Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and a former human resource officer, Amrit Mula, have reached a settlement in a whistleblower lawsuit filed last year. The lawsuit sparked several probes from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Lilly and Mula had been actively working on finalizing... Read More »
A Nebraska woman who underwent a double mastectomy when she was just 16 years old is suing the medical facility, doctors, and nurses who helped perform the operation. Luka Hein, Now 21, was born female but underwent a double mastectomy during her transition into a transgender male. Luka Hein, Now... Read More »
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit on Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against electric car maker Tesla. The lawsuit accuses Tesla of violating workplace discrimination laws after Black staffers in Fremont, California, production facilities were subjected to stereotyping and a... Read More »
A Georgia man has filed a lawsuit claiming facial recognition technology led to his wrongful arrest after he was accused of theft in a state he’s never visited. 29-year-old Randal Quran Reid, who prefers going by Quran, was pulled over on the side of a busy Georgia interstate as he... Read More »
The family of 19-year-old Miya Marcano is suing the Orange County, Florida, Sheriff's Office and two of its members, claiming civil rights violations in the way they handled the investigation into Marcano’s death. The family filed their lawsuit in the Orange County Ninth Judicial Circuit Court two years after Marcano’s... Read More »
The family of a woman who died in a Belk restroom while at work has filed a lawsuit against the department store a year after the woman's death. On September 22, 2022, 63-year-old Bessie Durham was found dead inside the Columbia, S.C., department store’s public restroom. An investigation revealed that... Read More »
On August 31, 17-year-old Black student Darryl George was reprimanded with an in-school suspension for wearing his natural hair in twisted braids. Today, his family is suing the state over what they say was a violation of their son’s civil rights. The federal civil rights lawsuit was filed over the... Read More »
A string of newly filed lawsuits accuses the state of Alabama of failing to educate foster children who have special needs. Instead, students with special needs were segregated from their peers and were subjected to an inadequate educational experience by being placed in specialized treatment facilities. The lawsuits are the... Read More »
The United Auto Workers union (UAW) announced on Friday that it would be expanding strike demonstrations after Detroit’s “Big Three” failed to reach a deal with union leaders. The announcement came Friday morning from UAW President Shawn Fain, after automakers GM, Ford, and Stellantis failed to reach an agreement over... Read More »
A federal court jury in Oxford, Mississippi, has rejected a $20 million civil lawsuit filed by the widow of a man who was fatally shot by police officers while they were serving a search warrant. In the early morning of July 24, 2017, Southaven officers Zachary Durden and Samuel Maze... Read More »
The family of a North Carolina man is suing Google and others after he drove his vehicle off of a collapsed bridge while following his Google Maps directions. The family is accusing Google of negligence, saying it was warned about the bridge’s collapse but did not update its navigation system... Read More »
Starbucks will face a consumer protection lawsuit over misleading advertisements of its lineup of refresher drinks. The lawsuit accuses the coffee chain of misleading consumers by selling fruit refresher drinks that don't contain the fruits they advertise. The lawsuit was filed by Noan Kominis of New York and Jason McAllister... Read More »
A California school district has agreed to a $27 million settlement with the family of a boy who was bullied to death in 2019. Lawyers representing the legal guardians of 13-year-old Diego Stolz announced the settlement with the Moreno Valley Unified School District last Wednesday. The family (Diego's legal guardians)... Read More »
Heartbreaking news over the weekend at a New York daycare has resulted in the arrest of at least two individuals. Last Friday, New York City police announced that a one-year-old boy died after “coming in contact with an opioid” while in the care of a home-based childcare facility in the... Read More »
The spicy “One Chip Challenge” tortilla chip is being pulled from store shelves across the nation after a 14-year-old Massachusetts teen reportedly died after eating the chip. The chip gained popularity on social media, garnering the attention of teens and young adults. The challenge urges participants to film themselves eating... Read More »
