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Prevent Student Loans from Affecting Your Retirement Plan

- December 18, 2017

According to the Washington Post, student loan debt is continuing to rise in the United States. In fact, 70% of graduates leave with student debt, according to America’s Debt Help Organization. As the cost of studying continues to rise, students are also beginning to spend an average of $30,000 per year, backed by loans. Students with grants and scholarships also struggle with having to borrow money at some point to earn a university degree. As a result, college graduates continue to drown in student loan debt. Did you know that student loans can affect your retirement plan, though?

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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Royal Arms Apartments Reaches Settlement

- December 17, 2017

When one lives in an apartment complex or similar building, there’s a certain level of expectation that the owner of the building will ensure that basic necessities, like heating systems, are fully functional. Seems reasonable. However, a wrongful death lawsuit was filed last fall that shed light on what can go wrong when apartment complexes fail to ensure their residents are living in a safe place. The lawsuit was filed against “Coeur d’Alene Mayor Steve Widmyer and Coeur d’Alene Resort General Manager Bill Reagan,” the co-owners of the Royal Arms Apartments. Why? Well, it turns out a 73-year-old woman, Margie Saunders, “died as a result of the low-income complex’s heating deficiencies in November 2014,” according to her son, Stephen Saunders. Fortunately for Saunders’ family, a settlement has been reached.

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Family to Sue Mesa View Middle School After Bullied Daughter Commits Suicide

- December 16, 2017

Losing a child is never easy, especially when the family believes it could have been prevented. Late last month, 13-year-old Rosalie Avila of Calimesa, California, “hanged herself in her bedroom “following months of relentless verbal abuse and bullying from classmates.” As a result, Avila’s family intends to “file a wrongful death lawsuit against the school district, accusing the girl’s middle school of failing to stop the bullying that the family says led to her death.”

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South Carolina State University to Pay Wrongful Death Settlement After Student Athlete Killed in Broad Daylight

- December 15, 2017

One of the last things that go through a parent’s mind when they send their child off to college is that their child might die in a tragic incident. Unfortunately for the family of a South Carolina State Univerisity student, that is exactly what happened, and the family filed a wrongful death lawsuit as a result. The lawsuit itself was filed against South Carolina State University and two university-related groups for the “2014 fatal on-campus shooting of a student football player,” Brandon Robinson. Fortunately for Brandon’s family, the lawsuit was recently settled for $437,500.

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New York AG Schneiderman Sues FCC Over Net Neutrality Repeal

- December 15, 2017

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is as unhappy with net neutrality’s repeal as the rest of everyday America. The state’s top prosecutor announced Thursday that he’d launch a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission, aiming to block agency chairman Ajit Pai’s contentious vote. “The FCC just gave Big Telecom an early Christmas present, by

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