The family of a Washington woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit following her untimely death while sitting in a hospital waiting room. Forty-one-year-old Cheyenna Costello was complaining of severe stomach pain on November 2, 2022. During the evening hours, her pain worsened and included vomiting and diarrhea, prompting her... Read More »
A nine-year-old transgender boy in North Carolina has filed a lawsuit against the state over a newly passed bill that puts limitations on gender-affirming care for individuals under the age of 18. The child is identified by the pseudonym Victor Voe, in the lawsuit to conceal his identity. The suit... Read More »
In November 2021, a California man died while under the custody of Santa Rita jail in Dublin, California. In an amended complaint, his family says officials failed to take the appropriate action to save his life, leading him to suffer a “slow, torturous death.” Maurice Monk, 45, was taken into... Read More »
Pharmaceutical giant Rite Aid is filing for bankruptcy protection in its efforts to cope with declining sales and financial losses associated with the over 1,000 federal, state, and local opioid-related lawsuits it has had to face over the years. Rite Aid has settled a majority of these lawsuits over the... Read More »
A newly filed lawsuit accuses a Yale University fertility clinic of failing to do more to stop a former nurse who diverted pain medication from her patients in order to satisfy her own drug habits. The lawsuit was filed on October 10th in Connecticut Superior Court against Yale Reproductive Endocrinology... Read More »
Tim Ballard, a former homeland security officer and the filmmaker behind the wildly popular movie Sound of Freedom, is now facing his own allegation of sexual misconduct made by women who worked alongside him during his sex trafficking rescue operations. At least two lawsuits have been filed against Ballard. The... Read More »
Social media platform TikTok is being accused of not taking enough measures to ensure the safety of child users, among other allegations made by the state of Utah in a newly filed lawsuit. Utah is the latest state to take legal action against the popular app, following similar action from... Read More »
Delaware’s ACLU has filed a class action lawsuit against the Delaware Department of Corrections and several healthcare providers on behalf of incarcerated Delawareans. The lawsuit accuses the correction facilities and the private healthcare agencies contracted to work with them of violating the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights of inmates because... Read More »
The mother of a Massachusetts man has filed a medical negligence lawsuit against a hospital and three of its providers after her son was discharged from the facility and found dead in a nearby wooded area, covered in snow. According to the lawsuit, 47-year-old Daniel Donovan checked himself into Beverly... Read More »
The small town of Mitchell, South Dakota, has been the center of national attention after sexual assault allegations were made against members of the high school baseball team. The six boys involved range in ages 17 to 19 and are accused of raping two other players during a June tournament.... Read More »
The hit reality TV show ‘Love Is Blind’ is facing a lawsuit filed by a former contestant who was on the show during the filming of season five. The season, which was filmed last year, began airing last month on the streaming platform, Netflix. The plaintiff, Tran Dang. filed her... Read More »
Chicago residents in the community of South Shore are banding together to stop city officials from allocating public resources to the influx of migrants that have been bussed to the city over the past year. According to the latest reports from city officials, since August 31, 2022, Chicago has received... Read More »
Lawrence Doreson, the father of a 14-year-old Farmingdale High School student who was injured in a fatal bus crash in upstate New York in late September, has filed a lawsuit against the bus company and the driver. Doreson accuses the bus company, Regency Transportation Ltd., and the driver, Lisa Schaffer,... Read More »
The family of a woman who died in a Pennsylvania nursing home has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the nurse who cared for her and the center that hired the nurse. Marianne Bower was 67 years old when she died on September 28, 2021, at the Belair Healthcare and... Read More »
The family of 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against two Philadelphia police officers including former Officer Mark Dial after Dial shot and killed Irizarry during a traffic stop last month. News of the lawsuit came just one day after a judge dismissed murder charges against Dial. ... Read More »
