The Father of a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy who was killed in a hate crime on October 14 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the man who killed him. The young boy, Wadea Al-Fayoume, was stabbed to death while his mother, Hanaan Shahin, 32, was severely injured in their home... Read More »
In a case that one legal journalist wrote is “likely destined for inclusion in law school casebooks,” an appellate court has reversed a trial court’s ruling that invalidated a two-page contract written in a coffee shop with a pen borrowed from a server. The opinion said that the restaurant text... Read More »
The family of an elementary-age boy with ADHD has filed a federal lawsuit against a Wyoming school resource officer and his employer, the Laramie County Sheriff's Office. The lawsuit accuses the officer of violating the child’s constitutional rights after a meeting between the child and the principal escalated into a... Read More »
The families of three Jacksonville residents who were shot and killed in a local Dollar General are filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the bargain price retailer, Dollar General. Maryann and Stephen Palmeter, the parents of the suspected gunman, Ryan Christopher Palmeter, are also named as defendants along with Palmeter’s... Read More »
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Iowa along with Lambda Legal and the law firm of Jenner and Block have filed a lawsuit representing seven Iowa families. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are challenging state law, Senate File 496. That bill was signed into law in May of this... Read More »
On November 16, a U.S. District Court for the District of Utah issued a consent decree against Evig, LLC and its president and Premium Production LLC and its manager for violating the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act by selling their “Balance of Nature” product that violated manufacturing practice regulations... Read More »
A Greenwich, Connecticut, woman filed a negligence lawsuit against the popular restaurant chain, Chopt, earlier this week. Her lawsuit comes after she says she unknowingly chewed on a human finger after she ordered a salad. Allison Cozzi filed her lawsuit earlier this week with the Supreme Court of Westchester County,... Read More »
In a showdown between a religious ritual that involves the sacrificial killing of chickens and the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious freedom, religion has triumphed. On the day before Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement and the holiest day of the Jewish year, some members of the Orthodox Jewish... Read More »
A group of gun-owning plaintiffs filed suit to challenge the constitutionality of several California laws and practices that require the State’s Department of Justice to gather and maintain records and personal information about gun and ammunition sellers and their potential transferees. In an effort to reduce gun violence, this information... Read More »
The Madison, Wisconsin-based nonprofit animal activist group, Great Lakes Wildlife Alliance, has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) accusing the agency and its board of ignoring science and public comments while drafting and finalizing its wolf management plan. In developing the 2023 wolf management plan, staff... Read More »
Four Maryland roommates who say officers illegally entered their apartment and then shot and killed their pet dog, a boxer mix named Hennessy, are suing Prince George's County and the three involved officers for $16 million in damages. The plaintiffs include roommates Umana Erika, Erazo Sanchez, Dayri Amaya Benitez, and... Read More »
Prostitution is a criminal offense in California. Yet, a new ruling by a California appellate court mandates that the pimp and human trafficker who forced the plaintiff to engage in prostitution must give restitution for her illegal labor. H.B., the prostitute and petitioner in this case, met her pimp Lamar... Read More »
A Florida judge has ruled that a lawsuit accusing Tesla of overpromising on its vehicle's Autopilot system can go to trial. The lawsuit was filed by Kim Banner when her husband, Jeremy Banner, was killed in 2019 after engaging the Autopilot system. Banner was traveling on a South Florida road... Read More »
Defendant/Appellant Rohullah Hamidi passed a car that was stopped in an unmarked crosswalk at the intersection of El Cajon Boulevard and Altadena Street in San Diego. He then struck and killed a pedestrian who was running in a different lane than the one in which the car was stopped. A... Read More »
After 13 years of litigation and three trials, the city of Pomona, California, has won its case against SQM North American Corporation after the corporation contaminated the city's groundwater with its defective fertilizer products. SQM North American Corporation has agreed to pay the city $30.62 million to cover the costs... Read More »
