A Grand Rapids police officer is out on $100,000 bail and facing a charge of second-degree murder following a traffic stop that turned deadly. Christopher Schurr was the officer who fired a fatal shot into the back of 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya, a refugee from the Congo. Schurr’s arrest has made... Read More »
A Bellevue, Seattle, family is suing the city of Bellevue after their home was destroyed in a landslide. The lawsuit was filed in King County Superior Court and accuses the city of being negligent in failing to warn the family about the aging pipes underneath the house. John Surdi’s home... Read More »
Mariah Carey was served with a lawsuit alleging both trademark and copyright infringement over her 1994 Christmas classic “All I want for Christmas is You.” The hit pop song is often referred to as the unofficial beginning of the holiday season and has only increased in popularity over the years.... Read More »
A two-year-old boy discovered a loaded gun in his Florida home and shot his father in the back on May 26. The father, Reggie Mabry, 26, died from the accidental shooting. Now, the young boy’s mother, Marie Ayala, 28, has been charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of her... Read More »
A former corrections officer at the Maine State Prison and Bolduc Correctional Facility has won her suit against the state’s Department of Corrections resulting in a payout of $395,000. The former employee, Autumn Dinsmore, names the state’s department of corrections as being responsible for the sexual harassment and discrimination she... Read More »
One would think that indecent sexual conduct has disappeared from the entertainment industry in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandals. One would be wrong. Another Hollywood executive, who is also the heir to the Coca-Cola fortune, has demonstrated “highly reprehensible, degrading and outrageous behavior” toward a “low-wage industry worker.” ... Read More »
An American Airlines passenger who was mistaken for a burglary suspect is suing the airline after he spent 17 days behind bars. The lawsuit was filed earlier last week in Texas and alleges that the man, 46-year-old Michael Lowe, suffered from “incomprehensible trauma” after spending time in a New Mexico... Read More »
The widow of an Oregon man who walked out of an assisted living facility is suing the facility for wrongful death after her husband was found dead in a nearby creek. Toufik “Tom” Tanous, 79, was a dementia patient at Hawthorne House, a care facility in Forest Grove. Tanous suffered... Read More »
What did the Archdiocese know about child molestation by its priests, when did they know it, and what did they do about it? Seven plaintiffs sued the Archdiocese of Los Angeles for “vicarious liability” and negligence for failing to protect children from sexual harm they knew was occurring. The Church... Read More »
The plaintiff who brought a lawsuit against the California Highway Patrol has reached a settlement with the agency totaling $4 Million. The lawsuit was brought forward by a man named Trae deBeaubien. DeBeaubien was in a relationship with 42-year-old May Wheat, the estranged wife of CHP officer Brad Wheat.... Read More »
He was high on marijuana. He drove his Lexus at nearly 90 miles per hour and ran a red light. His car hit another and three people died. He was charged with and convicted on three counts of second-degree murder and sentenced to three concurrent prison terms of 15 years... Read More »
After a night of drinking and socializing, a popular way to get home safely is to call an Uber. On separate occasions, three women (collectively “the Jane Does”) used Uber apps for this purpose. But each was picked up, not by an Uber driver, but by an “imposter” with an... Read More »
In normal times, both the California Constitution and the United States Constitution give criminal defendants the right to a speedy trial. The pandemic’s impact on the courts has clearly demonstrated that these are not normal times. A man whose trial for a series of horrific domestic violence incidents was continued... Read More »
Johnny Depp won his historic defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard after a seven-person jury found she defamed him in her 2018 Washington Post op-ed essay about domestic abuse. The dramatic six-week trial captured the world’s attention, with salacious, conflicting stories told by both Depp and Heard. When Depp... Read More »
The Biden administration campaigned heavily on student loan forgiveness. While these campaign promises have not yet come to fruition, the administration has announced the largest one-time debt cancellation ever made by the Department of Education. This massive discharge will total $5.8 billion and will impact roughly 560,000 borrowers. Unlike the... Read More »
