A domestic dispute which turned deadly has now sparked a wrongful death lawsuit by the widow of the man shot. At the heart of the lawsuit is the claim that the killing was unjustified and was the result of a child custody dispute between the victim 54-year-old Chad Read, his... Read More »
A U.S. District Judge has granted a request made by federal prosecutors to claim funds in an inmate trust fund account controlled by accused Boston bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. According to the request, stimulus payments made to Tsarnaev will be collected and paid out to victims. Massachusetts Acting U.S. Attorney Nathaniel... Read More »
The sister of a slain federal security guard is suing Facebook’s parent company, Meta, over its part in helping radicalize the two men who shot and killed her brother. David Patrick Underwood and his partner were guarding a federal building in Oakland on May 29, 2020, while nearby riots prompted... Read More »
Over 100 insurance companies have filed a joint lawsuit against the Texas power grid operator and power generating companies behind the electric grid failure following the devastating 2021 Winter Storm Uri. The historic storm resulted in over half a million insurance claims and roughly $10.3 billion in insured Texas losses.... Read More »
A bombshell lawsuit accuses some of the nation’s top universities of operating in a cartel-like fashion, favoring students from wealthy and privileged backgrounds and artificially inflating the cost of attendance for financial aid recipients. The lawsuit was filed by five undergrad students in Chicago federal court. At the heart of... Read More »
A Virginia state senator will receive $300,000 as part of a settlement agreement in a lawsuit she filed following felony charges that were brought against her after a 2020 protest. Virginia senator Louise Lucas was charged with conspiracy to commit a felony and injury to a monument in excess of... Read More »
Authorities have indicated that a space heater may be to blame for the five-alarm fire that broke out in a Brooklyn 19-story apartment complex Sunday morning. Authorities are also investigating whether a lack of proper safety measures played a role in the horrific events. The fire broke out on Sunday... Read More »
David Schottenstein, a member of the prominent Schottenstein retail family, is expected to plead guilty to charges of insider trading early next month. Schottenstein, the grandson of retail tycoon Jay Schottenstein, is facing allegations of using his family connections to procure illegal stock trading tips. The Schottenstein family is made... Read More »
After a weeklong standoff, Chicago Public Schools resumed in-person learning after a proposal was approved by the Chicago Teachers Union’s House of Delegates. The Chicago Teachers Union tweeted Monday night, "The Chicago Teachers Union House of Delegates has voted tonight to suspend the Union's remote work action while rank-and-file membership... Read More »
New York Real Estate Scion and convicted killer, Robert Durst, has passed away at age 78 while under the custody of California’s Department of Corrections. Durst’s death was announced by his lawyer Chip Lewis who shared, "We understand that his death was due to natural causes associated with the litany... Read More »
Last week, Louisiana’s Gov. John Bel Edwards granted a posthumous pardon to Homer Plessy in what has been described as an effort to correct a historic injustice, 130 years overdue. Plessy was the man behind the landmark Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson. In 1896, the Supreme Court decided in... Read More »
The family of a Texas teen who was brutally attacked by his classmates is suing those classmates and their parents in a $50 million lawsuit. Sixteen-year-old football star Cole Hagan was brutally attacked at a house party in Lake Jackson, Texas, during the late evening hours of December 3rd last... Read More »
In a lawsuit filed against a small southeastern Virginia town, Attorney General Mark Herring alleges that the police department of Windsor, VA operated in a manner that led to the discriminatory treatment of African Americans. The lawsuit stems from a December 2020 traffic stop which involved Windsor police officers and... Read More »
Medical groups including the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), and the American College of Radiology (ACR) have brought forward a lawsuit against several government agencies over the implementation of the No Surprise Billing Act. The lawsuit was filed in the federal district court... Read More »
CVS is at the center of a misleading advertisement lawsuit. The class-action suit was filed by plaintiff Toni Larusso and accuses CVS Health Corporation and CVS Pharmacy of misleading consumers by labeling its CVS brand cough medicine as “non-drowsy” despite Larusso’s claims that the cough medicine includes active ingredients which... Read More »
