Attorney is Suspended After Accusing Judge of Religious Prejudice
Attorney is Suspended After Accusing Judge of Religious Bias
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Des Moines to Pay $225k to Ryan Bolinger, Shot By Police for “Walking with a Purpose”
The City of Des Moines will approve a $225,000 wrongful death settlement for the family of Ryan Bolinger. Bolinger was killed by a police officer two years ago, in June 2015. The 28-year old man had led law enforcement on a low-speed chase through the city after being pulled over in a routine traffic stop.
$1.3M Settlement Reached Between City and Paralyzed Former Football Player, Cooper Doucette
A settlement was reached between the Nashua School District and Cooper Doucette, a “former high school football player paralyzed during a 2010 practice.” According to the 12-page settlement agreement, Doucette will receive $1.3 million that will be paid by the “city’s insurance company, American Alternative Insurance Corporation.” According to court documents, an estimated $737,972 “will be paid to Doucette’s legal team at the law firm Nixon, Vogelman, Barry, Slawsky, and Simoneau,” and Doucette will receive “$2,000 a month for the next 25 years for a total of about $562,000.”
Parents of High School Student Fatally Injured Reach Settlement
Parents of High School Student Fatally Injured Reach Settlement
Family of Student Who Drowned at Community Pool Settles Lawsuit
Family of Student Who Drowned at Community Pool Settles Lawsuit
Prince George’s County Parents File Lawsuit, Demand Answers Over Predator Volunteer
Parents at a Prince George’s County school in Maryland are seeking answers after a district volunteer was charged with sexually abusing elementary-age children. A recently filed complaint characterized the conditions at the school as “an unchecked breeding ground for sexual abuse.” For more than a year, Judge Sylvania W. Woods Elementary School volunteer Deonte Carraway
Larry Nassar Case Exposes Wider Problems in U.S. Olympic Sports Culture
In the months after former Olympic gymnastics physician Larry Nassar was accused of serial sexual abuse, well over 100 women have identified themselves as former victims of the doctor. Some of Nassar’s victims were taken advantage of at his home, others at his offices and clinic. Five were former members of Team USA. All, along
Ohio Attorneys Could Launch Class Action Suit Over Weyerhaeuser Floor Joists
Ohio attorneys are eyeing “toxic homes” for a potential class action lawsuit. Last year, ABC 6 and other media outlets reported problems with Weyerhaeuser floor joists. Thousands of units across the United States were marked as in need of remediation. A press release issued in July 2016 explained a change Weyerhaeuser had made to its
ProPublica: Jacksonville Deputies Disproportionately Cite Blacks for Pedestrian Code Violations
A ProPublica investigation uncovered evidence of what could be bias in Jacksonville law enforcement’s handling of pedestrian code violations. Examining ticket records from the Mississippi city, reporters uncovered an odd dichotomy in the issuance of citations. Nobody on the force seemed to exemplify the difference better than Officer C.J. Brown of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Families of Victims Lost in Berkeley, CA Balcony Collapse Reach Settlement
Another partial settlement has been reached in relation to the deadly 2015 balcony collapse in Berkeley, California that “killed six and injured another seven reached a settlement.” This most recent settlement, “the amount of which is confidential, was reached between the injured victims and the families of the dead, mostly from Ireland, Greystar property managers and BlackRock, who owned the Library Gardens apartment complex at 2020 Kittredge St.”