The family of an Indiana mom who was killed while parasailing on vacation in the Florida Keys is suing the boating company for wrongful death and personal injury claims. Supraja Alaparthi, 33, was with 10 other family members including her six-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son when they went out with... Read More »
As details continue to emerge about the 21-year-old Highland Park, Illinois, shooter, a sort of blame game has unfolded as officials try to piece together what motivated the shooter to embark on his killing rampage. New details have emerged regarding the shooter's access to firearms, including the one used to... Read More »
The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against American Health Foundation and its affiliate, AHF Management Corporation. Three affiliate nursing homes located throughout Pennsylvania and Ohio are also named in the lawsuit. According to the DOJ, these medical facilities provided grossly substandard medical care to patients resulting in a violation... Read More »
As authorities continue their investigation into the deadly derailment of an Amtrak train after it struck a dump truck parked on a rail crossing in Missouri, the first lawsuits placing blame on the derailment have been filed. Late last month, the driver of the dump truck, Billy Barton III,... Read More »
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 »
