Rosanne DiPizio filed a federal lawsuit in July 2015, accusing state development officials of racketeering. She claimed that state officials illegally terminated her construction company’s $19.8 million contract to build the ice rink at Canalside and then arranged to have the contract turned over to a politically-connected Rochester company. So far, federal judges have handled the case like a …
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Friday against two Miami police officers who shot and killed a mentally ill black man last year. The lawsuit, filed by the family of 25-year-old Lavall Hall, contended that the officers needlessly resorted to gunfire when they attempted to subdue Hall, who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia. The suit accused the officers of wrongful death and violating …
A state judge has sided with the town in a lawsuit filed by the owner of a commercial garage who claimed his building was destroyed by fire in 2013 because of the Fire Department’s inadequate response. Justice William Stokes in a ruling issued Thursday stated that the town, its volunteer Fire Department and Chief Frank Ross have immunity from the lawsuit filed in February …
Friday, Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson was finally able to break his silence. The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against he and his department in 2012, accusing deputies of racially profiling and discriminating against latinos. Last year, a federal judge ruled in his favor, but the DOJ appealed the decision.
Hooters responded Friday to a lawsuit filed over a 2014 fatal DUI crash outside of Anderson University. Hooters corporate offices and the local affiliated restaurant were named as defendants, along with Anderson County bar The Bench, in a lawsuit filed Thursday on behalf of 13-year-old Cheyenne Perkins, who nearly died in the November 2014 wreck. Three others did lose their lives in the crash.
A lawsuit was filed Friday with the Oklahoma Supreme Court to stop the expansion of turnpikes. The lawsuit claims the way the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority has been funding road projects is unconstitutional. The statute being questioned states that bonds issued by the authority can be used for multiple turnpikes in the state system.
The Westland Irrigation District has responded to a lawsuit filed by long-time patrons who argue they’ve been cheated out of water for years to benefit large farms with junior water rights. Attorneys for the district are trying to get the case dismissed from federal court over lack of jurisdiction. A motion was filed Friday which states the plaintiffs did not exhaust their legal remedies by …
After finding justice in criminal court, Tim Bosma’s family is now hoping for the same in civil court as they pursue a lawsuit against the Ancaster dad’s killers. The $14-million suit was filed quietly in London, Ont. Superior Court last May — more than a year before Dellen Millard and Mark Smich would be found guilty of first-degree murder in the 32-year-old’s death.
More than three dozen New York officials stepped into a high-profile court battle over rent stabilization yesterday, filing a brief on behalf of tenants who have sued their Lower Manhattan landlord, claiming they were denied rent caps that should have been guaranteed under a state tax program. The fight between residents of 90 West Street and developer Kibel Companies, which ProPublica first …
The trial would have begun Monday in Sarasota County Circuit Court. A two-page document filed Friday in court says that the plaintiffs, led by the environmental group ManaSota-88, were dropping their claims against the county and the developers. The dismissal is “with prejudice,” meaning the opponents waived their right to file another lawsuit with the same claims, which included arguments that …