Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, a river watchdog nonprofit, is joining a lawsuit that was brought forward by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management against the Phenix City Department of Public Utilities. Chattahoochee Riverkeeper joined the lawsuit in an effort to make meaningful change, something they argue may not happen if the state... Read More »
A transgender veteran, Jo Ellis, has filed a defamation lawsuit against right-wing social media personality Matt Wallace, alleging that he falsely identified her as the pilot responsible for a deadly mid-air collision in Washington, D.C., earlier this year. The crash, which involved an Army Black Hawk helicopter and a commercial... Read More »
Burger King will face a lawsuit brought by current and former Burger King employees who say the restaurant franchise violated antitrust laws. Miami U.S. District Judge Jose Martinez ruled that workers in the proposed class action lawsuit have provided enough factual details to support their claims and that the case... Read More »
Global agrochemical manufacturer Bayer is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block thousands of lawsuits it is facing across the nation which allege the company failed to warn consumers about the cancer-causing dangers of its popular weed-killing product, Roundup. This latest request from Bayer comes at a time when it's... Read More »
The United States Supreme Court has denied review of a Texas inmate who was convicted of murdering and raping a 17-year-old girl, Bianca Maldonado, in 2009. She lived in his apartment at the time of her murder. Areli Escobar asked the Court for relief after his legal team said Texas... Read More »
A Connecticut college student is suing her former public school district, accusing them of letting her graduate with honors despite the fact that she never learned how to read or write. The student, nineteen-year-old Aleysha Ortiz, was an English language learner while she attended Hartford Public Schools. During her time... Read More »
The Oregon Youth Authority, which operates under the auspices of the state of Oregon, is facing a $51 million lawsuit claiming that boys who were in custody at a youth correctional facility in Woodburn were sexually assaulted. The lawsuit, filed by at least 10 individuals, alleges they suffered at the... Read More »
A California delivery driver has been awarded $50 million in damages by a jury who says Starbucks is to blame for a hot drink that spilled on the driver’s lap, causing him severe pain and disfigurement, when he came through the drive-thru window in 2020. Michael Garcia filed his... Read More »
The Iowa Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit that accused a former University of Iowa doctor of secretly using his own sperm to artificially inseminate a patient without her consent. Over the course of the doctor's time in practice, he is accused of using his sperm through artificial insemination to... Read More »
A new lawsuit aimed at a South Carolina mental health assisted living facility accuses the establishment of gross negligence and wrongful death among other claims after they say their loved one was allegedly murdered and eaten by another resident in the facility. The victim was one of two who were... Read More »
President Donald Trump unveiled his new Gold Card during a press conference in the Oval Office earlier this week, and while questions remain about what this new pathway to citizenship means for foreign-born immigrants, it’s not as novel an idea as it may sound. Trump announced in the Oval Office... Read More »
A longtime New Jersey Highland School District employee has filed an age discrimination lawsuit against the district, saying she was passed over for a job promotion at least twice because of her age. Instead, she says younger candidates were hired for the role, as reported by news outlet My Central... Read More »
A new law in Idaho that requires libraries to keep books deemed “harmful to minors” in the “adult” only section of the library is being met with a newly filed lawsuit. Plaintiffs named in the lawsuit include a small community library, Donnelly Library, along with Penguin Random House, the Authors... Read More »
If you’ve ever felt like your cellphone was listening to you or tracking you after you’ve mentioned or looked up a specific product, you’re not alone. A new lawsuit filed last week in California by San Mateo resident Felix Kolotinsky in a San Francisco district court accuses retail giant Amazon... Read More »
Two central Ohio car dealerships are facing separate civil lawsuits filed by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. The lawsuits were filed against Delaware County dealership Starfleet Cars and Franklin County dealership Way 2 Go Auto Sales. The civil lawsuits were filed in each dealership’s respective county. Yost accuses the dealerships... Read More »
