A holiday parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, turned deadly over the weekend when a red SUV plowed through a crowded street after residents came together to celebrate the holiday season. The red SUV is seen on the city’s live-streamed footage speeding through the town's Main Street. Moments later, it came to... Read More »
Two missionaries who were held hostage in Haiti have been released according to Ohio-based missionary group Christian Aid Ministries. In a statement released Monday, the group details, “As we rejoice about the two hostages who were released over the weekend, we continue to pray for the fifteen who are still... Read More »
A Seattle doctor has been found guilty of fraudulently seeking at least $3.5 million in COVID-19 relief funds during the pandemic. 41-year-old Eric R. Shibley was convicted by a federal jury last week of submitting false loan applications for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan... Read More »
The chief electrician on the set of the film Rust, Serge Svetnoy, is suing actor Alec Baldwin, rookie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, and the film’s assistant director Dave Halls. The suit is the first to come against Baldwin and film producers after Baldwin accidentally fired a live round that killed Director... Read More »
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against rideshare company, Uber. The complaint alleges that Uber violated the rights of disabled riders after charging them for taking too long to enter their ride. Uber’s wait time policy requires that riders have two minutes to get into the vehicle... Read More »
Popular shoe brand Vans is suing big-box giant Walmart over sneakers that appear to be a knockoff of Van’s most popular shoe lineup. In a complaint filed earlier this week, Vans alleges that Walmart’s in-house brands Time and Tru, Wonder Nation, and No Boundaries have made it a habit to... Read More »
A US judge has approved a settlement Boeing introduced to the families of the 157 victims killed in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crash. As part of the settlement, Boeing agrees to liability for compensatory damages brought forward in lawsuits filed by the victims’ families. After introducing the settlement,... Read More »
If a fast-food restaurant closes its indoor seating at night because of safety concerns and only allows customers to buy their burgers at the drive-thru, is the restaurant violating the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)? The Ninth Circuit said no when it dismissed a case by two blind patrons who... Read More »
The identity of Bitcoin's founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, has been one of the digital finance world’s greatest mysteries. This week, a trial is underway in a Florida court that could finally unveil who Nakamoto is. For many Bitcoin fanatics, this civil suit is considered to be the trial of the century.... Read More »
North Carolina resident Dontae Sharpe is now a free man after serving 24 years behind bars for a murder that he did not commit. North Carolina's Governor, Roy Cooper, announced last week that Sharpe would be granted a pardon of innocence for his wrongful conviction. Sharpe will also be paid... Read More »
The House Oversight and Reform Committee investigation delving into the firing of NFL Las Vegas Raider’s coach Jon Gruden just took a turn for the slow lane, as members requested emails pertaining to the ongoing, prior NFL investigation. As history has shown clearly with the Hillary Clinton email investigation, gathering... Read More »
Carole Baskin lost her legal battle against Netflix last week after a judge shot down her request for a temporary restraining order. Baskin and her husband, Howard Baskin, are the owners of Big Cat Rescue, a tiger sanctuary located in Tampa, Florida. Baskin became a household name after the hit... Read More »
As lawsuits continue to pile up against Travis Scott and promotion company Live Nation Entertainment, the blame game has begun as authorities try to piece together how and when Scott’s Astroworld concert turned deadly. The Astroworld festival left eight concertgoers dead and many others injured Friday, November 5th. Nearly a... Read More »
Residents of Benton Harbor, Michigan, have come together to file a class-action lawsuit over the town’s lead-contaminated water supply. The 63-page complaint was filed by 16 residents who allege that both state and city officials did not properly inform residents about the contaminated water in Benton Harbor. The complaint details... Read More »
Even though the trial judge failed to instruct jurors that a claim of imperfect self-defense was possible, an appeals court ruled that the omission was harmless error as it upheld the first-degree murder conviction of a stoned defendant who shot his friend in the head nine times, then set him... Read More »
