The Families First and Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA), as amended by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, mandates that testing for COVID-19 infection must be free to the patient so long as the federally-declared state of emergency persists. The laws also provide that the associated office visit... Read More »
The family of a late U.S. Representative is suing his widow over claims that she went back on a promise to pay back medical expenses for his cancer treatments. U.S. Representative Jim Hagedorn of Minnesota passed away on February 17 at age 59 after a battle with kidney cancer. Hagedorn... Read More »
Jennifer Ann Hall worked as a respiratory therapist in Hendrick Medical Center located in the rural northeast area of Missouri. Hall was employed at the hospital between December 2001 and May 2002. During her five months there, the hospital saw 18 “code blue” incidents. Staff at the hospital used “code... Read More »
Applicants for green cards can no longer appeal denials after the Supreme Court limited federal court involvement in immigration court proceedings because they “lack jurisdiction” over cases involving Immigration Judges' discretion. The Supreme Court ruled in a split 5-4 decision that federal immigration law “precludes court review of decisions in... Read More »
The family of a pedestrian who was struck and killed while walking in her town of Amherst, Massachusetts, is suing the driver of the school van that struck and killed her along with the town of Amherst. The town served as the driver's employer at the time of the incident. ... Read More »
A lawsuit filed earlier this week challenges the state of Oregon for its lack of access to legal counsel for criminal defendants across the state. The plaintiffs involved seek class-action status and allege that the state has violated the constitutional rights of criminal defendants who have no access to legal... Read More »
On Friday, a federal judge stopped the Biden administration’s attempt to remove Title 42, which was created by former President Trump in March 2020 to help stop the spread of COVID-19. The pandemic health order was used to remove over a million migrants who were located at the border, since... Read More »
Virginia’s Christian private college, Liberty University, has reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit filed in New York by 12 women who alleged the university had a pattern of mishandling sexual assault and sexual harassment cases. The women accuse the campus of fostering an unsafe environment as a result of... Read More »
A Texas hospital has filed a lawsuit against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBS) for wrongfully denying coverage for emergency services and post-stabilization care. According to Memorial Hermann Health System, BCBS instituted a policy of denying coverage for services that it unilaterally deemed non-emergency, despite its contractual and moral... Read More »
The family of a Nebraska man has reached a $479,000 settlement with the state after the man was killed while serving time in a state detention center in 2017. 22-year-old Terry Berry Jr. was an inmate in Tecumseh State Correctional Institution when he was killed by his cellmate, Patrick Schroeder.... Read More »
All across America, thousands of localities have sued pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors for their roles in the deaths of nearly half a million people from opioid overdoses. A federal jury in Cleveland found Walgreen’s, CVS, and Walmart liable for contributing to the drug epidemic in two Ohio counties. Walgreens recently... Read More »
The 9th Circuit federal appeals court struck down a California law that banned individuals under the age of 21 from purchasing centerfire semi-automatic guns. The 2-1 split decision stated the law was unconstitutional and called it a “severe burden” on Second Amendment rights of "self-defense in the home." Individuals over... Read More »
Intuit, the company which makes TurboTax, has agreed to a $141 million settlement with all 50 states. The settlement stems from allegations that the popular self-filing tax software steered customers away from its free edition software and pushed them toward its paid services instead. Along with paying back millions of... Read More »
The Justice Department sued casino mogul Stephen Wynn on Tuesday, alleging he made requests from China’s government to then-president Trump, and that he must now register as a foreign agent. The suit claims that in 2017, Wynn shared a request from the Chinese government to deport a Chinese citizen who... Read More »
Health advocates have spent decades speaking out about the dangers of cigarettes. Smoking tobacco has been definitively linked to heart disease, lung disease, diabetes, and cancer, among other debilitating and dangerous conditions. The tobacco lobby, on the other hand, has downplayed the dangers of cigarettes and continuously fought for the... Read More »
