Long Beach CA December 29, 2021 The mother of Mona Rodriguez — the Long Beach teen who died after being shot in the head by a “school safety officer” in late September — is suing both the shooter and the Long Beach Unified School District for her daughter’s “wrongful death.” The civil suit contains striking allegations […]
Cook County IL Dec 24, 2021 The owners of Hawthorne Race Course have improperly used a facial recognition security and surveillance system to scan the faces of everyone who visits its horse racing track, claims a new class action lawsuit under Illinois’ biometrics privacy law. On Dec. 17, attorneys with the firm of McGuire Law […]
San Francisco CA Dec 24, 2021 A California candymaker must face a lawsuit by an employee who says she caught Covid-19 at work and gave it to her husband, resulting in his death, a state appeals court held on Tuesday, upholding what appeared to be the first ruling allowing a worker’s lawsuit against an employer […]
Asheville NC Dec 19, 2021 A California woman claims she was sexually assaulted during a public body search at a security checkpoint in the Asheville airport, at least in part for the sexual gratification of the TSA employee involved. The allegation surfaces in a new lawsuit in federal court of western North Carolina as the […]
Dallas TX December 18 2021 The Fifth Circuit reversed a lower judge and said a Dallas police officer must face a civil rights suit by the estate of a restrained suspect who died after the officer knelt on his back for 15 minutes. Anthony Timpa phoned 911 on Aug. 10, 2016, asking for help because […]
ALBANY, Georgia Dec 17 2021 Attorneys for Albany resident Michael King have filed suit against the Dollar General Corporation for an incident they say left King in the hospital on life support. In late October, King was accused of trying to steal roughly $46 of household items from the Albany discount store. The lawsuit alleges that […]
Ogden UT December 17 2021 An Ogden firefighter/paramedic who was placed on leave after declining to surrender his medical marijuana card has file a lawsuit against the city. Levi Coleman filed a complaint on Nov. 17, alleging his rights under the state’s Medical Cannabis Act were violated by the city. Coleman obtained the card on June […]
Chadron NE Dec 12, 2021 A federal jury awarded $300,000 to a former Nebraska state college student Thursday. The woman was sexually assaulted while working as a security guard at Nebraska’s Chadron State College. Her lawsuit alleged Chadron state’s ‘Title IX’ coordinator failed to protect her after a student-athlete admitted he raped her. The […]
Minneapolis MN Dec 6 2021 A CNN security officer withdrew his lawsuit that alleged the Minnesota State Patrol targeted him for being Black and unlawfully arrested him during the civil unrest in Minneapolis shortly after George Floyd’s death. Michael J. Cooper was kept in the Hennepin County jail for nearly 20 hours on May 30, 2020, […]
Mobile AL Dec 4 2021 In November 2016, Nurse was arrested in Alabama on warrants for shoplifting 11 items including Christmas lights, a load of bread and Captain Crunch cereal. The store threatened to press charges unless she repaid $200 – more than the amount she allegedly stole. But on Monday a Mobile County jury unanimously […]