Mother, Drunk, Asks 8-Year-Old To Drive To The Liquor Store
Mother, Drunk, Asks 8-Year-Old To Drive To The Liquor Store
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Tunnel Collapse At Nuclear Site Reinforces Cleanup Efforts
Tunnel Collapse At Nuclear Site Reinforces Cleanup Efforts
Settlement Reached In Berkeley, California Apartment Balcony Collapse
A partial settlement has been reached in the aftermath of a balcony collapse at the Library Gardens apartment complex in Berkeley, California that tragically killed six college students.
Michigan Residents Receive $47m Settlement After Food Assistance Was Wrongfully Cut Off
Thousands of Michigan residents have received payouts from the state following a $47 million settlement alleging food assistance was wrongfully cut off to deserving families. Between 2013 and 2014, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and his Department of Health and Human Services began enforcing a state law which stopped benefits from going to individuals wanted for
Maine Governor Blames Attorney General For Funding Issues
Maine Governor Blames Attorney General For Funding Issues
St. Charles Settles Lawsuit Over Unpaid Work
Back in 2013, a lawsuit was filed against the St. Charles Health System on allegations that it was not paying employees for mandatory training. The lawsuit, which was filed back in early 2013 by Carol Lynn Giles, “a registered nurse at what was then Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Prineville,” claimed that St. Charles “violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to reimburse Giles and other hourly nurses and respiratory therapists for mandatory training.”
Civil Rights Group Files Lawsuit Against Right-Wing MA Sheriff Thomas Hodgson
A civil rights watchdog filed a lawsuit against controversial Massachusetts Sheriff Thomas Hodgson last Thursday. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice filed the lawsuit after submitting several requests for information pertaining to the sheriff’s department’s participation in a program with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The program would teach law enforcement officers
School District Pays $272,500 To Settle Bullying Lawsuit
A settlement has been paid to Amber Greene, the mother of an elementary school student who claimed her son was injured “because staff members failed to protect him from another student’s bullying behavior.” The settlement, paid by the Sioux City Community School District, totals $262,500 and was approved by the school board back in December. Other legal matters “prolonged the case” that was later dismissed by Greene’s attorney back on April 28.
With No Website Set Up for Companies, OSHA Demands Injury Reports
Our nation has undergone swift changes since Donald Trump assumed the presidency, and now it’s about to undergo another. Recently, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has begun to instruct a number of “companies to begin submitting their injury records.” However, with the deadline to do so approaching, there is no website set up for workplaces to submit the requested records, meaning they can’t comply with OSHA’s request.