In early March, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ukrainians living in the United States. This latest initiative to help nationals of the war-torn country will impact an estimated 30,000 Ukrainians who are currently living in the United States under a... Read More »
The mother of a nine-year-old boy has filed a lawsuit in Multnomah County Circuit Court after a school worker allegedly threw the child across an empty room. Tiria Jones’s autistic son was just days into the new school year at Four Creeks School when an altercation with one of the... Read More »
Three Muslim Americans have filed a lawsuit in a federal court in Los Angeles against Department of Homeland Security officers. The men, who are from Minnesota, Texas, and Arizona, were traveling home from an international trip when they claim that US border officers targeted them and questioned them about their... Read More »
Two former Tik-Tok moderators are suing the popular video-sharing app and its parent company, ByteDance. The federal lawsuit, which is seeking class-action status, accuses the Chinese-owned app of violating California labor laws for not offering proper mental and emotional support for its content moderators. The plaintiffs named in the suit... Read More »
A Massachusetts-based company that specializes in background checks is at the center of four lawsuits. The lawsuit accused the company, Creative Services, Inc., of negligently failing to protect the private information of its clients. The company, which is located in Mansfield, Massachusetts, offered services to employers, universities, and government agencies... Read More »
Lawyers in several states are pushing for class-action lawsuits against Family Dollar after reports of a rat infestation in the company’s distribution center surfaced earlier this year. Attorneys in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee have all come forward with lawsuits seeking class-action certification. Reports of the infestation began... Read More »
The family of a man who was shot while riding an Amtrak train in Missouri is suing the transportation company for $100 million. 30-year-old Richie Terell Aaron Jr. was shot on the evening of January 14 while aboard an Amtrak train that was traveling north to Independence. After stopping at... Read More »
The city of Detroit has agreed to a $7.5 million settlement with a man who was wrongly accused of a quadruple murder in 2007. Davontae Sanford was only 14 years old when the murders were committed in a drug house near Sanford’s home. Sanford became involved in the investigation... Read More »
Investigators are working to piece together the motives of a Sacramento man who took the lives of his three daughters and a church member during a court-approved custodial visitation. Officials detail that David Fidel Mora-Rojas used an AR-15 style rifle to kill his three daughters, Samarah Mora Gutierrez, 9; Samantha... Read More »
As the fighting in Ukraine intensifies, Ukrainians continue pouring out of the country as they seek safety elsewhere. Here in the U.S., this could lead to an uptick of Ukrainian migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. Because of increasing tension, it’s not just Ukrainians who are likely to seek refuge... Read More »
A class-action suit that was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court at the start of the year accuses pop culture exercise brand Peloton of violating California's labor laws. Among other violations, the suit addresses the company’s failure to pay employees proper minimum wage and overtime pay. The plaintiff in the... Read More »
Investigators are sorting out the details of what led to a fiery West Texas crash last week that left nine individuals of the University of Southwest’s golf team dead. The focus of the investigation has largely been on the 13-year-old child who is believed to have been behind the wheel.... Read More »
The family of a Portland man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Transportation. Antonio Amaro Lopez, 57, was driving over the Interstate 205 bridge last February 14 when his car hit a patch of ice and swerved off of the bridge. Amaro Lopez’s body and... Read More »
A Massachusetts woman has filed a personal injury lawsuit against a ferry service provider after suffering multiple injuries in a 2019 crash. Jessica Hicks filed her lawsuit against Steamship Authority for injuries she sustained while riding on the ferry servicer’s vessel, the MV Eagle. According to the Cape Cod Times,... Read More »
A Florida restaurant group is suing Google over allegations that the tech giant used “bait-and-switch tactics” to capture customer orders that would have otherwise gone through the restaurant directly. The lawsuit takes issue with Google’s “order online” button. When users click this button, instead of being directed to the restaurant... Read More »
