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$1.3M Settlement Reached Between City and Paralyzed Former Football Player, Cooper Doucette

- November 23, 2017

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.”

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Prince George’s County Parents File Lawsuit, Demand Answers Over Predator Volunteer

- November 23, 2017

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

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ProPublica: Jacksonville Deputies Disproportionately Cite Blacks for Pedestrian Code Violations

- November 23, 2017

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.

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Families of Victims Lost in Berkeley, CA Balcony Collapse Reach Settlement

- November 22, 2017

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.”

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800,000 Odyssey Minivans Recalled Amid Safety Concerns

- November 22, 2017

A massive recall for Odyssey minivans has been issued by Honda, impacting approximately 800,000 of the popular vehicles over a problem stemming “from the minivan’s second-row outboard seats.” At the moment the vehicles included in the recall are models manufactured between 2011 and 2017. But what’s the problem, exactly? According to Honda, the second-row outboard

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Steps to a Successful Workplace Investigation

- November 22, 2017

Having the right information at the right time can be crucial for any business. Knowing what the markets will bring, which trends are coming and what your competitors are planning can be the difference between success and failure. Having the right information at the right time also can make a huge difference for the internal operations of your business, especially when it comes to conducting workplace investigations.

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