A car crossed into opposing traffic on Highway 145 in Madera County Saturday afternoon causing a devastating crash that killed one man and injured several others. The Fresno Bee reported the crash happened south of Madera, near Avenue 9 ½ around
There’s no denying that the COVID-19 has impacted several facets of modern life. In the state of California, these changes are most evident on the road. Socially responsible citizens have hung up their keys and stayed put, resulting in significant changes
Two police brutality lawsuits in Syracuse, New York, are expected to be settled for a total of $400,000. Paperwork was completed with the Syracuse city clerk during the week of November 9, and the settlements will be voted upon at a
The city of Sacramento, California, has reached a $99,000 settlement with a man whose dog was shot and injured by a police officer. The settlement was reached on Tuesday, November 24. The incident occurred in December 2019 when Kevin Cole and
Many California courtrooms continue to be on virtual lockdown and for victims desperately awaiting a personal injury trial, justice appears to be getting further and further away. These delayed cases represent people badly hurt in car accidents, injured on the job,
On Monday, November 9, 2020, the city of Beaufort, North Carolina, reached a $70,000 settlement in a sexual harassment case. The initial complaint in the case was filed in March 2019, according to the Carteret County News-Times. Meredith Bailey, a former
As of November 2, 2020, the Kauai Police Department in Hawaii has reached a settlement resulting in a $1.84 million payment. This legal battle is no new situation. It began in 2016 when Mark Begley sued the KPD and the county
A lawsuit involving thousands of former Shopko employees in Wisconsin has been settled for $3 million. On Thursday, October 15, a $3.018 million settlement was approved by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nebraska. The settlement comes from
A 20-year-old Michigan woman’s family are filing a lawsuit after the young woman was falsely pronounced dead and later found alive at a funeral home. The family is seeking $50 million. On August 23, 2020, Timesha Beauchamp, who has cerebral palsy,
As of early October 2020, a Detroit woman has sued the city of Detroit, Michigan, and the Michigan Department of Corrections after staff at the Detroit Detention Center made her remove her hijab for a booking photo. The alleged incident happened
A dismissal filed on October 5, 2020, appears to indicate a settlement in an Indiana lawsuit. The case pitches the City of Indianapolis against the ACLU of Indiana and the Indy10 Black Lives Matter group. The original complaint in the case
In early October 2020, a former student of Fruitland High School in Fruitland, Idaho, has sued the Fruitland School District as well as her former assistant track coach Kelly Rhinehart. According to KTVB7, the lawsuit alleges that Rhinehart sexually abused the
In a lawsuit filed on Thursday, September 3, 2020, a woman claims her son died wrongfully at the hands of the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office. The Arrest Jorge Gonzalez Zuniga, 22 at the time, was arrested by four officers with the
The city of Champaign, Illinois, reached a settlement on a 2018 excessive force lawsuit. The Incident On December 28, 2018, Tavion Jones-Premo claims he was forced to the ground while he was being arrested. Jones-Premo, who was 16 at the time,
On Wednesday, September 9, Magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick approved a $3 million settlement surrounding the death of Shaheen Mackey. The Incident On June 6, 2018, Shaheen Mackey was serving a sentence at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He
A city council in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has rejected a settlement involving the 2016 shooting of Alton Sterling. The Incident Alton Sterling was involved with a struggle with police outside of a convenience store on July 5, 2016. Sterling was selling
Along with other vehicles, Lime offers dockless electric scooter rentals in over 100 cities across the globe. Should a new customer wish to use a Lime scooter, he or she need only download Lime’s app on their smartphone, provide some personal
In August 2020, California gig workers walked away with a crucial victory in California Superior Court after Judge Ethan Schulman ruled that transportation network companies Uber and Lyft had failed to comply with California Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5). The ruling
The family of a man who died while held in a chokehold by a Las Cruces police officer will receive 6.5 million dollars in a settlement from the city. Antonio Valenzuela was killed on February 29, 2020 after former Las Cruces
A Spokane Police Officer faces charges on two counts of vehicular assault in an accident that resulted in injuries in March 2020. An attorney for the victims says the Police Department has attempted to cover up circumstances that led to the
A class action lawsuit was filed against the City of Seattle on behalf of real estate owners, businesses and people living in Capitol Hill. The suit alleges the City has failed to maintain law and order and areas of “CHOP” have
Wawa, a convenience store chain on the east coast agreed to pay $3 million to settle a lawsuit for injuries to a then 3-year-old girl who was severely burned while in the store. The incident happened in April of 2018 when
Riders file suit against Bird saying equipment failures are causing them serious injuries. A lawsuit filed by the LA torts firm, McGee, Lerer & Associates alleges that poorly designed, manufactured, and maintained equipment directly resulted in serious injuries including trips to
Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump, an attorney for the family of George Floyd, announced in an interview with CNN plans to file a lawsuit against Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin and others in the death of Floyd who died after
Embattled Police Chief Medaria Arradondo is under fire for his handling of the protests on May 29, 2020, and for specifically causing the loss of an eye by journalist Lina Tirado. She claims police ignored her press credentials and targeted her