Washington state’s child welfare agency, the Department of Children, Youth and Families, will pay $80 million to settle claims that it failed to protect two children who were left in the care of their biological parents despite repeated warnings about their safety.The two children at the center of the case,... Read More »
The family of Donald Maier, a Wisconsin inmate who died from dehydration and malnutrition while held in solitary confinement at Waupun Correctional Institution, has reached a $3.75 million settlement with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.Maier’s mother filed the wrongful death and civil rights lawsuit in April 2025 in federal court.... Read More »
Seattle has agreed to pay $2.6 million to resolve a lawsuit brought by four female police officers who accused Seattle Police Department leaders of sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and retaliation.The lawsuit, filed in 2024, named former Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz, former Assistant Chief Dan Nelson, and current Lt. John... Read More »
Atmos Energy is facing multiple lawsuits after a natural gas explosion at an Oak Cliff apartment complex in Dallas killed three people and injured several others.The lawsuits accuse Atmos, a natural gas utility that serves parts of Texas, along with a construction company and the apartment property’s management, of negligence... Read More »
A Connecticut man serving a life sentence for murder has been awarded more than $130,000 after a federal jury found that prison officials violated his constitutional rights while he was housed at the now-closed Northern Correctional Institution.Baltas sued former state Corrections Commissioner Angel Quiros and other prison officials over conditions... Read More »
A mother of a 12-year-old autistic and non-verbal boy has filed a lawsuit against Baltimore County Public Schools, alleging a former teacher and classroom aide secretly administered melatonin to special-needs students for weeks without parental knowledge or consent.Named as defendants are Baltimore County Public Schools, a former teacher, a classroom... Read More »
Three women have joined a lawsuit challenging Maine’s policy of housing inmates based on gender identity, adding new allegations involving sexual harassment, threats, and retaliation at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham.Jennifer Albert, Michaela Sargent, and Danielle Foster joined original plaintiff Katie Mountain in the lawsuit against Maine Department of... Read More »
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Discord, accusing the popular communications platform of misleading parents and users about its safety features while failing to adequately protect children from online predators. Filed in the District Court of Collin County, Texas, the lawsuit alleges Discord falsely marketed itself... Read More »
A tenured Portland State University professor has filed a $7 million lawsuit against the university and its president, alleging she was falsely portrayed as aligned with terrorism after a video from an off-campus pro-Palestinian protest circulated online. The lawsuit, filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court by professor Yasmeen Hanoosh, accuses... Read More »
A California judge has ruled that the nonprofit organization Kars4Kids can no longer air its well-known advertising jingle in California after finding the company engaged in misleading advertising as part of an ongoing federal class action dispute. In a permanent injunction issued in Orange County Superior Court, the judge found... Read More »
A cyberattack targeting Instructure, the parent company of Canvas LMS, disrupted access to the learning platform earlier this month after hackers claimed to have stolen roughly 3.65 terabytes of data tied to the company’s educational systems. Canvas is used by more than 8,000 schools and educational institutions across the United... Read More »
Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit against Character Technologies, Inc., the company behind Character.AI, alleging that one of its chatbots falsely posed as a licensed healthcare professional and provided medical advice to users. The lawsuit accuses the AI platform, which is widely used by teens and young adults, of violating Pennsylvania’s... Read More »
A group of South Texas residents has filed a lawsuit against SpaceX, alleging that repeated rocket launches and sonic booms from the company’s Starbase facility damaged nearby homes over the past two years. The 80 plaintiffs, who live near the company’s launch site in Cameron County, accuse Elon Musk’s aerospace... Read More »
A lawsuit filed in San Antonio, Texas, accuses CPS Energy, a municipally owned utility company, of negligence in connection with a home explosion that injured multiple residents. The complaint was filed by homeowners Jose Ochoa and Maytee Terrie Reeves after their home exploded on April 21. It was the second... Read More »
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is facing a lawsuit alleging that state troopers wrongfully arrested drivers on DUI charges despite toxicology reports later showing no drugs or alcohol in their systems. Filed as a federal civil rights case, the lawsuit was brought by the HSG Law Group in Nashville on behalf... Read More »
