The family of Gabby Petito has filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Moab Police Department. The family alleges that officers and the police department failed to properly assess the situation when they pulled over the 22-year-old and her fiance, Brian Laundrie. In failing to properly investigate the... Read More »
Eastern Iowa’s Linn-Mar Community School District is at the center of a hot-button lawsuit that challenges the district’s transgender and gender identity policy through the district's newly-adopted Gender Support Plan. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court by a conservative parent group called Parents Defending Education. This parent group... Read More »
The Department of Justice has announced federal charges against four officers involved in the death of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor. On Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the former and current police officers will be made to answer for their actions that led to Taylor's death. Taylor was in... Read More »
In the span of under 48 hours in jury deliberations, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay a total of $49.3 million over the lies he told regarding the nation's deadliest school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. Jones was ordered by an Austin,... Read More »
A New Jersey family is suing two funeral homes for $50 million after the funeral home they used buried the wrong body. The family of 93-year-old Kyung Ja Kim is suing Central Funeral Home of New Jersey and Blackley Funeral Home and Cremation Services Inc., both of which are run... Read More »
Philadelphia's popular children's theme park, Sesame Place, is at the center of a controversial lawsuit that has grabbed national headlines. The lawsuit was brought forward by a Baltimore family that was visiting the park on June 18th. Leslie Mac was behind the camera recording her four-year-old daughter and her daughter’s... Read More »
Two women who were brutally attacked with boiling water by a Taco Bell manager and another employee are suing the popular fast food chain for over $1 million in damages. The lawsuit was filed on July 13th and names Brittany Davis and her niece C.T as plaintiffs. C.T.’s identity has... Read More »
The family of a 14-year-old girl is suing the Los Angeles Police Department after a stray bullet struck and killed the teen. The incident took place just two days before Christmas 2021 after police were responding to a 911 call about a belligerent man in a store. Valentina Orellana-Peralta was... Read More »
As cryptocurrency continues to make a name for itself in social, financial, and economic industries, opportunists are finding new ways to reap illicit gains from novel assets. In a first-of-its-kind case in the crypto markets, the Department of Justice announced that it would be bringing charges against three men in... Read More »
The Department of Justice has announced the arrest of a man who ran a $10 million tech support fraud scheme. Vinoth Ponmaran, a 34-year-old Indian national, was arrested and accused of targeting at least 7,500 victims in a multimillion-dollar tech support fraud scheme. Many of Ponmaran’s victims were vulnerable individuals... Read More »
In an effort to curb fraudulent reviews that have tanked consumer confidence in the products they buy online, Amazon has announced it is suing the administrators of over 10,000 Facebook groups. Thousands of Amazon-related Facebook groups exist for the purpose of soliciting fake product reviews from real shoppers. Through these... Read More »
A New York City widow is suing the historic Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, after a trip to the popular landmark turned into a fatal tragedy. Angela Skudin’s husband Casey Skudin was driving through the estate’s entrance when a rotting tree fell onto the couple’s rental vehicle. The couple’s... Read More »
Several lawsuits have been filed against popular video sharing app TikTok after two children reportedly died while attempting the platform’s trending “Blackout Challenge.” As part of the challenge, children try to choke themselves unconscious and record themselves while doing so. In the latest lawsuit filed, the family of 9-year-old Arriani... Read More »
A computer science professor at the University of Washington is suing the university claiming that it violated his First Amendment right to free speech. The lawsuit is the result of a diversity and inclusion initiative put forward by the University of Washington. In 2020, the university, along with other universities... Read More »
Major League Baseball has agreed to settle a federal class action lawsuit to the tune of $185 million. The lawsuit was filed by minor league players who accused the league of minimum wage and overtime violations, causing players to lose out on pay that they should have been entitled to. ... Read More »
