Aerospace company Precision Castparts Corp. has agreed to pay out $22.5 million to settle claims brought on by a class-action lawsuit in 2016. The suit accused the metal fabrication company’s southeast Portland, Oregon, factory of polluting the air and nearby homes with toxic chemicals. The original lawsuit was brought by... Read More »
A judge has given the OK for a former teacher to face a charge of battery causing modest injury after slapping a student across the face last month. According to the Baugo Community School District, the incident happened on February 25 of this year. Jimtown High School Teacher Michael Hosinksi,... Read More »
The story of a Redding, California, woman, Sherri Papini, made national headlines in 2016 after she suddenly disappeared while out on a jog. While the nation was gripped by her mysterious disappearance, there were just as many questions surrounding her case when she suddenly reappeared three weeks later. The 39-year-old... Read More »
The Department of Justice announced earlier this week the launch of a new task force that would oversee the newly imposed sanctions on Russian oligarchs. President Biden shared during his State of the Union address Tuesday, “We are joining with our European allies to find and seize your yachts, your... Read More »
The science is clear: The COVID-19 vaccines save lives. They are safe for mass use, and the more people who get their shot, the less likely additional variants will arise that might resist the vaccines. The rate of new vaccinations has slowed to a crawl, however, as certain populations around... Read More »
A former IT security analyst at Sony Interactive Entertainment, makers of the PlayStation, recently filed a lawsuit in California alleging unlawful gender discrimination and retaliation. The fired employee seeks to certify a class of all females employed at the company for the past four years, suggesting that all may have... Read More »
Earlier this month a California resident, Veronica Eshelby, filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against L’Oreal USA, Inc, claiming that the company misleads their consumers into believing their products are made in France. Eshelby brought the case arguing that L’Oreal profits off false advertising because American consumers often associate products from... Read More »
The judge instructed the jurors with the words, “The past has nothing to do with what happens in this case…” Even though two police officers disclosed that a defendant was on parole, the judge’s extensive admonishment to the jury about disregarding the defendant’s criminal record convinced the appeals court that... Read More »
COVID-19 cases may be in decline, but pandemic-related court cases are likely to escalate. Grief and loss remain for thousands who lost loved ones, including many who died in nursing homes. But which court will hear their lawsuits? One nursing home wanted the case against it to be heard in... Read More »
A federal jury in Atlanta has ruled that a Black transgender woman is due $1.5 million after she was wrongfully arrested and jailed over a jaywalking stop. The stop quickly turned into an arrest after officers issued a bogus charge of cocaine possession. Ju’Zema Goldring was stopped by officers Vladimir... Read More »
A Pennsylvania man has been arrested on federal charges related to the alleged torture of an Iraqi man in 2015. Officials explain that these torture charges stem from an illegal export of weapons scheme the man facilitated in Iraq’s autonomous northern region, Kurdistan. Ross Roggio, 53, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was... Read More »
The Supreme Court has agreed to take on a case that would challenge whether or not a Colorado Law violates a business owner’s religious freedoms. The case centers around Colorado web and graphic designer, Lori Smith. Smith owns a web design company, 303 Creative LLC. In seeking to expand her... Read More »
Massachusetts General Hospital has agreed to a $14.6 million settlement following a whistleblower lawsuit. The settlement will put an end to allegations of overbilling government insurers due to overlapping surgery. This settlement follows two other similar settlements that were brought against the Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital. All three settlements all related... Read More »
Television personality Wendy Williams is at odds with Wells Fargo bank after the financial institution froze her out of her personal and business accounts. According to Williams, the bank is in possession of funds totaling “several millions of dollars.” She goes on to claim that the bank has denied her... Read More »
The three men who were charged and convicted of the murder of 25-year old Ahmaud Arbery have now been convicted of federal hate crimes as well. Last Tuesday, a jury found Travis McMichael, 35, his father Gregory McMichael, 65, and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan, 51, guilty of a federal... Read More »
