Authorities have taken at least three individuals into custody after 64 migrants were found trapped inside an 18-wheeler in Texas earlier this week. The grim discovery is said to be the largest fatality related to human smuggling in modern Texas history. One Homeland Security agent called the tragedy the deadliest... Read More »
A grain terminal company operating in Washington state has agreed to pay close to $1 million to settle a lawsuit that challenged the company's compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s guidelines. The non-profit environmental organization Columbia Riverkeeper brought forward the lawsuit alleging that the company, Export Grain Terminal, LLC (EGT),... Read More »
A Texas family is suing Texas Children's Hospital in Houston after their four-year-old son allegedly received an unintentional vasectomy while undergoing an operation for an inguinal hernia. The family brought their lawsuit under the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 74, which covers medical malpractice. The family details that... Read More »
Under the string of Supreme Court rulings last week lies one ruling that many see as the dismantling of legal protections for individuals arrested by law enforcement. In the 6-3 conservative majority ruling of Vega v. Tekoh, the Supreme Court overruled an element of the 1967 case, Miranda v. Arizona.... Read More »
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court has reversed a New York gun law, enabling citizens to carry a concealed weapon without seeking approval first. The ruling overturns a New York law that details that citizens who want to carry around their concealed firearm would have to provide law enforcement... Read More »
A Florida man has been sentenced to 14 years behind bars after investigators with the Justice Department's Criminal Division uncovered his health care and wire fraud scheme that cost Medicare over $20 million. Marc Sporn, 59, of Delray Beach, Florida, was the owner and operator of several telemedicine and telemarketing... Read More »
The family of a Texas woman who died while using a chair lift at a Colorado ski resort has settled with the resort following their wrongful death lawsuit. Kelly Huber, 40, was riding the ski resort’s chair lift with her two daughters aged 9 and 12 on December 29, 2016,... Read More »
A Seattle protester who was hit on I-5 during a black lives matter demonstration is suing the city of Seattle, the state of Washington, and the driver who hit her. Diaz Love, 34, was thrown into the air after she was hit by driver Dawit Kelete. Kelete struck Love after... Read More »
The United States Supreme Court ruled in their landmark decision last Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade. When the case was decided in 1973, women across the nation were given the Constitutional right to an abortion. Last week’s 5-4 conservative majority ruling will have implications throughout the nation as states... Read More »
Officials in California have agreed to pay $51 million to settle the wrongful death lawsuits brought on by the families of three women who were fatally shot while working at a home for veterans in Northern California. The shooting took place on March 9, 2018, in the Veterans Home of... Read More »
A number of employees, including a former executive of the Dallas-based EarthWater Limited company, have pleaded guilty to charges of fraud related to a high-yield investment scheme. The former Chief Financial Officer of the company, Harley E. “Buddy” Barnes III, 63, of Plano, Texas has pleaded guilty to several charges... Read More »
A Texas man is accused of illegally dealing arms, several of which were later used in criminal acts including the murder of a transgender woman. The Department of Justice announced the charges against 31-year-old Demontre Antwon Hackworth. The DOJ details that Hackworth was able to obtain almost 100 guns and... Read More »
A transgender woman in Minnesota who is serving time in a men's facility is suing the Minnesota Department of Corrections with claims that she should be housed in the women's facility instead. Named in the lawsuit are the Minnesota Department of Corrections, Commissioner Paul Schnell, Deputy Commissioner Michelle Smith, and... Read More »
A Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has agreed to an $11.75 million settlement after a man was brutally beaten while serving time in the county’s Fourth Avenue Jail. Brian Ortiz was 18 years old when he was brutally beaten In the early hours of May 26th, 2020. Ortiz was behind bars... Read More »
A Grand Rapids police officer is out on $100,000 bail and facing a charge of second-degree murder following a traffic stop that turned deadly. Christopher Schurr was the officer who fired a fatal shot into the back of 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya, a refugee from the Congo. Schurr’s arrest has made... Read More »
