School is over, but schools’ responsibility toward students could remain long after the dismissal bell rings. A student who was stabbed in her high school’s parking lot when her track team was dismissed early may now get redress for her injuries. An appellate court remanded her case to Superior Court to determine... Read More »
The Department of Homeland Security implemented a series of Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) in January 2019. Under those orders, most often known as ex-President Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” program, “certain non-Mexican nationals arriving by land from Mexico were returned to Mexico to await the results of their removal proceedings.” These aspiring immigrants,... Read More »
He came to the United States to avoid being tortured or killed. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denied his right to protection because he failed to provide enough credible testimony about the dangers he would face if he returned to El Salvador. He appealed their decision and won. Now... Read More »
The short answer here is YES. However, indicting a past president with criminal liability would be complex, despite the mountain of evidence piling up against Trump for trying to steal the presidential election by overthrowing the legal election process in Congress. Yet, for the legal system to be trustworthy, and... Read More »
The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against American Health Foundation and its affiliate, AHF Management Corporation. Three affiliate nursing homes located throughout Pennsylvania and Ohio are also named in the lawsuit. According to the DOJ, these medical facilities provided grossly substandard medical care to patients resulting in a violation... Read More »
As authorities continue their investigation into the deadly derailment of an Amtrak train after it struck a dump truck parked on a rail crossing in Missouri, the first lawsuits placing blame on the derailment have been filed. Late last month, the driver of the dump truck, Billy Barton III,... Read More »
The legal US map is getting complicated, and citizens, businesses, insurance companies plus friends and families are all targets for new laws in states with illegal abortion. With almost half of the US states each landing on opposite sides of legal - or illegal - abortions for women residents, numerous... Read More »
Authorities have taken at least three individuals into custody after 64 migrants were found trapped inside an 18-wheeler in Texas earlier this week. The grim discovery is said to be the largest fatality related to human smuggling in modern Texas history. One Homeland Security agent called the tragedy the deadliest... Read More »
The University of Washington knew about the sexual misconduct of one of its male students. He went on to rape a freshman just a few days after she arrived on campus. These are the chilling facts. But the Ninth Circuit would not rule on whether the University owed her the... Read More »
A grain terminal company operating in Washington state has agreed to pay close to $1 million to settle a lawsuit that challenged the company's compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s guidelines. The non-profit environmental organization Columbia Riverkeeper brought forward the lawsuit alleging that the company, Export Grain Terminal, LLC (EGT),... Read More »
In a proposed class-action lawsuit, the New York Department of Health (DOH) and the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) are both accused of withholding services and statutory rights by leaving disabled individuals to “languish” in institutions. The complaint argues that New York has “failed to... Read More »
Teens usually start smoking by experimenting with fruit, candy, menthol or mint-flavored tobacco. They use e-cigarettes or vaping devices to inhale nicotine concentrations of up to 5%. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has seen a “drastic increase” in the use of e-cigarettes by youths in recent years. On June... Read More »
A Texas family is suing Texas Children's Hospital in Houston after their four-year-old son allegedly received an unintentional vasectomy while undergoing an operation for an inguinal hernia. The family brought their lawsuit under the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 74, which covers medical malpractice. The family details that... Read More »
In a six-to-three vote, the Supreme Court ruled that states are barred from excluding religious schools from state-run tuition assistance programs if the states offer these programs to other private schools. This decision along with others recently published by the Court leads to questions on how far the First Amendment... Read More »
The Right to Abortion, ushered into the US in 1973, was a constitutional right for women seeking an abortion. On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) overturned this constitutional right. Travel in the US is also a constitutional right, and it is a reality that... Read More »
