civil rights by failing to help her.”
For many people, a trip to Disneyland is a chance to create memories and enjoy the day with family and friends. The last thing anyone thinks about when visiting a theme park is contracting a debilitating illness. Unfortunately for several people who visited Disneyland in Anaheim, that’s exactly what happened to them. According to the Orange County Health Care Agency, the theme park had to recently shut down “two bacteria-contaminated cooling towers after health officials discovered several cases of Legionnaires’ disease in people who had visited” the park in recent months.
Trader Joe’s is a popular grocery store taking the country by storm. However, that doesn’t mean it’s immune from the occasional recall hiccup every now and then. For example, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) recently issued a recall for “three salad products sold at Trader Joe’s in California.” Why? Well, according to the recall notice, “the salads with either chicken or turkey may be contaminated with hard silica and glass fragments.”