You can sue anyone for just about anything. Whether you win or not is another story. Adams County Sheriff’s Officers have filed a lawsuit against Afroman (Joseph Edgar Foreman). Afroman used footage of a raid on his home to create YouTube
On September 8, 2021, the US Department of Justice announced Bayada Home Health Care will pay $17 million to settle an alleged kickback scheme. Despite Bayada’s settlement, company executives still maintain they committed no wrongdoing. The central controversy in this case
Miguel Vega, 26, was shot and killed by police in Pilsen, Illinois in 2020. On Friday, August 27th, 2021, Vega’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the case. Block Club Chicago reported that Vega’s family Alleges that the man was
More than five years David Wayne Mays died at the Botetourt-Craig Regional Jail in 2016, his case has now resulted in a $350,000 settlement for his family. The Roanoke Times reported on the settlement, which was approved on Tuesday, August 24th,
Jefferson City Manor, a care facility in Missouri, has been struck with a wrongful death lawsuit after a resident passed away from COVID-19 last year. KOMU reported on the lawsuit, which was filed on Friday, August 27th, 2021. Jefferson City Manor
What is likely to be one of several wrongful death lawsuits has been filed in relation to the Champlain Tower Condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida. In Florida “the person or people who are inheriting the Estate of the deceased can recover
What is likely to be one of several wrongful death lawsuits has been filed in relation to the Champlain Tower Condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida. Yahoo reported on the lawsuit on July 9, 2021. According to Yahoo, the suit was filed
A Trinity University cheerleader’s death has now resulted in a wrongful death lawsuit. KSAT reported on the lawsuit, which was filed on Monday, June 28, 2021. Alison Steele filed the suit on behalf of her daughter, Cayley Mandadi. Mandadi was killed
Carli Skaggs, widow of baseball player Tyler Skaggs, and his parents, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Los Angeles Angels MLB team and several of its employees. The Blast reported on the lawsuit on June 29, 2021. Skaggs died
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
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,
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,
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
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 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