A Twin Cities woman has filed a lawsuit alleging medical malpractice and battery, claiming her surgeon mistakenly removed a healthy kidney instead of her spleen during routine surgery. Wendy Rappaport, of Plymouth, filed the suit last week, naming the Allina Health hospital system, surgeon Dr. Devon Callahan, and Allina Health... Read More »
Two prominent Las Vegas hotels are facing lawsuits from guests alleging negligence after suffering bed bug bites during their stays. Courtney and Stephen Gully of Illinois, along with Briana McKenzie of Washington State, filed lawsuits against the Luxor Hotel. At the same time, Teresa Bruce of California brought a separate... Read More »
As the number of salmonella infections linked to a popular San Diego restaurant continues to rise, multiple lawsuits from affected customers are mounting. Aladdin Mediterranean Cafe, located in San Diego’s Claremont neighborhood, is associated with at least 98 confirmed salmonella cases, resulting in three lawsuits so far. Nine individuals required... Read More »
The family of a former Boeing employee has reached a settlement in their wrongful death lawsuit against the aerospace giant. The lawsuit involved John Barnett, 62, who worked as a quality control manager at Boeing for over three decades. Barnett raised alarms about unsafe production practices at the company’s manufacturing... Read More »
An Afghan widow alleges in a new lawsuit that National Geographic and others played a critical role in her late husband’s torture and eventual death at the hands of the Taliban in war-torn Afghanistan. The wrongful death lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on April 24. In it,... Read More »
Two former dancers of the riveting dance group Shen Yun have filed a lawsuit accusing the dance company of creating brutal working conditions for its dancers and knowingly engaging in forced child labor. Named in the lawsuit as defendants are Shen Yun, the founder of a faith-based movement, Li Hongzhi,... Read More »
Just days after pleading not guilty to two counts of aggravated murder, one count of murder, and two counts of felonious assault, Rodney L. Hinton has filed a $25 million federal civil lawsuit. Hinton made national headlines earlier this month after fatally striking a deputy with his vehicle a day... Read More »
Nearly 30 states have joined in on a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell against CVS Health and its pharmacies. The lawsuit accuses the pharmaceutical giant of submitting "false and fraudulent" claims to Medicaid programs operating in the states named as defendants. The complaint originally included four... Read More »
A $500 million lawsuit has been filed against the Michigan Department of Corrections. The lawsuit, which represents at least 20 women who were detained at the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Pittsfield Township, Michigan, alleges that guards at the facility were instructed to use their body cameras in a... Read More »
The Trump administration's Department of Justice has intensified its crackdown on immigration protection by filing a lawsuit against Colorado and the city of Denver. The lawsuit challenges laws that protect immigrant communities and restrict federal enforcement efforts. The DOJ says current sanctuary laws are against the Supremacy Clause of the... Read More »
At least four lawsuits have been filed in Knox County Circuit Court against Parkwest Surgery Center, a Knoxville ambulatory center. A fifth lawsuit is expected to be filed in the coming weeks. The lawsuits allege that negligent practices led to infection outbreaks, leaving patients with severe complications and long-term medical... Read More »
A $15 million federal wrongful death lawsuit has been filed on behalf of an eight-year-old child who was being held by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the time of her death. The lawsuit was brought forward by three nonprofit organizations; the Texas Civil Rights Project, the Texas A&M University... Read More »
The nationally recognized law firm Levy Konigsberg has filed 85 new Maryland juvenile detention sexual abuse lawsuits as of late April, bringing the total number of lawsuits to at least 650 since 2020. These cases shed detailed light on the sexual abuse plaguing Maryland’s juvenile justice system. This marks the... Read More »
Nyree Hinton, a California resident, has recently filed a class action lawsuit against Tesla, claiming the electric car maker is speeding up vehicle odometer mileage readings so that the vehicles fall out of warranty sooner. By doing this, Tesla is able to save on costly reparis because they don't have... Read More »
Two new lawsuits filed in Los Angeles accuse major home insurance providers in the state of colluding to limit the coverage they offer homeowners in regions of California where there is an elevated risk of wildfires. As a result, this has forced homeowners to turn to the state's FAIR Plan,... Read More »
