A 20-year-old Latinx military college student, identified as ‘John Doe’ in legal documents, tested positive for HIV and was deemed ‘unfit’ and then kicked out of the Vermont Army National Guard and Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) last week. In this challenge to US military policies, this lawsuit signals a... Read More »
Often described as a “luxury food item beloved in French cuisine,” foie gras is made from the fattened liver of a duck or goose. Unfortunately, in order to obtain the 50 to 65 percent of fat that produces the “rich and buttery flavor,” the maltreated fowl must be force-fed. A tube is... Read More »
In what is believed to be the largest settlement of its kind, a New Jersey man has agreed to a $10 million settlement with Camden County following a police encounter that left him paralyzed. In 2014, Xavier Ingram was left paralyzed in his arms and legs after a police encounter... Read More »
In these post-COVID times when people have started traveling again, it is common to hear news reports about angry passengers who start fights on board. The reasons vary. Some don’t want to wear masks; others are upset about long waits or cancellations, or they object to new rules about limits... Read More »
A former Oregon ducks offensive lineman settled with the University of Oregon after four weeks of testimony in a jury trial over civil allegations against two former coaches and their workout techniques and strategies. Doug Brenner filed a lawsuit against Willie Taggart, the former football coach, and Irele Oderinde, the... Read More »
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rolled back a decision made by the Immigration Appeals Court which denied a green card to an asylum seeker for failing to prove he was gay or in any real threat to return to his home country of Nigeria. Peter Donatus Udo told... Read More »
Texas Pastor and Bishop David Paul Moten filed a lawsuit against Kanye West and his recording label Universal Music Group, including Def Jam Recordings and West’s own G.O.O.D. Music group, for using his sermon without permission in a specific song. Moten filed his suit in a Dallas federal court, claiming... Read More »
Intellectual property is property. We all know this from the ads that used to tell us about how downloading a song from Napster is the moral equivalent of stealing a car. Regardless of how those particular ads impacted your internet habits, the spirit of the argument was clear: Many companies... Read More »
The facts in Eskra v. Grace read like an afternoon soap opera plot that centers around who will inherit an estate after the husband dies in a car accident. Will it go to the widow or to his child by his first wife? Right before she got married, Brandy Eskra... Read More »
A New Mexico cardiologist has filed a lawsuit against several defendants including Holy Cross Hospital (named Taos Health Systems Inc. in the suit), the hospital's board, and several other individuals. The plaintiff, George J. Madera, M.D., is suing for damages and is accusing the defendants of defamation, breach of contract,... Read More »
The Manhunt for the accused killer, Casey White, 38, and former correction officer, Vicky White, 56, came to an end earlier this week in Evansville, Indiana. The pair who share the same last name but are unrelated had been on the run from an Alabama jail since April 29. The... Read More »
New Jersey nursing assistant Cheryl Roberts worked at Hilton Park Healthcare, now owned by Alaris Health, LLC, since the early 1990s. When the pandemic hit, she continued to work at the facility, where they restricted visitations by families due to COVID-19. After her death from COVID-19 in March 2020, her... Read More »
A student at Norwich University, a military college, is suing the Vermont National Guard after he was declared to be unfit for service because he tested positive for HIV. The student is identified only as John Doe in the lawsuit. He was a sophomore at the Northfield, Vermont, military college... Read More »
It took almost two years, but a former police officer from Colorado who assaulted an elderly woman with dementia has been sentenced to five years in prison for his rough arrest. The former officer, Austin Hopp, agreed to a plea deal to reduce his jail time. In 2020, Hopp pleaded... Read More »
Two clauses of the First Amendment went head-to-head in the fight over private versus government speech this past week, as the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Boston violated the U.S. Constitution when it did not allow a group to fly a Christian flag over the Boston City Hall. However, the... Read More »
