St. Paul, Minnesota’s, Hamline University is sprouting renewed questions about the freedom of speech and religion within the academic realm after an October incident with one of its former professors. In October, a former adjunct art professor with the university taught a class in which she showed a painting depicting... Read More »
Popular real estate company Keller Williams has agreed to a $40 million settlement to end a class action lawsuit that accused them of cold calling individuals on the National Do Not Call Registry. The lawsuit which was brought forward by plaintiff Beverly DeShay in June 2022 accuses the real estate... Read More »
Sterilization and testing laboratories company Sotera Health has agreed to pay $408 million to settle claims that the company used a known carcinogen in its sterilization process. The gas emitted from one of their facilities contaminated the air, affecting the nearby area. The settlement comes after two lawsuits accused the... Read More »
A Chicago OB-GYN doctor and his former workplace are at the center of multiple lawsuits that accuse him of being intoxicated while working with patients. The doctor is also accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with at least one patient. At least five of the lawsuits have been filed... Read More »
In a first-of-its-kind legislation, the city of San Jose passed the Gun Harm Ordinance, a law that will now require gun owners to carry liability insurance and pay an annual fee of $25. The new law is required of all gun-owning San Jose residents except for police officers and individuals... Read More »
It’s déjà vu with Dunkin' Donuts after the popular beverage and donuts chain is hit with another lawsuit accusing them of "recklessly” serving hot drinks to customers. This latest lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of Morris County by a New Jersey man, William E. Williams, of Hanover Township.... Read More »
The Seattle Public School District is taking a first-of-its-kind step in holding social media platforms accountable for the emotional harm social media has caused children throughout the district. The school district has filed a lawsuit against the parent companies of some of the biggest social media platforms. Named in the... Read More »
Once a household name, Jen Shah, 49, will now exchange her fame for a prison sentence after being found guilty of defrauding thousands of unsuspecting victims for over a decade. The former cast member of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City was sentenced to six-and-a-half years by New York... Read More »
The mother of an Ohio eighth-grader is suing her daughter’s school district and three of her daughter's middle school staff members after her daughter was subjected to an illegal “strip search.” The lawsuit was filed against three employees of East Lake Middle School and Willoughby Eastlake Schools Board of Education... Read More »
Law enforcement and school officials in Newport News, Virginia, are continuing to investigate the events that led up to a school shooting in which a six-year-old shot and critically injured his first-grade teacher in their classroom at Richneck Elementary school last week. The teacher who has now been identified as... Read More »
After a holiday meltdown with its flight services, Southwest Airlines is bracing for another blow after a Louisiana man filed a lawsuit against the airline. The lawsuit was filed in New Orleans Federal Court by resident Eric Capdeville. In his complaint, Capdeville accuses the airline of breaching its passenger contracts... Read More »
The two actors who played star-crossed lovers in Franco Zeffirelli’s adaptation of Romeo and Juliet are filing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the film's distributor, Paramount Pictures. Despite having been filmed more than fifty years ago, at the center of their lawsuit is the claim that a nude bedroom scene was... Read More »
Detriot Public Schools and a third party hired to contract bus drivers for the school system are facing a $3.5 million lawsuit after an attack on a twelve-year-old student. The lawsuit was filed by the child’s mother, Krissey Coakley, in Wayne County Circuit Court last week, and the family is... Read More »
A new class-action lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York targets tech giant Apple and their popular iWatch. The lawsuit claims that the popular digital watch has a "racial bias" against users who have a darker skin tone. The class-action lawsuit which was filed on Christmas Eve by... Read More »
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has joined a growing list of state attorneys general who are suing national pharmacy chains over their role in the national opioid over-prescription crisis that has killed tens of thousands of Americans. Ferguson’s lawsuit was announced last week and is going after pharmacy chains... Read More »
