A second lawsuit against Hawaiian Electric Industries, Hawaiian Electric Light Company, and Maui Electric Company has been filed following the Maui wildfire that has killed over 100 people. Despite being the second lawsuit filed, it will not be the last as more complaints are in the process of being filed... Read More »
In a dispute over who must pay attorney’s fees during divorce proceedings, what matters is not what the parties earn, but what they are capable of earning. When Jennie (Hearn) Hooker filed for a divorce, she asked the court to make her husband Rockford Hearn pay $45,000 toward her attorney’s... Read More »
Jason Carl Schuller was accused of the first-degree murder of his friend W.T. At his trial, Schuller pled not guilty by reason of insanity. Evidence, including testimony by a neighbor, showed W.T. had received nine gunshot wounds to his head as well as serious burn injuries. The jury heard evidence... Read More »
Celebrity Leah Remini, who joined the Church of Scientology in 1979 when she was a child due to her mother bringing her in, filed a bombshell lawsuit against the church, its leader David Miscavige, and Religious Technology Center. Ms. Remini is suing for defamation, harassment, stalking, and numerous other unlawful... Read More »
A California prisoner cited several reasons why the State should step in to verify that the food at Kern Valley State Prison is really kosher. He claimed the prison’s food vendors falsely advertised that their meals complied with his religion’s dietary laws. The district court found that the vendors “are... Read More »
Porcha Woodruff was eight months pregnant when she was falsely arrested for a carjacking. The evidence that led to the arrest of the Detroit mother of three was facial recognition technology, which was flawed. She is the first woman in the United States to report being falsely arrested on evidence... Read More »
After a prison guard at San Quentin died from COVID-19, his wife and children sued the State of California, its Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), and others for transferring inmates with the disease to the prison where their husband and father worked. They argued that the transfer “ultimately killed”... Read More »
Renowned Russian soprano Anna Netrebko has played famous roles as one of the most popular opera singers in the world, perfecting characters such as Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Leonora in Il Trovatore, and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. Ms. Netrebko was one of the biggest box office names at... Read More »
A controversial San Francisco ordinance that allows non-citizens over the age of 18 to vote in local school board elections if they have children in school has survived a challenge to its constitutionality. In their ruling approving the law, the judges said that home rule is not prohibited by the... Read More »
Authorities are continuing their investigation into the deadly home explosion that killed five individuals in the western Pennsylvania town of Plum. The explosion leveled at least three homes and damaged dozens more. Among the dead were four adults and one teen. The Allegheny County Fire Marshal’s Office has taken the... Read More »
DEA reports zombie drug found in nearly 25 percent of the confiscated fentanyl samples in 48 states. New York City is facing a dramatic surge in crime, mental illness among the homeless, and skyrocketing overdoses due to the zombie drug Xylazine, also known as Tranq. Legislators are proposing two new... Read More »
Several California Tesla owners have filed a lawsuit against the electric car company accusing them of inflating the driving ranges of some of its models and establishing a system that ignored customer complaints. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and is... Read More »
Jimmy Donaldson, better known as the widely popular MrBeast, is facing a lawsuit by Virtual Dining Concepts (VDC), the ghost kitchen company that services his virtual restaurant chain, MrBeast Burger. VDC’s suit is in response to a lawsuit Donaldson brought forward last month against VDC and its parent company. In... Read More »
Each episode of Netflix’s new blockbuster series Painkiller begins with a disclosure that explains the story about to be televised is partly fiction. But, the people introducing the show also reveal that they are the real parents of a son or daughter who died from various conditions caused by their... Read More »
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled the Biden administration’s ban on so-called “ghost guns” can remain in effect for the time being, pausing a lower court decision. The regulation issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) was struck down in June by a federal court. In... Read More »
